Areas of Focus
- Animal Molecular Quantitative Genetics and Dairy Cattle Breeding
Work Experience
- 1999/07-Present - China Agricultural University/College of Animal Science and Technology - Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor
- 2005/01-2006/09 - University of Virginia, USA - Visiting Scholar
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996/09-1999/06 PhD: China Agricultural University, Animal Genetics and Breeding
- 1993/09-1996/06 Master's: Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Animal Genetics and Breeding
- 1989/09-1993/06 Bachelor's: Hebei Agricultural University, Animal Nutrition
- New Century Excellent Talents by Ministry of Education
Publications
- Research on Dairy Cattle Breeding Technology, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Qin, Dongxiao Sun
- Over 120 papers in journals such as the FASEB Journal, BMC Genomics, Journal of Dairy Science, and Chinese Journal of Animal Science, Dongxiao Sun
Awards
- New Century Excellent Talents by Ministry of Education (2007)
- National Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize (2016): Establishment and Application of Molecular Breeding Technology System for Chinese Holstein Cattle Genomic Selection, 3rd contributor
- Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award First Prize (2015): Establishment and Application of Chinese Holstein Cattle Genomic Selection Technology Platform, 4th contributor
- Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize (2012): Key Technology Research of Chinese Holstein Cattle Molecular Breeding, 4th contributor
- Hebei Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize (2020): Research and Application of Holstein Cattle Germplasm Innovation and Breeding Technology, 2nd contributor
- Hebei Natural Science Award Second Prize (2014): Mechanism of Disease Resistance and Milk Production Gene Mining and Identification of Bovine MHC-II Genes, 2nd contributor