Dr. Professor of Entomology（1994 - ）
Director: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of China;
Entomological Museum and Institute
Selected by Hundred & Thousand Talents Program, China
National outstanding scientific and technical workers, China
Communications
Permanent address
Entomology Museum& Institute
611, Building of Agricultural Sciences, South Campus
Northwest A&FUniversity
3# Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100
P. R. China
Email: yalinzh@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Tel: 0086 13709129610
Education
1978.3-1982.1 Northwestern College of Agriculture（current：Northwestern A& F University）, Bachelor of Agronomy in 1982;
1982.3-1985.1 Postgraduate in the Northwestern College of Agriculture（current：Northwestern A& F University），Master degree of Science in 1985;
1985.6-1988.5 Northwestern Agricultural University（current：Northwestern A& F University）, Doctordegree of Science in 1988;
1992.11-1993.10 Natural History Museum，Postdoctoral fellowship financed by the British Council.
Research Focus
Phylogeny and systematicsof world leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Resource insects (cantharidin as pesticides etc.)
IPM of insect pests (codling mothCydiapomonella)
Publications：460 papers and books.
Representative papers in the last three years:
1. Yang Wang, Christian Nansen And Yalin Zhang* Integrative insect taxonomy based on morphology,mitochondrial DNA and hyperspectral reflectance profiling,Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, Online 1-17, doi: 10.1111/zoj.12367, SCI
2. S. Yuan, M. Huang, X. S. Wang, L. Q. Ji* and Y. L. Zhang*, Centres of endemism and diversity patterns for typhlocybine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) in China, Insect Science，2014，21（4）：523-536 SCI
3. Xiangqun Yuan, Ke Gao, Feng Yuan, Ping Wang & Yalin Zhang* Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) from China，Scientific Reports 2015，5:11140 SCI
4. Xiu-Shan Li,Ya-Lin Zhang*, Josef Settele, Markus Franze´n and Oliver Schweiger Long-distance dispersal and habitat use of the butterfly Byasaimpediens in a fragmented subtropical forest, Insect Conservation and Diversity (2013) 6, 170–178, SCI
5. Ji-Yuan Liu#, Xi-En Chen# &Ya-Lin Zhang* Insights into the key interactions between human protein phosphatase 5 and cantharidin using molecular dynamics and sitedirected mutagenesis bioassays，Scientific Reports，5:12359，SCI
6. Yang Wang 1,†, Wenbo Sun 2,†, Shunqing Zha 1, Huan Wang 2 and Yalin Zhang 2,* Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Norcantharidin Derivatives Possessing an Aromatic Amine Moiety as Antifungal Agents, Molecules 2015, 20(12), 21464-21480，SCI
7. Zheng-Wei Wu; Ya-Lin Zhang*; Su-Qin Shang Effectiveness of 12 Insecticides to a Laboratory Population of Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Newly Established in China， Journal of Economic Entomology 2015：108（3）：1271-1278 SCI
8. R. A. Khana, M. Rashida, D. Wang* and Y.L. Zhang* Lethal and sublethal effects of cantharidin on the life history traits and population parameters of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae), Pest Management Science,2013，Pest ManagSci 2014; 70:39–45 SCI
9. XueQing Yang, JiYuan Liu, XianChun Li, MaoHua Chen, and YaLin Zhang* Key Amino Acid Associated with Acephate Detoxification by Cydiapomonella Carboxylesterase Based on Molecular Dynamics with Alanine Scanning and Site-Directed Mutagenesis, 2014, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling，2014, 54, 1356−1370, SCI
10. Zhen Tian#, Jiyuan Liu# & Yalin Zhang* Structural insights into Cydiapomonella pheromone binding protein 2 mediated prediction of potentially active semiochemicals，Scientific Reports, 2016，6:22336，DOI: 10.1038/srep22336， SCI
