Director: Pan Ru-Liang (ruliang.pan@nwu.edu.cn)

Professor Pan received BSc in Zoology and Biology from Yunnan University, China, and a Ph.D. in Primatology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia. His academic career went through the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the UWA, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and Northwest University, Xian, China. His research interests include zoology, primate ecology, behavior, evolution, and conservation – which allowed him to have published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal publications with more than 40 scholars in China, Australia, the UK, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa. Thus, he is very experienced in establishing and managing international cooperation and reaching the goals desired.
 
Recent publications

1. Estrada, A., Garber, P.A., Rylands, A.B., Roos, C., Fernandez-Duque, E., Di Fiore, A., Nekaris, K.A., Nijman, V., Heymann, E.W., Lambert, J.E., Pan, RL…2017. Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: why primates matter. Sci Adv 3: e1600946.
2. He, G., Yang, H., Pan, R., Sun, Y., Zheng, P., Wang, J., Jin, X., Zhang, J., Li, B., Guo, S., 2019. Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Thermal‐image Acquisition Camera for Animal Survey—A Case Study on the Sichuan Snub‐nosed monkeys in Mt. Qinling. Integrative Zoology.
3. Li, B., Li, M., Li, J., Fan, P., Ni, Q., Lu, J., Zhou, X., Long, Y., Jiang, Z., Zhang, Pan., 2018. The primate extinction crisis in China: immediate challenges and a way forward. Biodiversity and Conservation 27, 3301-3327.
4. Pan, R., Oxnard, C., Grueter, C.C., Li, B., Qi, X., He, G., Guo, S., Garber, P.A., 2016. A new conservation strategy for China—A model starting with primates. American Journal of Primatology 78, 1137-1148.
5. Wang, C.H., Hou, R., Wang, M., He, G., Li, B.G., Pan, R.L., 2020. Effects of wet atmospheric nitrogen deposition on epiphytic lichens in the subtropical forests of Central China: Evaluation of the lichen food supply and quality of two endangered primates. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 190, 110128.