Vice Director
Pan Ruliang
Northwest University, Xian, China
University of Western Australia
Current affiliations
Professor Ruliang Pan's research and teaching in zoology evolution, primatology, human biology, animal conservation, and environmental protection was initiated in 1982 in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Such effort has resulted in over 100 publications through more than 30 scholars from China, Australia, the UK, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa. He is extensively involved in research on biological issues in China through teaching and study at Northwest University in Xi'an and Dali University in Dali, China. His main contribution to the Center is through playing a leading role in directing the Center’s development and research designs for students and research staff.
Recent publications
Wang HT, Zou H, Zhang HX, et al. (2024) Deduced conservation strategy of the macaques in China from evolutionary development. Zoological Studies 63(15). doi: 10.6620/ZS.2024.63-15
Li BG, Zhang H, Li M, et al. (2024) Achievements and challenges of primate conservation in China. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation 1: 66-74. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2023.298
Zhang H, Lu JQ, Tang SY, et al. (2022) Southwest China, the last refuge of continental primates in East Asia. Biological Conservation 273: 109681. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109681
Li BG, Zhang H, Huang K, et al. (2022) Regional fauna-flora biodiversity and conservation strategy in China. iScience 25(9): 104897 . doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104897
Huang K, Zhang H, Wang CL, et al. (2021) Use of historical and contemporary distribution of mammals in China to inform conservation. Conservation Biology,35(6): 1787-1796. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13795
Li BG, He G, Guo ST, et al. (2020) Macaques in China: Evolutionary dispersion and subsequent development. American Journal of Primatology 82(7): e23142. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23142
Hou R, He SJ, Wu F, et al. (2018) Seasonal variation in diet and nutrition of the northern-most population of Rhinopithecus roxellana. American Journal of Primatology 80(4): e22755. doi: 10.1002/ajp.22755
He G, Guo ST, Jin XL, et al. (2018) Dynamic status of Sichuan snub-nosed monkey in Foping National Nature Reserve, China. Acta Theriologica Sinica 38(3): 247-259. doi: 10.16829/j.slxb.150176
Estrada A, Garber PA, Rylands AB, et al. (2017) Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: why primates matter. Science Advances 3(1): e1600946. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600946
Pan RL, Oxnard C, Grueter CC, et al. (2016) A new conservation strategy for China - A model starting with primates. American Journal of Primatology 78(11): 1137-1148. doi: 10.1002/ajp.22577