教育经历

2007--2009  美国密西根大学医学院（the University of Michigan Medical School）博士后

2000--2007  美国密西根大学（the University of Michigan）分子、细胞及发育生物学 博士  

1996--2000  北京大学生命科学学院 生物化学及分子生物学 学士

工作经历

2018--至今   北京大学生态研究中心, 北京大学城市与环境学院  副研究员

2010--2018  北京大学生命科学学院  助理教授

杂志任职

Environmental DNA, Associate Editor

书籍编撰

《中国大百科全书》第三版生态学卷“行为生态学分支编委

《钦州的白海豚》北京大学出版社，2013(部分)

《白头叶猴自然史》北京大学出版社，2017(部分)

学术任职

IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group-China (国际自然保护联盟物种存活委员会灵长类专家组成员) (2017-2020)

中国动物学会灵长类学分会常务理事 (2017-至今)

中国灵长类专家组成员 (2014-至今)

中国生理学会比较生理学专业委员会委员 (2015-至今)

中国大百科全书（第三版）生态学-行为生态卷编委

教材编撰

《陈阅增普通生物学》（第5版）

担任课程：

群体遗传学

普通生物学（部分）

生态学实验

遗传学讨论

研究领域：

分子生态学，保护遗传学

主要研究方向：

1. 利用环境DNA（eDNA）的生物多样性研究

生物不断释放DNA到其生存环境中，因此通过检测环境样品（包括水、土壤、空气等）中的DNA（即环境DNA，eDNA）序列可以获得物种分布、种群规模、群落构成、种间关系等重要信息。这种方法对生物及其环境不造成损伤，并且能极大提高检测灵敏度和准确度，是目前生物多样性研究的前沿领域。我们针对eDNA技术进行了一系列方法开发和优化，并利用该技术结合高通量测序和生物信息分析，开展包括北京地区鱼类多样性影响因素、青藏高原鱼类、无脊椎动物及藻类多样性、云南湖泊本土及外来生物群落构成、图们江水系鱼类等生物多样性分布影响因素、南水北调水系生物多样性传输等研究课题，为了解生物多样性组成和分布、分析水体生态系统结构与功能、理解人类活动对水生生物群落的影响、检测水质生物安全等提供科学数据。

2. 食物网关系研究

食物网关系是生态系统关系的核心组成部分，了解动物的食性是理解种间关系和生态系统过程的重要前提。然而，基于传统方法分析复杂食性难度大、耗时长、物种分辨率低。我们通过非损伤性取样，利用动物粪便DNA条形码技术结合高通量测序，分析我国西南山地森林生态系统、青藏高原生态系统等多种大中小型食肉动物的精细食性构成，并构建定量食物网，深入探讨物种食性生态位关系和共存机制。该项研究对于认识在不同食肉动物的捕食策略、生态系统功能、多物种共存关系、以及野生与家养动物之间的相互作用有重要意义，能够为保护和管理捕食者及被捕食物种多样性、维护生态系统结构和功能提供指导。

3.    野生动物的种群遗传学研究

了解野生动物的遗传多样性和种群结构对认识其进化过程及种群动态具有重要意义。种群内部和种群之间基因流的模式对于了解物种的繁殖结构和种群参数也至关重要。这些信息为评估各种生态及人为因素对物种遗传结构的影响提供依据，据此能够制定更合理有效的保护策略以保护物种的遗传多样性和进化潜力。我们利用分子遗传学技术结合野外种群调查，分析包括白头叶猴、海陆蛙、东方铃蟾、青藏高原狼等多个物种的种群遗传结构，推测其种群数量变化历史，从而为这些物种的保护提供科学依据。

发表论文 (*通讯作者)

1.  Zhang S, Zheng Y, Zhan A, Dong C, Zhao J, Yao M* (2022) Environmental DNA captures native and non-native fish community variations across the lentic and lotic systems of a megacity. Science Advances, 8(6), eabk0097. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abk0097 (IF 14.972)

2.         Chen X, Kong Y, Zhang S, Zhao J, Li S, Yao M* (2022) Comparative evaluation of common materials as passive samplers of environmental DNA. Environmental Science & Technology, 56:10798-10807. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02506 (IF 11.357)

3.         Yao M*, Zhang S, Lu Q, Chen X, Zhang S-Y, Kong Y, Zhao J. (2022) Fishing for fish environmental DNA (eDNA): ecological applications, methodological considerations, surveying designs, and ways forward. Molecular Ecology, 31:5132-5164. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16659 (IF 6.622) Invited review.

4. Zhang S, Lin M, Liu J, Chen J, Liu D, Zhao J, Yao M* (2022) A centenary tale: Population genetic insights into the introduction history of the oriental fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis) in Beijing. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22:117. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-022-02072-z (5yr IF 3.897)

5.         陈晓宇, 姚蒙, 李晟* (2022) 山地景观遗传学研究文献综述. 生态学报, 42(07):3033-3043. DOI: 10.5846/stxb202106191631

6. Shao X, Lu Q, Xiong M, Bu H, Liu M, Wang D, Zhao J, Li S*, Yao M* (2021) Prey partitioning and livestock consumption in the world’s richest large carnivore assemblage. Current Biology, 31: 4887-4897. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.067 (IF 10.900)

7. Shao X, Lu Q, Liu M, Xiong M, Bu H, Wang D, Liu S, Zhao J, Li S*, Yao M*. Generalist carnivores can be effective biodiversity samplers of terrestrial vertebrates. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(10):557-563. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2407 (IF 13.780)

8. Zheng Y, Zhang S, Lu Q, Zhang S-Y, Wang L, Hong M, Nguyen T, Zhao J, Yao M* (2021) Population genetic patterns of a mangrove-associated frog reveal its colonization history and habitat connectivity. Diversity and Distributions, 27(8):1584-1600. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13304 (IF 5.714)

9. Lu Q, Xiao L, Cheng C, Lu Z, Zhao J, Yao M* (2021) Snow leopard dietary preferences and livestock predation revealed by fecal DNA metabarcoding: no evidence for apparent competition between wild and domestic prey. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:783546. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.783546 (IF 4.493)

10. Shen Z*, Malanson GP, Yao M, Zhang J (2021) Editorial: Temporal patterns and mechanisms of biodiversity across scales in East Asia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:662454. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.662454 (IF 4.493)

11.     施小刚^#, 史晓昀^#, 胡强, 冯茜, 金森龙, 程跃红, 张静, 姚蒙, 李晟* (2021) 四川邛崃山脉雪豹与赤狐时空生态位关系. 兽类学报, 41(2):115-127. DOI: 10.16829/j.slxb.150475.

12.     金森龙^#，瞿春茂^#，施小刚，邹晓艳，刘俊，邵昕宁，姚蒙，何廷美，李晟* (2021) 卧龙国家级自然保护区食肉动物多样性及部分物种的食性分析. 野生动物学报, 42(4):958-964. DOI: 10.19711/j.cnki.issn2310-1490.20210901.001.

13.     王迪^#, 张丹^#, 熊梦吟, 卜红亮, 王大军, 姚蒙, 李晟, 王戎疆* (2021) 果子狸多态性微卫星位点的筛选及特性分析. 北京大学学报(自然科学版), 57(3):395-400. DOI: 10.13209/j.0479-8023.2021.038.

14. Zhang S, Zhao J, Yao M* (2020) A comprehensive and comparative evaluation of primers for metabarcoding eDNA from fish. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11:1609-1625. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13485 (IF 8.335)

15.     Zhang S, Lu Q, Wang Y, Wang X, Zhao J, Yao M* (2020) Assessment of fish communities using eDNA: Effect of spatial sampling design in lentic systems of different sizes. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20:242-255. DOI:10.1111/1755-0998.13105. (IF 8.678)

16. Werhahn G*, Liu Y, Yao M*, et al. (2020) Himalayan wolf distribution and admixture based on multiple genetic markers. Journal of Biogeography, 47:1272-1285. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13824 (IF 4.810)

17. Wang W, Zheng Y, Zhao J, Yao M* (2019) Low genetic diversity in a critically endangered primate: shallow evolutionary history or recent population bottleneck? BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19:134. DOI:10.1186/s12862-019-1451-y. (IF 3.436)

18. Lin M, Zhang S, Yao M* (2019) Effective detection of environmental DNA from the invasive American bullfrog. Biological Invasions, 21(7):2255-2268. DOI:10.1007/s10530-019-01974-2 (IF 3.605)

19.     邵昕宁, 宋大昭, 黄巧雯, 李晟, 姚蒙* (2019) 基于粪便DNA及宏条形码技术的食肉动物快速调查及食性分析.生物多样性, 27(5): 543-556. DOI: 10.17520/biods.2018214.

20.     陆琪, 胡强, 施小刚, 金森龙, 李晟, 姚蒙* (2019) 基于分子宏条形码分析四川卧龙国家级自然保护区雪豹的食性. 生物多样性, 27(9):960-969. DOI:10.17520/biods.2019101.

21.     Han S^#, Guan Y^#, Dou H, Yang H, Yao M, Ge J, Feng L*. (2019) Comparison of the fecal microbiota of two free-ranging Chinese subspecies of the leopard (Panthera pardus) using high-throughput sequencing. PeerJ, 7:e6684. DOI:10.7717/peerj.6684 (IF 3.061)

22.     史晓昀，施小刚，胡强，官天培，付强，张剑，姚蒙，李晟* (2019) 四川邛崃山系雪豹与散放牦牛潜在分布重叠与捕食风险评估. 生物多样性, 27(9):951-959. DOI:10.17520/biods.2019062.

23. Wang W, Qiao Y, Li S, Pan W, Yao M* (2017) Low genetic diversity and strong population structure shaped by anthropogenic habitat fragmentation in a critically endangered primate, Trachypithecus leucocephalus. Heredity, 118:542-553. DOI:10.1038/hdy.2017.2 (IF 3.961; Official journal of the Genetics Society of the Great Britain)

24. Wang W, Yao M* (2017) Fine-scale genetic structure analyses reveal dispersal patterns in a critically endangered primate, Trachypithecus leucocephalus. American Journal of Primatology, 79:e22635. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22635 (IF 2.288; Official journal of American Society of Primatologists)

25. Xiong M, Wang D, Bu H, Shao X, Zhang D, Li S, Wang R, Yao M* (2017) Next-generation sequencing-based dietary analysis of two sympatric felids in the temperate mountain forests of Southwest China. Scientific Reports,7:41909. DOI: 10.1038/srep41909 (IF 5.228)

26.     杨树勋*，杨雨壮，郑伟，郑逸韬，姚蒙 (2017) 七鳃鳗的体态变型与检索表的重新编制. 生物学通报, 52:1-3.

27. Zhang D, Xiong M, Bu H, Wang D, Li S, Yao M, Wang R* (2016) Sex identification of the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) using noninvasive hair samples. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8(3):207-209. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-016-0533-z.

28. Xiong M, Shao X, Long Y, Bu H, Zhang D, Wang D, Li S, Wang R, Yao M* (2016) Molecular analysis of vertebrates and plants in scats of leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in southwest China. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(4):1054-1064. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw061.

29. Bu H^#, Hopkins III JB^#*, Zhang D, Li S, Wang R, Yao M, Wang D* (2016) An evaluation of hair-snaring devices for small-bodied carnivores in Southwest China. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(2):589–598. DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyv205.

30. Zheng Y, Wang L, Hong M, Yao M* (2016) Isolation and characterization of 20 microsatellite markers for the crab-eating frog Fejervarya cancrivora. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8(3):251-253. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-016-0546-7.

31. Wang W, Qiao Y, Zheng Y, Yao M* (2016) Isolation of microsatellite loci and reliable genotyping using noninvasive samples for a critically endangered primate, Trachypithecus leucocephalus. Integrative Zoology, 11:250-262. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12192.

32. Wang W, Qiao Y, Pan W, Yao M* (2015) Low genetic diversity and strong geographical structure of the critically endangered white-headed langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences. PLoS ONE 10:e0129782. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0129782.

33. Jin T, Wang D, Pan W, Yao M* (2015) Nonmaternal infant handling in wild white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus). International Journal of Primatology, 36:269-287. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-015-9823-7 (IF 1.994; official journal of the International Primatological Society)

34. Pan W, Gu T, Pan Y, Feng C, Long Y, Zhao Y, Meng H, Liang Z, Yao M* (2014) Birth intervention and non-maternal infant-handling during parturition in a nonhuman primate. Primates, 55: 483-488. DOI: 10.1007/s10329-014-0427-1.

35.     Yao M*, Yin L, Zhang L, Liu L, Qin D, Pan W (2012) Parturition in wild white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in the Nongguan Hills, China. International Journal of Primatology, 33: 888-904. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9625-0 (IF 1.994; official journal of the International Primatological Society)

36.     Yao M, Hu F, Denver RJ* (2008) Distribution and corticosteroid regulation of glucocorticoid receptor in the brain of Xenopus laevis. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 508: 967-982.

37.     Yao M, Schulkin J, Denver RJ* (2008) Evolutionarily conserved glucocorticoid regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor expression. Endocrinology, 149: 2352-2360.

38.     Yao M and Denver RJ* (2007) Regulation of vertebrate corticotropin-releasing factor genes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 153: 200-216.

39.     Yao M, Stezel-Poore M, Denver RJ* (2007) Structural and functional conservation of vertebrate corticotropin-releasing factor genes: Evidence for a critical role for a conserved cyclic AMP response element. Endocrinology, 148: 2518-2531.

40.     Yao M and Denver RJ* (2006) Developmental and stressor-dependent regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor genes of the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology, 295: 372-372, Meeting Abstract.

41.     Yao M, Westphal N, Denver RJ* (2004) Neuroanatomical distribution and stressor-induced activation of central corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in Xenopus laevis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 16: 880-893.

42.     Yao M, Roh H, Denver RJ* (2004) Structural and functional analysis of corticotropin-releasing factor genes in Xenopus laevis. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44: 763-763, Meeting Abstract.

43.     Yao M, Westphal N, Denver RJ* (2002) Acute stress-induced elevation of corticotropin-releasing hormone expression in Xenopus laevis. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42: 1341-1341, Meeting Abstract.