人物經(jīng)歷
2006-2009 中國科學(xué)院北京動物研究所，博士生
2009-2012 美國密歇根大學(xué)生態(tài)與進(jìn)化生物學(xué)系，博士后
2012.2- 武漢大學(xué)生命科學(xué)學(xué)院動物學(xué)系， 教授
主講課程
《動物生物學(xué)》54學(xué)時，本科生
《分子生態(tài)學(xué)》36學(xué)時，研究生
研究方向
- 食性相關(guān)基因的功能和進(jìn)化 2. 物種分化和生態(tài)適應(yīng)性進(jìn)化 3. 鳥類和哺乳動物多樣性的分子進(jìn)化機(jī)制
主要貢獻(xiàn)
主持課題項(xiàng)目
1.國家自然科學(xué)基金青年項(xiàng)目（31300313），2014-2016；
2.國家自然科學(xué)基金重大研究計劃培育項(xiàng)目（91331115），2014-2016；
3.教育部博士點(diǎn)基金博導(dǎo)類項(xiàng)目（20130141110066），2014-2016.
代表性論文（Selected Publications)
1) Wang K, and Zhao H (2015). Birds generally carry a small repertoire of bitter taste receptor genes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 7:2705-2715..
2) Li K, Hong W, Jiao H, Wang GD, Rodriguez KA, Buffenstein R, Zhao Y, Nevo E, and Zhao H (2015). Sympatric speciation revealed by genome-wide divergence in the blind mole rat Spalax. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 112:11905-11910..
3) Zhao H, Li J, and Zhang J (2015). Molecular evidence for the loss of three basic tastes in penguins. Current Biology. 25:R141-R142.
4) Hong W, and Zhao H (2014). Vampire bats exhibit evolutionary reduction of bitter taste receptor genes common to other bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281: 20141079.
5) Feng P, Zheng J, Rossiter SJ, Wang D, and Zhao H (2014). Massive losses of taste receptor genes in toothed and baleen whales.Genome Biol Evol. 6:1254-1265. (Highlighted in the issue)
6) Lin GH, Wang K, Deng XG, Nevo E, Zhao F, Su JP, Guo SC, Zhang TZ, Zhao H (2014). Transcriptome sequencing and phylogenomic resolution within Spalacidae (Rodentia). BMC Genomics 15:32.
7) Feng P, and Zhao H (2013). Complex evolutionary history of sweet/umami taste receptor genes in vertebrates. Chinese Sci Bull. 58: 2198-2204.
8) Zhao H, and Zhang J (2012). Mismatches between feeding ecology and taste receptor evolution: An inconvenient truth. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109:E1464. (Letter to Editor)
9) Zhao H, Xu D, Zhang S, and Zhang J (2012). Genomic and genetic evidence for the loss of umami taste inbats. Genome Biol Evol. 4:73-79.
10) Zhao H, Xu D, Zhang S, and Zhang J (2011). Widespread losses of vomeronasal signal transduction in bats. Mol Biol Evol. 28:7-12.
11) Zhao H, Zhou Y, Pinto CM, Charles-Dominique P, Galindo-Gonzalez J, Zhang S, and Zhang J (2010). Evolution of the sweet taste receptor gene Tas1r2 in bats. Mol Biol Evol. 27:2642-2650.
12) Zhao H, Yang JR, Xu H, and Zhang J (2010). Pseudogenization of the umami taste receptor gene Tas1r1 in the giant panda coincided with its dietary switch to bamboo. Mol Biol Evol. 27:2669-2673.
13) Zhao H, Ru B, Teeling EC, Faulkes CG, Zhang S, and Rossiter SJ (2009). Rhodopsin molecular evolution in mammals inhabiting low light environments. PLoS ONE. 4:e8326.
14) Zhao H, Rossiter SJ, Teeling EC, Li C, Cotton JA, and Zhang S (2009). The evolution of color vision in nocturnal mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106:8980-8985.
