Dr. Hongbo Jiang

Hong-bo Jiang, professor and doctoral supervisor, is a national young talent, Chongqing young top talent, and Chongqing colleges and universities outstanding talent. He received a B.Sc. degree from Southwest Agricultural University in 2005 and a Ph.D. degree from Southwest University in 2010. During his doctoral studies, he studied under Professor Wang Jinjun at the School of Plant Protection of Southwest University and studied the molecular biological mechanism of insecticide resistance of stored product pests (booklice, red flour beetle). During his outstanding performance, he was funded by the Graduate Innovation Fund, and his graduation thesis was awarded the Chongqing Excellent Graduation Thesis. After graduating from his doctorate, he went to the Department of Entomology at Kansas State University in the United States for postdoctoral research. He returned to China in December 2014 and works in the College of Plant Protection at Southwest University. His current research focuses on the molecular physiological mechanism of insect olfactory behavior (host location, mating and oviposition).