Ding Yang is currently a Professor in the Department of Entomology at China Agricultural University and was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyushu University in Japan from 2000.2 to 2001.5. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Nankai University (1978.9–1982.7), a Master’s degree from Beijing Agricultural University (1982.9–1985.7), and a Doctor’s degree from Kagoshima University, Japan (1991.4–1994.3). His research interests are diptera, taxonomy, and phylogeny.