Prof. Dr. Zhaobin Song holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Department of Biology, Southwest Normal University, and a doctorate from the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has worked at the School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Ningbo University; conducted postdoctoral research at the School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University; and served as a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University. His research interests include fish ecology, fish systematics, conservation biology, and aquatic animal germplasm resource conservation. Currently, he is mainly engaged in the conservation of rare and endemic fish resources in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; the evaluation of germplasm resources of economically important, rare, and endangered fish; and studying the impact of water-related projects on aquatic ecological environment and fish diversity and protection strategies. He has published more than 60 academic papers in Chinese and English. He has participated in two National Natural Science Foundation projects; the Ministry of Education’s New Century Excellent Talent Support Program; the Ministry of Education’s Research Start-up Fund for Returned Overseas Students; Sichuan Province’s Outstanding Youth Fund Project; research projects for Ertan Hydropower Development Co., Ltd.; and two China Three Gorges Corporation projects.
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Prof. Dr. Zhaobin Song holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the Department of Biology, Southwest Normal University, and a doctorate from the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has worked at the School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Ningbo University; conducted postdoctoral research at the School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University; and served as a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University. His research interests include fish ecology, fish systematics, conservation biology, and aquatic animal germplasm resource conservation. Currently, he is mainly engaged in the conservation of rare and endemic fish resources in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; the evaluation of germplasm resources of economically important, rare, and endangered fish; and studying the impact of water-related projects on aquatic ecological environment and fish diversity and protection strategies. He has published more than 60 academic papers in Chinese and English. He has participated in two National Natural Science Foundation projects; the Ministry of Education’s New Century Excellent Talent Support Program; the Ministry of Education’s Research Start-up Fund for Returned Overseas Students; Sichuan Province’s Outstanding Youth Fund Project; research projects for Ertan Hydropower Development Co., Ltd.; and two China Three Gorges Corporation projects.