Dr. Yalin Zhang

Prof. Dr. Yalin Zhang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Plant Protection, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University. He completed his Master’s and PhD studies in Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control Major at Northwest Agricultural University. He is mainly engaged in research on insect systematics, biodiversity, resource insects, and drug development. He has presided over more than 50 projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China and has made important progress in the classification of Hemiptera, Cephalophora, and Lepidoptera butterflies; the development and utilization of resource insects such as cantharidin; the assessment of pollinator diversity; and the degradation of plastics.