Prof. Dr. Dehua Wang

Dehua Wang is a full professor at the School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, China. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in biology from Shandong Normal University in 1985, his Master’s degree in animal ecology from the Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988, and his Ph.D. in animal physiological ecology from Beijing Normal University. Dehua Wang worked at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from July 1993 to June 2021, and moved to Shandong University (Qingdao Campus) in June 2021. His area of expertise is animal physiological ecology, with a primary focus on small mammals such as voles, gerbils, hamsters, and pikas. Dehua Wang’s research interests include the physiological adaptation mechanisms to changing environments, with a recent emphasis on the thermal physiology of Mongolian gerbils to high temperatures, with an emphasis on water metabolism and geographical differences in physiological functions, and the role of the gut microbiota in thermoregulation and water metabolism as well.