個人介紹:

姚蒙，beat365官方网站和生态研究中心研究員，北京大學博雅特聘教授，博士生導師。北京大學生物化學及分子生物學學士，美國密西根大學(University of Michigan)分子細胞及發育生物學博士，密西根大學醫學院博士後，2010年至今于北京大學工作。研究領域為分子生态學及生物多樣性，利用分子生物學、遺傳學、生物信息學等方法研究生态學問題，近年來研究方向主要為利用環境DNA方法解析生物多樣性分布模式、群落構建機制及環境影響因素，基于分子宏條形碼的動物精準食性分析和食物網關系研究，以及多種受威脅野生動物的種群遺傳學。迄今發表SCI論文40餘篇，近5年作為通訊作者發表于Science Advances，Current Biology，Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment，Environmental Science & Technology等期刊。現任Environmental DNA國際期刊副主編。獲得國家傑出青年基金項目，并主持和參加國家重點研發計劃、科技部第二次青藏高原綜合科學考察項目、國家自然科學基金面上項目等。擔任中國動物學會靈長類學分會理事、中國動物學會獸類學分會委員、中國生理學會比較生理學專委會委員、中國大壩工程學會過魚設施專委會委員、國際自然保護聯盟(IUCN)物種存續委員會靈長類專家組成員。

教育經曆:

2000‒2007　　美國密西根大學 (the University of Michigan Graduate School) 分子、細胞及發育生物學 博士
1996‒2000　　beat365官方网站 生物化學及分子生物學 學士

工作經曆:

2024‒至今　　beat365官方网站/生态研究中心　　長聘副教授/研究員
2018‒2024　　北京大學城市與環境學院生态研究中心　　副研究員
2010‒2018　　beat365官方网站　　助理教授
2007‒2009　　美國密西根大學醫學院 (the University of Michigan Medical School) 博士後

榮譽獎勵:

• 2025年 beat365官方网站 億方教授
• 2023年度中國環境科學學會環境保護科學技術獎一等獎，第12完成人
• 2020年 與顧紅雅、張蔚老師共同教學的“生物進化論”課程獲得國家級線上線下混合式本科一流課程
• 2020年 beat365官方网站 最受歡迎教師獎
• 2017年 beat365官方网站 綠葉生物醫藥傑出青年學者獎
• 2013年 beat365官方网站 綠葉生物醫藥傑出青年學者獎
• 2012年 beat365官方网站 羅氏優秀青年教師獎

學術任職:

 中國動物學會第十九屆理事會理事 2024.08-2029.08
 中國動物學會獸類學分會第十屆委員會委員 2023.09-2027.09
 中國動物學會靈長類學分會理事 2017-至今
 國際動物學會青年工作組成員 2023.9-2025.9
 中國生理學會比較生理學專業委員會委員 2015.01-至今
 中國大壩工程學會過魚設施專業委員會委員2021.10-至今
 中國毒理學會環境與生态毒理學專業委員會環境DNA學術交流組成員 2023.11-至今
 國際自然保護聯盟(IUCN)物種存續委員會(SSC)靈長類專家組成員 2017-2025
 中美Kavli前沿科學研讨會組委會委員 (Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium) 2019-2024

雜志任職:

Environmental DNA Associate Editor, 2022-至今
第十屆《獸類學報》編委， 2024-至今

書籍編撰:

•“Chimpanzee Conservation: What We Know, What We Do Not Know, and Ways Forward” in Chimpanzees in Context: A comparative Perspective on Chimpanzee Behavior, Cognition, Conservation, and Welfare. (2019) Hopper L. M. and Ross R. R. (eds). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA •《中國大百科全書》第三版生态學卷“行為生态學分支學科”編委（2015-2020） •《欽州的白海豚》北京大學出版社，2013，部分章節 •《白頭葉猴自然史》北京大學出版社，2017，部分章節

教材編撰:

•《陳閱增普通生物學》（第五版）編委，高等教育出版社，2023
• 101教材系列：《普通生物學》、《普通生态學》編委，高等教育出版社，2025

執教課程:

• 普通生物學
• 群體遺傳學
• 生物演化論
• 生态學實驗

      研究方向：分子生态學 & 生物多樣性
我們将分子生物學方法與野外調查采樣相結合，通過實驗室分析和生物信息學分析，解析多種生态學問題，研究方向主要包括：
1. 利用環境DNA（eDNA）研究生物多樣性分布模式和環境影響因素
生物不斷釋放DNA到其生存環境中，因此通過檢測環境樣品（包括水、土壤、空氣等）中的DNA（即環境DNA）可以獲得生物物種分布、種群規模、種間關系等重要信息。這種方法無損傷性、靈敏度高、準确高效，是目前生物多樣性研究的前沿領域。我們利用eDNA方法，開展包括城市魚類多樣性、青藏高原及雲南地區水體多類群生物多樣性、南水北調水系生物輸送、沿海生物分布及人類影響等研究課題，為了解生物多樣性格局、理解群落構建機制、評估人類活動的生态影響等提供科學數據。同時，我們緻力于新型eDNA采樣方法的研發，為采集各類環境中的生物信息提供技術支撐。
2. 分子食性和食物網關系研究
食物網關系是生态系統關系的核心組成部分，了解動物的食性是理解種間關系和生态系統過程的重要前提。我們利用動物糞便DNA結合宏條形碼高通量測序，分析我國青藏高原、西南山地等多個生态系統中多種食肉動物的精細食性結構，構建複雜定量食物網關系。該些研究對于認識在不同食肉動物的生态系統功能、共存機制及野生與家養動物之間的關系有重要意義，并為保護和管理生态系統提供指導。
3. 野生動物的種群遺傳學研究
了解野生動物的遺傳多樣性和種群結構對認識其進化過程及種群動态具有重要意義，種群之間基因流的模式對于了解物種的繁殖結構和種群參數也至關重要。我們利用分子遺傳學技術結合野外種群調查，分析包括白頭葉猴、海陸蛙、東方鈴蟾等多個物種的種群遺傳結構，評估不同種群的基因交流水平，并反演其種群數量曆史動态。這些信息為評估各種生态及人為因素對物種遺傳結構的影響提供依據，據此可制定更合理有效的策略以保護物種的遺傳多樣性。

1. Chen X, Li S, Zhao J, Yao M* (2024) Passive eDNA sampling facilitates biodiversity monitoring and rare species detection. Environment International, 187:108706. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108706 (IF 11.8)
2. Yan Z, Luo Y, Chen X, Yang L, Yao M* (2024) Angling and trolling for eDNA: A novel and effective approach for passive eDNA capture in natural waters. Environment International, 194:109175. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109175 (IF 11.8)
3. Zhang S, Zhan A, Zhao J, Yao M* (2024) Metropolitan pressures: significant biodiversity declines and strong filtering of functional traits in fish assemblages. Science of the Total Environment, 944:173885. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173885 (IF 9.8)
4. Lu Q, Liu Y, Zhao J, Yao M* (2024) Successive accumulation of biotic assemblages at a fine spatial scale along glacier-fed waters. iScience, 27(4):109476. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109476 (IF 5.8)
5. Zhang S-Y, Qi Y, Zhao J, Liu Y*, Yao M* (2024) Distinct multitrophic biodiversity composition and community organization in a freshwater lake and a hypersaline lake on the Tibetan Plateau. iScience, 27(6):110124. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110124 (IF 5.8)
6. Lu S, Zeng H, Xiong F, Yao M*, He S* (2024) Advances in environmental DNA monitoring: standardization, automation, and emerging technologies in aquatic ecosystems. Science China-Life Sciences, 67(7):1368-1384. DOI: 10.1007/s11427-023-2493-5 (IF 9.1) [Review]
7. Wang D, Zhang D, Bu H, Hopkins J B, Xiong M, Wang D, Yao M, Li S, Wang R* (2024) Integrating non-invasive hair-snaring with spatial capture–recapture for estimating the population size of masked palm civets in Southwest China. Diversity, 16:421. DOI: 10.3390/d16070421 (IF 2.1)
8. Lu Q, Cheng C, Xiao L, Li J, Li X, Zhao X, Lu Z, Zhao J, Yao M* (2023) Food webs reveal coexistence mechanisms and community organization of carnivores. Current Biology, 33: 647–659. (IF 10.900)
9. Zhang S, Bi Y, Zhao J, Yao M* (2023) To the north: eDNA tracing of the seasonal and spatial dynamics of fish assemblages along the world’s largest water diversion project. Journal of Environmental Management, 331:117217. (IF 8.910)
10. Lu Q, Zhang S-Y, Du J, Liu Q, Dong C, Zhao J, Wang Y*, Yao M* (2023) Multi-group biodiversity distributions and drivers of metacommunity organization along a glacial–fluvial–limnic pathway on the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research, 220:115236. (IF 8.431)
11. Zhang S, Zhao J, Yao M* (2023) Urban landscape-level biodiversity assessments of aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates by environmental DNA metabarcoding. Journal of Environmental Management, 340:117971. (IF 8.910)
12. Zhang S, Zheng Y, Zhan A, Dong C, Zhao J, Yao M* (2022) Environmental DNA captures native and non-native fish community variations across the lentic and lotic systems of a megacity. Science Advances, 8(6): eabk0097. (IF 14.972)
13. Chen X, Kong Y, Zhang S, Zhao J, Li S, Yao M* (2022) Comparative evaluation of common materials as passive samplers of environmental DNA. Environmental Science & Technology, 56:10798-10807. (IF 11.357)
14. Yao M*, Zhang S, Lu Q, Chen X, Zhang S-Y, Kong Y, Zhao J. (2022) Fishing for fish environmental DNA (eDNA): ecological applications, methodological considerations, surveying designs, and ways forward. Molecular Ecology, 31(20):5132-5164. (IF 6.622) Invited review.
15. Zhang S, Lin M, Liu J, Chen J, Liu D, Zhao J, Yao M* (2022) A centenary tale: Population genetic insights into the introduction history of the oriental fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis) in Beijing. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22:117. (5yr IF 3.897)
16. 陳曉宇, 姚蒙, 李晟* (2022) 山地景觀遺傳學研究文獻綜述. 生态學報, 42(07):3033-3043.
17. Shao X, Lu Q, Xiong M, Bu H, Liu M, Wang D, Zhao J, Li S*, Yao M* (2021) Prey partitioning and livestock consumption in the world’s richest large carnivore assemblage. Current Biology, 31: 4887-4897. (IF 10.900)
18. Shao X, Lu Q, Liu M, Xiong M, Bu H, Wang D, Liu S, Zhao J, Li S*, Yao M*. Generalist carnivores can be effective biodiversity samplers of terrestrial vertebrates. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(10):557-563. (IF 13.780)
19. Zheng Y, Zhang S, Lu Q, Zhang S-Y, Wang L, Hong M, Nguyen T, Zhao J, Yao M* (2021) Population genetic patterns of a mangrove-associated frog reveal its colonization history and habitat connectivity. Diversity and Distributions, 27(8):1584-1600. (IF 5.714)
20. Lu Q, Xiao L, Cheng C, Lu Z, Zhao J, Yao M* (2021) Snow leopard dietary preferences and livestock predation revealed by fecal DNA metabarcoding: no evidence for apparent competition between wild and domestic prey. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:783546. (IF 4.493)
21. Shen Z*, Malanson GP, Yao M, Zhang J (2021) Editorial: Temporal patterns and mechanisms of biodiversity across scales in East Asia. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:662454. (IF 4.493)
22. 施小剛#, 史曉昀#, 胡強, 馮茜, 金森龍, 程躍紅, 張靜, 姚蒙, 李晟* (2021) 四川邛崃山脈雪豹與赤狐時空生态位關系. 獸類學報, 41(2):115-127.
23. 金森龍#，瞿春茂#，施小剛，鄒曉豔，劉俊，邵昕甯，姚蒙，何廷美，李晟* (2021) 卧龍國家級自然保護區食肉動物多樣性及部分物種的食性分析. 野生動物學報, 42(4):958-964.
24. 王迪#, 張丹#, 熊夢吟, 蔔紅亮, 王大軍, 姚蒙, 李晟, 王戎疆* (2021) 果子狸多态性微衛星位點的篩選及特性分析. 北京大學學報(自然科學版), 57(3):395-400.
25. Zhang S, Zhao J, Yao M* (2020) A comprehensive and comparative evaluation of primers for metabarcoding eDNA from fish. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11:1609-1625. (IF 8.335)
26. Zhang S, Lu Q, Wang Y, Wang X, Zhao J, Yao M* (2020) Assessment of fish communities using eDNA: Effect of spatial sampling design in lentic systems of different sizes. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20:242-255. (IF 8.678)
27. Werhahn G*, Liu Y, Yao M*, et al. (2020) Himalayan wolf distribution and admixture based on multiple genetic markers. Journal of Biogeography, 47:1272-1285. (IF 4.810)
28. Wang W, Zheng Y, Zhao J, Yao M* (2019) Low genetic diversity in a critically endangered primate: shallow evolutionary history or recent population bottleneck? BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19:134. (IF 3.436)
29. Lin M, Zhang S, Yao M* (2019) Effective detection of environmental DNA from the invasive American bullfrog. Biological Invasions, 21(7):2255-2268. (IF 3.605)
30. 邵昕甯, 宋大昭, 黃巧雯, 李晟, 姚蒙* (2019) 基于糞便DNA及宏條形碼技術的食肉動物快速調查及食性分析.生物多樣性, 27(5): 543-556.
31. 陸琪, 胡強, 施小剛, 金森龍, 李晟, 姚蒙* (2019) 基于分子宏條形碼分析四川卧龍國家級自然保護區雪豹的食性. 生物多樣性, 27(9):960-969.
32. Han S#, Guan Y#, Dou H, Yang H, Yao M, Ge J, Feng L*. (2019) Comparison of the fecal microbiota of two free-ranging Chinese subspecies of the leopard (Panthera pardus) using high-throughput sequencing. PeerJ, 7:e6684. (IF 3.061)
33. 史曉昀#，施小剛#，胡強，官天培，付強，張劍，姚蒙，李晟* (2019) 四川邛崃山系雪豹與散放牦牛潛在分布重疊與捕食風險評估. 生物多樣性, 27(9):951-959.
34. Wang W, Qiao Y, Li S, Pan W, Yao M* (2017) Low genetic diversity and strong population structure shaped by anthropogenic habitat fragmentation in a critically endangered primate, Trachypithecus leucocephalus. Heredity, 118:542-553. (IF 3.961; Official journal of the Genetics Society of the Great Britain)
35. Wang W, Yao M* (2017) Fine-scale genetic structure analyses reveal dispersal patterns in a critically endangered primate, Trachypithecus leucocephalus. American Journal of Primatology, 79:e22635. (IF 2.288; Official journal of American Society of Primatologists)
36. Xiong M, Wang D, Bu H, Shao X, Zhang D, Li S, Wang R, Yao M* (2017) Next-generation sequencing-based dietary analysis of two sympatric felids in the temperate mountain forests of Southwest China. Scientific Reports,7:41909.
37. 楊樹勳*，楊雨壯，鄭偉，鄭逸韬，姚蒙 (2017) 七鰓鳗的體态變型與檢索表的重新編制. 生物學通報, 52:1-3.
38. Zhang D, Xiong M, Bu H, Wang D, Li S, Yao M, Wang R* (2016) Sex identification of the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) using noninvasive hair samples. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8(3):207-209.
39. Xiong M, Shao X, Long Y, Bu H, Zhang D, Wang D, Li S, Wang R, Yao M* (2016) Molecular analysis of vertebrates and plants in scats of leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) in southwest China. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(4):1054-1064.
40. Bu H#, Hopkins III JB#*, Zhang D, Li S, Wang R, Yao M, Wang D* (2016) An evaluation of hair-snaring devices for small-bodied carnivores in Southwest China. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(2):589–598.
41. Zheng Y, Wang L, Hong M, Yao M* (2016) Isolation and characterization of 20 microsatellite markers for the crab-eating frog Fejervarya cancrivora. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8(3):251-253.
42. Wang W, Qiao Y, Zheng Y, Yao M* (2016) Isolation of microsatellite loci and reliable genotyping using noninvasive samples for a critically endangered primate, Trachypithecus leucocephalus. Integrative Zoology, 11:250-262.
43. Wang W, Qiao Y, Pan W, Yao M* (2015) Low genetic diversity and strong geographical structure of the critically endangered white-headed langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences. PLoS ONE 10:e0129782.
44. Jin T, Wang D, Pan W, Yao M* (2015) Nonmaternal infant handling in wild white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus). International Journal of Primatology, 36:269-287. (IF 1.994; official journal of the International Primatological Society)
45. Pan W, Gu T, Pan Y, Feng C, Long Y, Zhao Y, Meng H, Liang Z, Yao M* (2014) Birth intervention and non-maternal infant-handling during parturition in a nonhuman primate. Primates, 55: 483-488.
46. Yao M*, Yin L, Zhang L, Liu L, Qin D, Pan W (2012) Parturition in wild white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) in the Nongguan Hills, China. International Journal of Primatology, 33: 888-904. (IF 1.994; official journal of the International Primatological Society)
47. Yao M, Hu F, Denver RJ* (2008) Distribution and corticosteroid regulation of glucocorticoid receptor in the brain of Xenopus laevis. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 508: 967-982.
48. Yao M, Schulkin J, Denver RJ* (2008) Evolutionarily conserved glucocorticoid regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor expression. Endocrinology, 149: 2352-2360.
49. Yao M and Denver RJ* (2007) Regulation of vertebrate corticotropin-releasing factor genes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 153: 200-216.
50. Yao M, Stezel-Poore M, Denver RJ* (2007) Structural and functional conservation of vertebrate corticotropin-releasing factor genes: Evidence for a critical role for a conserved cyclic AMP response element. Endocrinology, 148: 2518-2531.
51. Yao M and Denver RJ* (2006) Developmental and stressor-dependent regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor genes of the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology, 295: 372-372. [Meeting Abstract]
52. Yao M, Westphal N, Denver RJ* (2004) Neuroanatomical distribution and stressor-induced activation of central corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in Xenopus laevis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 16: 880-893.
53. Yao M, Roh H, Denver RJ* (2004) Structural and functional analysis of corticotropin-releasing factor genes in Xenopus laevis. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44: 763-763. [Meeting Abstract]
54. Yao M, Westphal N, Denver RJ* (2002) Acute stress-induced elevation of corticotropin-releasing hormone expression in Xenopus laevis. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42: 1341-1341. [Meeting Abstract]