Le Kang#
| Membership Number: | 5371 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://english.ipm.ioz.cas.cn/re/group/kangle |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4262-2329 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E4%B9%90-%E5%BA%B7-584377a9/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019.10 - Present Vice-President, International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
- 2018.08 - Present Chairman of China National Committee of IUBS
- 2018.08 - Present President, China National Union of Life Science Societies
- 2017.06 - Present President, Hebei University
- 2015.10 - Present Distinguished Professor, CAS
- 2012.07 - 2017.08 Director-General, Institute of Zoology, CAS
- 2008.09 - Present Council member of the International Congress of Entomology
- 2008.03 - Present President, Beijing Institutes of Life Science, CAS
- 1999.03 - 2008.03 Director-General, Bureau of Life Science and Biotechnology, CAS
- 1995.11 - Present Professor, Institute of Zoology, CAS
Fields of Scholarship
- Ecological genomics
- Phenotypic plasticity
- Epigenetics
- Molecular evolution
- Ecology
- Entomology
Honours and Awards
- 2019 National Medal, 70 Anniversaries for The Peoples Republic China
- 2019 Ma Shijun's Award, the highest award, Ecological Society of China
- 2017 China Second Class Prize of National Natural Sciences
- 2017 Scientific Achievement Prize of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2017 Elected member of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS)
- 2015 Elected fellow of Entomological Society of America (ESA)
- 2015 Tan's Achievement Prize of Life Science
- 2013 International Distinguished Scientist’s Award of Entomological Society of America
- 2013 Rentz’s Award, The Orthopterist’s Society (International),
- 2012 Elected member of The Developing World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
- 2011 Elected member of The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 2011 Life Science & Biotechnology Prize, Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (HK)
- 2009 Honored Doctor Degree of Science of the University of Nebraska
- 2006 The Award Grant of Outstanding Research Team of NSFC, China
- 1999 China Third Class Prize of National Natural Sciences
- 1997 The First Class Prize of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1997 The Award Grant of Distinguished Young Scientists of NSFC, China,
- 1997 The Award of Outstanding Young Scientists, CAS
