个人介绍:

姚蒙，北京大学生命科学学院和生态研究中心研究员，博雅特聘教授，博士生导师。北京大学生物化学及分子生物学学士，美国密西根大学(University of Michigan)分子细胞及发育生物学博士，密西根大学医学院博士后，2010年至今于北京大学工作。研究领域为分子生态学及生物多样性，利用分子生物学、遗传学、生物信息学等方法研究生态学问题，近年来研究方向主要为利用环境DNA方法解析生物多样性分布模式、群落构建机制及环境影响因素，基于分子宏条形码的动物精准食性分析和食物网关系研究，以及多种受威胁野生动物的种群遗传学。迄今发表SCI论文40余篇，近5年作为通讯作者发表于Science Advances，Current Biology，Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment，Environmental Science & Technology等期刊。现任Environmental DNA国际期刊副主编。获得国家杰出青年基金项目，并主持和参加国家重点研发计划、科技部第二次青藏高原综合科学考察项目、国家自然科学基金面上项目等。

教育经历:

2007 博士 分子细胞及发育生物学 美国密西根大学
2000 学士 生物化学及分子生物学 北京大学

工作经历:

2024-至今　　北京大学生命科学学院　　长聘副教授/研究员
2018-2024　　北京大学生态研究中心/城市与环境学院　　副研究员
2010-2018　　北京大学生命科学学院　　助理教授
2007-2009　　密西根大学医学院　　博士后

社会服务工作:

国际动物学会青年工作组 成员（2023-2025）
中国毒理学会环境与生态毒理学专业委员会环境DNA学术交流组 成员（2023-至今）
IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group-China国际自然保护联盟(IUCN)物种存续委员会(SSC)灵长类专家组 成员（2017-2025）
中美Kavli前沿科学研讨会组委会 委员（2019-2024）

荣誉奖励:

2020年 生命科学学院最受欢迎教师奖
2017年 罗氏优秀青年教师奖
2013年 绿叶生物医药杰出青年学者奖
2012年 罗氏优秀青年教师奖

学术任职:

中国动物学会 理事（2024-至今）
中国动物学会兽类学分会第十届委员会 委员（2023-2027）
中国动物学会灵长类学分会 理事（2017-至今）
中国生理学会比较生理学专业委员会 委员（2015-至今）
中国大坝工程学会过鱼设施专业委员会 委员（2021-至今）

杂志任职:

第十届《兽类学报》 编委（2024-至今） Environmental DNA 副主编（Associate Editor）（2022-至今）

书籍编撰:

Chapman CA, Valenta K, Bortolamiol S, Mugume SK, Yao M. 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. (2020) Hopper L. M. and Ross R. R. (eds). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. 《中国大百科全书》第三版生态学卷“行为生态学分支学科” 编委

教材编撰:

《陈阅增普通生物学》第五版 编委（2023年出版） 101教材《普通生物学》及《生态学》 编委

执教课程:

群体遗传学
普通生物学
生态学实验与方法

      分子生态学 & 生物多样性
我们将分子生物学方法与野外调查采样相结合，通过实验室分析和生物信息学分析，解析多种生态学问题，研究方向主要包括：
1. 利用环境DNA（eDNA）研究生物多样性分布模式和环境影响因素
生物不断释放DNA到其生存环境中，因此通过检测环境样品（包括水、土壤、空气等）中的DNA（即环境DNA）可以获得生物物种分布、种群规模、种间关系等重要信息。这种方法无损伤性、灵敏度高、准确高效，是目前生物多样性研究的前沿领域。我们利用eDNA方法，开展包括城市鱼类多样性、青藏高原及云南地区水体多类群生物多样性、南水北调水系生物输送、沿海生物分布及人类影响等研究课题，为了解生物多样性格局、理解群落构建机制、评估人类活动的生态影响等提供科学数据。同时，我们致力于新型eDNA采样方法的研发，为采集各类环境中的生物信息提供技术支撑。
2. 分子食性和食物网关系研究
食物网关系是生态系统关系的核心组成部分，了解动物的食性是理解种间关系和生态系统过程的重要前提。我们利用动物粪便DNA结合宏条形码高通量测序，分析我国青藏高原、西南山地等多个生态系统中多种食肉动物的精细食性结构，构建复杂定量食物网关系。该些研究对于认识在不同食肉动物的生态系统功能、共存机制及野生与家养动物之间的关系有重要意义，并为保护和管理生态系统提供指导。
3. 野生动物的种群遗传学研究
了解野生动物的遗传多样性和种群结构对认识其进化过程及种群动态具有重要意义，种群之间基因流的模式对于了解物种的繁殖结构和种群参数也至关重要。我们利用分子遗传学技术结合野外种群调查，分析包括白头叶猴、海陆蛙、东方铃蟾等多个物种的种群遗传结构，评估不同种群的基因交流水平，并反演其种群数量历史动态。这些信息为评估各种生态及人为因素对物种遗传结构的影响提供依据，据此可制定更合理有效的策略以保护物种的遗传多样性。

课题组发表论文请见：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Meng-Yao-4

1. Chen X, Li S, Zhao J, Yao M* (2024) Passive eDNA sampling facilitates biodiversity monitoring and rare species detection. Environment International, 187:108706. (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.
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. (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. (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. (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. (IF 9.1) [Review]
7. 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 in carnivores. Current Biology, 33: 647–659. (IF 10.900)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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.
14. 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)
15. 陈晓宇, 姚蒙, 李晟* (2022) 山地景观遗传学研究文献综述. 生态学报, 42(07):3033-3043.
16. 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)
17. 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)
18. 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)
19. 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)
20. 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)
21. 施小刚#, 史晓昀#, 胡强, 冯茜, 金森龙, 程跃红, 张静, 姚蒙, 李晟* (2021) 四川邛崃山脉雪豹与赤狐时空生态位关系. 兽类学报, 41(2):115-127.
22. 金森龙#，瞿春茂#，施小刚，邹晓艳，刘俊，邵昕宁，姚蒙，何廷美，李晟* (2021) 卧龙国家级自然保护区食肉动物多样性及部分物种的食性分析. 野生动物学报, 42(4):958-964.
23. 王迪#, 张丹#, 熊梦吟, 卜红亮, 王大军, 姚蒙, 李晟, 王戎疆* (2021) 果子狸多态性微卫星位点的筛选及特性分析. 北京大学学报(自然科学版), 57(3):395-400.
24. 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)
25. Zhang S, Lu Q, Wang Y, Wang X, Zhao J, Yao M* (2020) Assessment of fish communities using environmental DNA: Effect of spatial sampling design in lentic systems of different sizes. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20:242-255. (IF 8.678)
26. 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)
27. 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)
28. 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)
29. 邵昕宁, 宋大昭, 黄巧雯, 李晟, 姚蒙* (2019) 基于粪便DNA及宏条形码技术的食肉动物快速调查及食性分析.生物多样性, 27(5): 543-556.
30. 陆琪, 胡强, 施小刚, 金森龙, 李晟, 姚蒙* (2019) 基于分子宏条形码分析四川卧龙国家级自然保护区雪豹的食性. 生物多样性, 27(9):960-969.
31. 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)
32. 史晓昀#，施小刚#，胡强，官天培，付强，张剑，姚蒙，李晟* (2019) 四川邛崃山系雪豹与散放牦牛潜在分布重叠与捕食风险评估. 生物多样性, 27(9):951-959.
33. 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)
34. 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)
35. 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.
36. 杨树勋*，杨雨壮，郑伟，郑逸韬，姚蒙 (2017) 七鳃鳗的体态变型与检索表的重新编制. 生物学通报, 52:1-3.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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)
44. 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.
45. 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)
46. 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.
47. Yao M, Schulkin J, Denver RJ* (2008) Evolutionarily conserved glucocorticoid regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor expression. Endocrinology, 149: 2352-2360.
48. Yao M and Denver RJ* (2007) Regulation of vertebrate corticotropin-releasing factor genes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 153: 200-216.
49. 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.
50. 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]
51. 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.
52. 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]
53. 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]

分子生态学 & 生物多样性

本课题组研究领域为分子生态学及生物多样性，利用分子生物学、遗传学、生物信息学等方法研究生态学问题，近年来研究方向主要为利用环境DNA方法解析生物多样性分布模式、群落构建机制及环境影响因素，基于分子宏条形码的动物精准食性分析和食物网关系研究，以及多种受威胁野生动物的种群遗传学。