RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Molecular mechanisms of thermogenesis and thermoregulation in small mammals
2. Energy metabolism, digestive physiology, and body mass regulation in small mammals
3. Animal Physiology and Behavior
EDUCATION
1990 to 1993, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing.
1985 to 1988, MSc, the Department of Ecology, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai Province.
1981 to 1985, BSc, Department of Biology, Shangdong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong Province.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-, Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2002-, Adjunct Professor of the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
1995-2000, Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1993-1995, Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1990-, Assistant professor, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
October 1997-April 1998, Visiting scholar in the Lab of Digestive Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, Sydney University of Australia
October 2000-March 2001, Visiting professor in the Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Biology, Phillips University Marburg, Germany
Jan 2002- March 2002, Visiting professor in the Physiological Ecology Lab, Department of Zoology, and University of New England, Australia
June 2002-August 2002, Visiting Professor in the Animal Nutritional Lab, Agricultural Faculty of Okayama University
Jan 2004-April 2004, Visiting professor in the Lab of Social Behavior and Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, USA
Jan 2007- April 2007, Visiting professor in the Lab of Integrative Physiology, Department of Zoology, Aberdeen University, Scotland, UK
CURRENT GRANTS
1. Excellent Young Scientists Grant of NSFC: Ecological Physiology
2. Key Project of NSFC: Mechanisms of energy balance and thermogenesis in Mongolian gerbils and Brandt’s voles
3. National Basic Research Program of China: Ecological immunity of small mammals
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Journal Editorial Board:
Editor- in- Chief, Acta Theriologica Sinica
Editorial member of Hormones and Behavior
Editorial member of Acta Zoologica Sinica
Editorial member of Chinese Journal of Zoology
Membership of Scientific Societies:
President of the Division of Animal Ecology, China Ecological Society
Member of China Zoological Society
Member of the Division of Mammalogy, China Zoological Society
SELECTIVE PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
1. Lu Qin, Zhong When-Qin and Wang De-Hua 2007 Effects of photoperiod history on body mass and energy metabolism in Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3838-3847.
2. Li Xing-Sheng and Wang De-Hua. 2007. Photoperiod and temperature can regulate body mass, serum leptin concentration, and uncoupling protein 1 in Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) and Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Physiological Biochemical Zoology 80:326-334.
3. Zhang Xue-Ying and Wang De-Hua. 2007. Thermogenesis, food intake and serum leptin in cold-exposed lactating Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Journal of Experimental Biology 210:512-521.
4. Zhang Zhi-Qiang and Wang De-Hua. 2007. Seasonal changes in thermogenesis and body mass in wild Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) Comp Biochem Physiol A 148:346-353.
5. Li Feng-Hua, Zhong Wen-Qin, Wang Zuo-Xin and Wang De-Hua. 2007. Rank in a food competition test and humoral immune functions in male Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Physiology and Behavior 90:490－495.
6. Liu Quan-Sheng, Li Ji-Yuan, Wang De-Hua. 2007. Ultradian rhythms and the nutritional importance of caecotrophy in captive Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 177:423-432
7. Zhao Zhi-Jun and Wang De-Hua. 2006. Shot photoperiod influences energy intake and serum lepin level in Brandt,s voles (Microtus brandtii). Hormones and Behavior 49: 463-469.
8. Zhang Xue-Ying and Wang De-Hua.2006. Energy metabolism, thermogenesis and boby mass regulation in Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) during cold acclimation and rewarming. Hormones and Behavior 50:61-69.
9. Wang Jian-Mei, Zhang Yan-Ming and Wang De-Hua. 2006. Seasonal thermogenesis and boby mass regulation in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae). Oecologia 149:373-382.
10. Song Zhi-Gang and Wang De-Hua. 2006. Basal metabolic rate and organ size in Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii): Effects of photoperiod, temperature and diet quality. Physiology and Behavior 89:704–710.
11. Li Xing-Sheng and Wang De-Hua. 2005. Regulation of body weight and thermogenesis in seasonally acclimatized Brandt’s voles (Microtus brandti). Hormones and Behavior 48:321-328.
12. Zhao Zhi-Jun and Wang De-Hua. 2005. Short photoperiod enhances thermogenic capacity in male and female Brandt's voles. Physiology and Behavior 85:143-149.
13. Liu He, Wang De-Hua and Wang Zu-Wang. 2003. Energy requirements during reproduction in female Brandt's voles (Microtus brandti). Journal of Mammalogy 84:1410-1416.
14. Pei Yan-Xin, Wang De-Hua and I. Hume. 2001 Effects of dietary fibre on digeta passage, nutrient digestibility, and gastrointestinal tract morphology in the granivorous Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Physiological Biochemical Zoology 74(5):742-749.
15. Wang De-Hua, Wang Yu-Shan and Wang Zu-Wang. 2000. Metabolism and thermoregulation in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Acta Theriologica 45:183-192.
16. Wang De-Hua, Sun Ru-Yong, Wang Zu-Wang and Liu Jin-Song. 1999. Effects of photoperiod and temperature on thermogenic characteristics in plateau pikas and root voles. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 169:77-83.
17. Wang De-Hua and Wang Zu-Wang 1996. Seasonal variations in thermogenesis and energy reguirements of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) and root voles (Microtus oeconomus). Acta Theriologica 41:225-236.
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