Education

2016–2020     Zoology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2018–2019     Joint-PhD student at Georg-August-University G？ttingen

2013–2016     Dissertation, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009–2013     Study of Biology Science at Mianyang Normal University; Diploma thesis on animal behavior

Experience

2022-present  Associate professor at Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2023-2024  Humboldt Fellow in University of G？ttingen

2020-2022   Postdoc at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Biodiversity and Ecosystem function:

1. Functional insect diversity and relevant mechanisms of community assembly

2. Multi-trophic interaction networks (insects)

3. Species coexistence mechanisms

4. Community and ecosystem stability

2022 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (postdoc)

2020 “Zhu Li Yuehua” outstanding doctoral scholarship

2019 National scholarship for doctoral students

2017 UCAS Joint Ph.D. program (UCAS [2017-26])

 Chen JT, Wang MQ^*, Li Y, Chesters D, Luo A, Zhang W, Guo PF, Guo SK, Zhou Q-S, Ma KP, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A, and Zhu CD^*. Functional and phylogenetic relationships link predators to plant diversity via trophic and non-trophic pathways. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2023, 290(1990): 20221658.

2. Wang MQ^#, Wen Z^#, Ke J, Chesters D, Li Y, Chen JT, Luo A, Shi X, Zhou QS, Liu XJ, Ma K, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A^*, and Zhu CD^*. Tree communities and functional traits determine herbivore compositional turnover. Oecologia, 2023, 203(1): 205-218.

3. Wang MQ, Yan C, Luo A, Li Y, Chesters D, Qiao HJ, Chen JT, Zhou QS, Ma K, Bruelheide H, Schuldt A, Zhang Z, and Zhu CD^*. Phylogenetic relatedness, functional traits, and spatial scale determine herbivore co-occurrence in a subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs, 2022, 92(1): e01492.

4. Wang MQ, Chen FQ, Zhu CD, and Wu CS^*. Zoological Systematics, 2021, 46(4): 328-341.

5. Wang MQ, Li Y, Chesters D, Bruelheide H, Ma K, Guo PF, Zhou QS, Staab M, Zhu CD^*, and Schuldt A^*. Host functional and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant-herbivore networks. Molecular Ecology, 2020, 29(14): 2747-2762.

6. Wang MQ, Li Y, Chesters D, Anttonen P, Bruelheide H, Chen JT, Durka W, Guo PF, H？rdtle W, Ma K, Michalski SG, Schmid B, Oheimb G, Wu CS, Zhang NL, Zhou QS, Schuldt A^*, and Zhu CD^*. Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment. Journal of Ecology, 2019, 107(6): 2697-2712.

7. Wang MQ, Chen FQ, Zhu CD, and Wu CS^*. A supplemental description of the genus Lista Walker from China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), with two new and a newly record species. Zoological Systematics, 2019, 44(1): 84-88.

8. Wang MQ, Chen FQ, and Wu CS^*. Three new species and a new combination of Stericta Lederer from China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae). Zoological Systematics, 2018, 43(2): 190-195.

9. Wang MQ, Chen FQ, and Wu CS^*. A Review of the Genus Coenodomus Walsingham, 1888 in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae), with Descriptions of Four New Species. Annales Zoologici, 2017, 67(1): 55-68.

10. Wang MQ, Chen FQ, and Wu CS^*. A review of Lista Walker, 1859 in China, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae). Zookeys, 2017, 642 97-113.

11. Wang MQ, Chen FQ, Zhu CD, and Wu CS^*. Two new genera and three new species of Epipaschiinae Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Zookeys, 2017,(722): 87.

12. 王明强, 罗阿蓉, 周青松, 陈婧婷, 谢婷婷, 李逸, Douglas Chesters, 石晓宇, 肖晖, 刘桓吉, 丁强, 周璇, 罗一平, 路园园, 佟一杰, 赵政宇, 白明, 郭鹏飞, 陈思翀, 中村彰宏, 彭艳琼, 赵延会, 魏淑花, 林晓龙, 陈华燕, 陆宴辉, 鲁亮, 余建平, 周欣, 邹怡, 路浩, 朱朝东, 昆虫多样性三十年研究进展, 生物多样性, 2022, 30(10)

13. 王明强, 罗阿蓉, 周青松, Douglas Chesters, 陈婧婷, 郭士琨, 杨娟娟, 郭鹏飞, 李逸, 张峰, 彭艳琼, 罗世孝, 葛斯琴, 白明, 肖治术, 陈军, 周红章, 余建平, 朱朝东, 中国昆虫多样性监测与研究网进展, 应用昆虫学报, 2022, 59(6): 1192-1204

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