Education and Appointments: Jin-Long Ren is a 30-year-old postdoctoral fellow and assistant researcher at Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He holds a doctoral degree and has extensive experience in the systematics, biogeography, and genomic evolution of amphibians and reptiles, with a focus on the snake family Natricidae. In recent years, he has described two new genera and 12 new species of amphibians and reptiles. Additionally, he revised the taxonomic statuses of seven natricine genera, which providing a foundation for systematic and evolutionary research. Jin-Long has published a total of 32 academic papers, including 29 SCI papers and a cover paper published in the journal CELL as a joint first author. The research results offer significant fundamental scientific support for the fields of systematics and evolutionary biology.
Research Interest 1. Systematics and biogeography. To study the systematics of amphibians and reptiles based on integrative taxonomy. Combining paleogeology, paleoclimate and fossil evidence to explore the origin and evolution of taxa. 2. Morphological evolution of organs. To study the morphological diversity, driving factors and evolutionary history of hemipenis, the copulatory organ, of snakes in the world. 3. Adaptive evolution of snakes. The genetic and chemical communication mechanisms behind how snakes adapt to the aquatic environment were studied using a multi-omics method. Public Services Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation – Editorial Review Board
Honors 2023 Ten scientific advances in Sichuan 2023 The second award of Sichuan Chongqing Science and Technology Academic Conference (ranked 2nd) Seleted Publication 1. Peng C.#, Wu D.-D.#, Ren J.-L.#, Peng Z.-L., Ma Z., Wu W., Lv Y., Wang Z., Deng C., Jiang K., Parkinson C. L., Qi Y., Zhang Z.-Y., Li J.-T. 2023. Large-scale snake genome analyses provide insights into vertebrate development. Cell, 186 (14): 2959–2976. 2. Ren, J.-L., Yan, C., Peng, Z.-L., Li, J.-T. (2022) Sichuan hot-spring snakes imperiled: reason, situation, and protection. Zoological Research, 43 (1), 95–97. 3. Ren J.-L., Jiang K., Huang J.-J., David P., Li J.-T. 2022. Taxonomic review of the genus Herpetoreas (Serpentes: Natricidae), with the description of a new species from Tibet, China. Diversity-Basel, 14(2): 79. 4. Ren, J.-L., Wang, K., Guo, P., Wang, Y.-Y., Nguyen, T.T., Li, J.-T. (2019) On the generic taxonomy of Opisthotropis balteata (Cope, 1895)(Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae): taxonomic revision of two natricine genera. Asian Herpetological Research, 10 (2), 105–128. 5. Ren, J.-L., Wang, K., Nguyen, T.T., Hoang, C.V., Zhong, G.-H., Jiang, K., Guo, P., Li, J.-T. (2018) Taxonomic re-evaluation of the monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with discovery of its type species, P. chapaensis, from China. Zootaxa, 4486 (1), 31–56. 6. Jiang, K., Wu, Y.-K., Ren, J.-L., Wang, Y.-F. (2018) Tim Halliday. The book of frogs: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world. Peking University Press, Beijing, 659 pp (in Chinese). 7. Jiang, K., Wu, Y.-K., Qiao, Z.-C., Ren, J.-L. (2023) Mark O’Shea. The book of snakes: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world. Peking University Press, Beijing, 664 pp (in Chinese). Supported Projects Jin-Long Ren was the principal investigator for five research projects, including the National Nature Foundation Youth Fund, the National Key Research and Development Program, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Special Research Assistant Talent Funding Project. The total funding for these projects was 2.33 million Yuan (~0.32 million USD).
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