Pollination  Entomoligist

Prof. Dr. AN Jiandong
MS/PhD student supervisor for the major of ‘Special Economic Animals (Bee Science) ’  
Chief Scientist of the ASTIP Team for Bee Resources and Breeding
Head of the Laboratory of Insect pollination and Ecology, CAAS Institute of Apicultural Research
Office phone: 0086-10-62591749
Email: anjiandong@caas.cn

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Research on Bumblebee resources / Pollination ecology
For bumblebee resources, includes field survey to fill in the gap of bumblebee fauna of China; diagnosis the difficult species / groups by DNA barcoding; application assessment to select effective native bumblebee species for commercial rearing and pollination; reveal the molecular mechanism of some important biological traits of bumblebees using the techniques of genomics and proteomics. For pollination ecology, includes effectiveness and the mechanisms of insect pollination, the importance of insect pollination for crop production, and developing the effective pollination management tools.
Current major research grants includes &39;Bumblebee resources and pollination application&39; in the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (201203080-4, 2012-2016), &39;Bee Resources and Breeding Team&39; in the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (CAAS-ASTIP-2015-IAR, 2015-2025), and &39;The systematics and distribution of bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in China&39; in the Natural Science Foundation of China (31672500, 2017-2020).

EDUCATION
2008.09-2012.07: PhD. in Economic Insects, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
2001.09-2004.07: MA. In Special Animals Rearing, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1994.09-1998.07: BA. in Bee Sciences, Fujian Agricultural University

EXPERIENCE
2016.03-present: Member of the Academic Committe of CAAS
2015.02-present: Vice-Chair of the Academic Committee of IAR-CAAS
2012.02-present: Council Member of the International Commission for Plant-Pollinator Relationships
2011.10-present: Council Member of IUCN-Bumblebee Specialist Group, Regional Coordinator for East Asia
2006.12-present: Vice-Chair of the Committee of Foraging Plants and Pollination, Apicultural Science Association of China
2013.02-2013.08: visitor, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, UK
2010.10-2011.01: visitor, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, UK
2001.07-2001.08: visitor, Faculty of Agriculture, Cukurova University, Turkey
1998.07-present: Researcher of IAR-CAAS

TOPICS FOR MS/PhD STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS
[1]Diagnosis / reveal the difficult groups of bumblebee species (complex) by DNA barcoding.
[2]Effective bumblebee species selection for commercial rearing and pollination.
[3]Study on the egg laying competition between queen and worker of bumblebee.
[4]Threaten assessment of the introduced European bumblebee Bombus terrestris to the native bumblebee species.
[5]Effect of land use on bumblebee diversity.
[6]Effect of pesticides on foraging behavior and reproduction of bumblebees.
[7]Assess pollination effectiveness of pollinators, study on the mechanism of insect pollination.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED SCI JOURNALS ONLY SINCE 2011)
[1]Garibaldi LA*, Carvalheiro LG, Vaissière BE, [---], An J, [---], Zhang H. Mutually beneficial pollinator diversity and crop yield outcomes in small and large farms. Science, 22 Jan 2016, 351(6271): 388-391.  
[2]Xie Z*, Pan D, Teichroew J, An J*. The potential influence of bumble bee visitation on foraging behaviors and assemblages of honey bees on squash flowers in highland agricultural ecosystems. PLoS ONE, 2016, 11(1): e0144590.
[3]Huang J, An J*, Wu J*, Williams PH. Extreme food-plant specialisation in Megabombus bumblebees as a product of long tongues combined with short nesting seasons. PLoS ONE, 2015, 10(8): e0132358.
[4]Zhang H, Huang J, Williams PH, Vaissière BE, Zhou Z, Gai Q, Dong J, An J*. Managed bumblebees outperform honeybees in increasing peach fruit set in China: different limiting processes with different pollinators. PLoS ONE, 2015, 10(3): e0121143.
[5]Huang J, Wu J*, An J, Williams PH. Newly discovered colour-pattern polymorphism of Bombus koreanus females (Hymenoptera: Apidae) demonstrated by DNA barcoding. Apidologie, 2015, 46(2): 250-261.
[6]Williams PH*, Bystriakova N, Huang J, Miao Z, An J*. Bumblebees, climate, and glaciers across the Tibetan plateau (Apidae: Bombus Latreille). Systematics and Biodiversity, 2015, 13(2): 164–181.
[7]An J*, Huang J, Shao Y, Zhang S, Wang B, Liu X, Wu J, and Williams PH*. The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille). Zootaxa, 2014, 3830(1): 1–89.
[8]Xie Z*, An J. The effects of landscape on bumblebees to ensure crop pollination in the highland agricultural ecosystems in China. Journal of Applied Entomology, 2014, 138, 555-565.
[9]Williams PH*, An J, Brown M, Carolan J, Goulson D, Huang J and Ito M. Cryptic bumblebee species: consequences for conservation and the trade in greenhouse pollinators. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7(3): e32992.
[10]Williams PH*, Brown MJF, Carolan JC, An J, Goulson D, Aytekin AM, Best LR, Byvaltsev AM, Cederberg B, Dawson R, Huang J, Ito M, Monfared A, Raina RH, Schmid-Hempel P, Sheffield CS,Sima P, Xie Z. Unveiling cryptic species of the bumblebee subgenus Bombus s. str. world-wide with COI barcodes (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 2012, 10(1): 21-56.
[11]An J, Williams PH, Zhou B*, Miao Z, Qi W. The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Zootaxa, 2011, 2865, 1-36.
[12] Williams PH*, An J, Huang J. The bumblebees of the subgenus Subterraneobombus: integrating evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011, 163, 813-862.