科研情况简介

主要从事昆虫分类和多样性演化研究。主持国家及省部级各类科研项目10余项；获得北京市科学技术奖—自然科学奖一等奖、二等奖、教育部自然科学奖二等奖、中国昆虫学会青年科技奖以及周尧昆虫分类学奖励基金三等奖等；发表学术论文60余篇（其中SCI收录50余篇），编写专著2部。

社会任职

中国昆虫学会－传粉昆虫专业委员会委员

中国昆虫学会－古昆虫专业委员会副主任

研究方向

昆虫系统分类、昆虫生态和行为学、昆虫多样性演化、昆虫与植物互作

代表学术论著

1. Xiao LF, Chen L, Labandeira CC*, Azevedo-Schmidt L, Wang YJ*, Ren D*. 2025. The modern pattern of insect herbivory predates the advent of angiosperms by 60 My. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 122(9): e2412036122.

2. Wang YJ, Labandeira CC, Shih CK, Ding Q, Wang C, Zhao YY & Ren D* 2012. Jurassic mimicry between a hangingfly and a ginkgo from China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 109(50): 20514–20519.

3. Wang YJ, Liu ZQ, Wang X, Shih CK, Zhao YY, Engel MS & Ren D. 2010. Ancient pinnate leaf mimesis among lacewings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107(37): 16212–16215.

4. Xiao LF, Labandeira CC*; Wu YK, Shih CK, Ren D*, Wang YJ* 2024. Middle Jurassic insect mines on gymnosperms provide missing links to early mining evolution. New Phytologist, 242: 2803–2816.

5. Zhang YJ, Rasnitsyn AP, Zhang WW, Song F, Shih CK, Ren D, Wang YJ*, Li H*, Gao TP* 2024. Stem chewing lice on Cretaceous feathers preserved in amber. Current Biology, 34: 916–922.

6. Wei GJ, Ren D, Nel A, Shih CK, Wang C, Wang YJ* 2026.The first Chinese protolindeniid fossil (Odonata: Petalurida: Protolindeniidae) highlighting the evolution of wing hinge structures of Odonata. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 10: ixag018

7. Feng Q, Jia X, Zhou C, Ren D*, Wang YJ* 2026. The earliest crown therevid lineage: bridging the gap of early evolution of stiletto flies. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 84: 281–292

8. Feng Q, Zhou CX, Jiang RX, Shih CK, Ren D*, Wang YJ* 2025. The earliest fossil sheds light on the evolution of vermileonid flies. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 9(5), ixaf036.

9. Fang H, Labandeira CC, Ma Y, Zheng B, Ren D, Wei X*, Liu J* & Wang YJ* 2020. Lichen mimesis in mid-Mesozoic lacewings. eLife, 9: e59007.

10. Wang FY, Shih, CK Ren D, Wang YJ*. 2017. Quantitative assessments and taxonomic revision of the genus Archirhagio with a new species from Daohugou, China (Diptera: Archisargidae). Systematic Entomology, 42: 230–239. 

11. Wang YJ, Winterton SL & Liu ZQ* 2011. Phylogeny and biogeography of Thyridosmylus (Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Systematic Entomology, 36(2): 330–339.

12. 任东，史宗冈，高太平，王永杰，姚云志. 2024. 昆虫演化的旋律. 河南科技出版社. 872pp.

13. Ren D, Shih CK, Gao TP, Wang YJ, Yao YZ. 2019. Rhythms of Insect Evolution: Evidence from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in northern China. Blackwell Wiley. 708pp.

科技奖项

1.北京市自然科学奖二等奖：侏罗纪燕辽生物群中昆虫拟态及行为适应性研究，授奖时间：2022.12，排名：第2。

2.北京市自然科学奖一等奖：中国中生代晚期昆虫与植物协同演化研究，授奖时间：2012.03，排名：第3。

3.中国昆虫学会青年科技奖，授奖时间：2011.11，排名：第1