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Name:
CHEN Jun
Subject:
Zoology
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chenj@ioz.ac.cn
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National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China  
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Chen, Jun, Male, born in 1969, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Vice President of the National Zoological Museum of China, Curator of the Invertebrate Division From 1994, Dr. Jun Chen began his research work on the systematics and zoogeography of Araneae in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOZ, CAS). In 2000, Dr. Jun Chen focused his work on taxonomic study on Oribatida. When he visited the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes (CNC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in 2003, Dr. Jun Chen co-worked with Dr. Valerier M. Behan-Pelletier on taxonomy of oribatids. After that, he continues his research work on mites in IOZ, CAS, as well as takes part in the construction of the National Zoological Museum of China.
Dr. Jun Chen has taken charge of or attended of more than 10 research projects from National Science Fund of China, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. and published more than 40 research papers and co-compiled two monographs.Directing the thesis work of a graduate student for master degree and co-directing the thesis work of a graduate student for Ph. D..

EDUCATION:
1987–1991 Department of Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
   Received B. S. in July 1991
1991–1994 Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
   Major: Entomology. Received M. S. in July 1994
1994–1997 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
   Major: Zoology. Received Ph. D. in July 1997
2003: Attended and successfully completed the 53rd Acarology Summer Program in Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Jul. 1997 – Oct. 2000: Research Assistant, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Research areas: Systematic and zoogeographic studies of Chinese wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae).
Oct. 2000 – Jan. 2003: Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Research areas: As above, as well as taxonomic study of Chinese oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida).
Jan. 2003 – Jan. 2004: Visiting Scientist, CNC, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Research areas: Taxonomy of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida).
Jan. 2004 - date: Curator of the National Zoological Museum of China, Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Research areas: Taxonomy of Chinese mites, especially of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida).

Research Interests:
Taxonomy of Acari, especially of Oribatida (beetle mites).

Awards and Honors:

Professional Activities:
Members of the editoral commitees of Fauna Sinica, and Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica
Associate Editor-in-Chief of Acta Arachnologica Sinica
Member of the Entomological Society of China and China Zoological Society

Research Grants:

Selected Publications:
  1. Liu, D. & J. Chen 2015 Acrotritia species (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaridae) from China with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3937(1): 127–146.
  2. Liu, D. & J. Chen* 2014 Descriptions of two new species of Austrophthiracarus Balogh et Mahunka, a newly recorded genus of ptyctimous mites from China (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae). Annales Zoologici, 64(2): 267–272.
  3. Liu, D, D.H. Wu & J. Chen* 2014 First record of the genus Arphthicarus Niedba?a (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 48(35–36): 2199–2206.
  4. Apanaskevich, D.A., W. Duan, M.A. Apanaskevich, N.A. Filippova & J. Chen 2014 Redescription of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of mammals in mountains of China and Nepal with synonymization of D. abaensis Teng and D. birulai Olenev. Journal of Parasitology, 100(3): 268–278.
  5. Liu, D. & J. Chen* 2013 Two new species of the genus Notophthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaridae) from China. International Journal of Acarology, DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2013.821163.
  6. Sun, J.L, L. Shen, J. Chen, J.M. Yu & J. Jia 2013 Species diversity of house dust mites in Beijing, China. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50(1):31–36.
  7. Liu, D., D.H. Wu & J. Chen* 2012 Six new species of the genus Euphthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaridae) from China. Zootaxa, 3481: 47–59.
  8. Cao, Z.P.*, X.M. Han, C. Hu, J. Chen, D.P. Zhang & Y. Steinberger 2011 Changes in the abundance and structure of a soil mite (Acari) community under long-term organic and chemical fertilizer treatments. Applied Soil Ecology, 49:131–138.
  9. Qiao, W.J., G.M. Tang & J. Chen* 2011 A new species of the genus Hermanniella (Oribatida, Hermanniellidae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 36(3): 524–528.