This is me

 

Last Name: Tang            First Name: Yezhong               Gender: Male

Country of Citizenship: China             Phone Number: 301-405-6882

Professional Employment
1) 2000 to present: Post doctoral fellow (Research Assistant) in Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
2) 1994-1997: Associate Professor in Department of Natural Resources, University of Guangxi, Nanning, P.R. China.
3) 1990-1995: Researcher in the National Medical Institute of Guangxi, Nanning, P.R. China.
4) 1988-1990: Novitiate Researcher in Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Yunnan, P.R. China.

Research Experience
1) 2000-present: Development of avian auditory brainstem. Auditory and vocal systems in reptiles.
2) 2001-2002: Zenk gene expression driven by conspecific contact calls.
3) 1997-2000: Seasonal changes of androgen and its receptor, and how it regulated reptilian reproductive behaviors.
4) 1993-1996: gonadotrophin regulated reptilian reproductive biology.
5) 1990-1997: Ecological investigation of endangered reptiles in south China.
6) 1988-1990: Theoretical or mathematical ecology using analysis and simulation methods in computer.
 

Education History
1) Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, P.R. China.
1997-2000: Ph.D. candidate.
2) Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Yunnan Province, P.R. China
1985-1988: Graduate student.
3) College of Agriculture, University of Guangxi. Guangxi Province, P.R. China.
1979-1983: Undergraduate student

Recent Papers
1) Tang YZ, Carr C. 2007. Development of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Subunits in Avian Auditory Brainstem. Journal of Comparative Neurology 502:400-413

2) Tang YZ and Carr EC. 2004. Development of NMDA R1 expression in chicken auditory brainstem. Hearing Research 191 (1-2): 79-89. PDF
3) Brauth ES, Tang YZ, Liang WR and Roberts FT. 2003. Contact Call-Driven Zenk mRNA Expression in the Brain of the Budgerigar  (Melopsittacus undulatus). Molecular Brain Research 117 (1): 97-103. PDF
4) Tang YZ, Piao YS, Zhuang LZ and Wang ZW. 2001. Expression of androgen receptor mRNA in the brain of Gekko gecko: Implications for understanding the role of androgens in controlling auditory and vocal processes. Journal of Comparative Neurology 438:136-147. PDF
5) Tang YZ, Zhuang LZ and Wang ZW. 2001. Advertisement calls and their relation to reproductive cycles in Gekko gecko (Reptilia Lacertilia). Copeia 2001(1):248-253. PDF
6) Yu XD, Tang YZ and Zhang QQ. 2000. Variations in amino acids and microelements among different population of Gekko gecko. Chinese Journal of Biomedicine 21(2): 84-85.
7) 8) Tang YZ, Wang ZW. 2000. Neural and endocrine basis of sound production in amphibians and reptiles. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 19(3):173-177
8) Tang YZ and Yu XD. 1999. Effects of oFSH and oLH on gonad cells in vitro secreting sex hormones. Chinese Zoological Science (published by Chinese Forestry Publishing Company) pp:1096-1197
9) Zhang QQ, Tang YZ, Huang YC and Zen MH. 1997. Investigation on geographic variation of Gekko gecko population. Chinese Journal of Zoology 32:44-46

Membership
Chinese Group of Amphibian and Reptilian experts (1997-2000), Species Survival Commission, The World Conservation Union (IUCN).
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (2000)
Chinese Associate of Zoology (1991-2000)

Society for Neuroscience (2004-

Awarded Grants
1997-2000: Key Project in Ninth Five-Year Plan from Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZ951-A1-105) (Presider of a subproject)
1993-1996: National Natural Scientific Foundation of China (39360015). (General Presider)
1990-1993: Scientific and Technological Foundation of Guangxi Province (GX0068) (Presider)