康 乐，中国科学院院士，美国国家科学院外籍院士，欧洲科学院院士，发展中国家科学院院士，国际欧亚科学院院士，非洲科学院院士，中国科学院特聘研究员，我国著名生态学家和昆虫学家。现任河北大学校长、中科院北京生命科学院院长、中国科学院大学生命科学院院长，中国科学院大学学位委员会副主任。长期从事生态基因组学研究，是国际上生态基因组学研究的领衔科学家、国家“973”项目首席科学家和基金委创新团队学术带头人，也是国际上几个重要学术期刊的主编和编委。他将基因组学与生态学结合，系统研究动物的适应性和表观可塑性。在相关领域发表SCI论文200余篇，重要论文发表在Nature, Science, Science Advances, Nature Communication, PNAS等重要刊物上，总引用6000余次，是Elsevier选出的农业和生物学高被引科学家（Scopus 2014-2020）。是F1000的Faculty member和Advisory board member。2008年被国际昆虫学会选举为执行理事，2009年获美国内布拉斯加大学荣誉科学博士，2011年获何梁何利生命科学与技术进步奖，2013年获美国昆虫学会颁发的杰出科学家奖，2015年获选美国昆虫学会会士和第八届“谈家桢生命科学奖”成就奖，2017年获国家自然科学二等奖和中国科学院杰出成就奖，2019年当选国际生物科学联合会（IUBS）副主席，同年获得“马世骏生态科学成就奖”。2021年获国际化学生态学会西弗斯坦-西蒙尼奖。

　　他已经培养了90多名博士和硕士研究生，10多名博士后，他们中许多人已经成为国家重要的学术带头人，如特殊人才计划入选者、研究员、教授、国家青年科技奖和国家优秀青年基金项目获得者等。

　　1. 生态基因组学 
在基因组、转录组以及表观遗传水平系统研究昆虫对环境的适应性。 
　　2. 表型可塑性研究
研究蝗虫多型、生态免疫、繁殖、衰老和行为的可塑性，为建立相关疾病模型奠定基础。 
　　3. 神经生物学及行为
研究神经系统和行为对种内和种间信息化合物的识别、响应机制。

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