詹祥江，博士，研究员，博士生导师。现任中国科学院动物研究所副所长，种群和进化遗传学研究组组长，中英生物复杂性研究联合实验室主任。2003年和2006年分别于北京师范大学和中国科学院动物研究所获得硕士和博士学位。中国科学院优秀毕业生，中国科学院优秀博士学位论文获得者。2008起在英国Cardiff大学进行博士后研究。2014年回国后主要从事动物种群和进化遗传学研究。主持多项国内外科研项目，包括国家自然科学基金委国家杰出青年科学基金和重点项目、国家重点研发计划、中国科学院稳定支持基础研究领域青年团队、英国皇家学会等项目。迄今为止已经在Nature、Nature Genetics、Nature Communications、Current Biology、Cell Research、Genome Biology、Molecular Biology and Evolution、Science等科技期刊上发表论文86篇，其中多项研究成果被Nature、Science、Faculty 1000、BBC等报道或推荐。

何梁何利基金科学与技术创新奖（2022年）

中国科学十大进展（2021年）

中国生命科学十大进展（2021年）

国家自然科学奖二等奖（2019年）

中国科学院优秀导师奖 （2022年、2021年）

中国科学院优秀博士学位论文（2008年）

国家自然科学基金国家杰出青年科学基金项目

国家自然科学基金重点项目

国家自然科学基金优秀青年科学基金项目

中国科学院稳定支持基础研究领域青年团队

英国皇家学会“牛顿高级学者”

1. Lin Y, Li BY, Shi XY, Chen YK, Pan SK, Lin ZZ, Gu ZR, Hailer F, Hu L, Zhan XJ*. 2025. Homeostasis of glucose and lipid metabolism during physiological responses to a simulated hypoxic high altitude environment. Nature Communications, 16: 9406.
2. Zhang C, Xiang XY, Liu J, Huang YJ, Xue JW, Sun Q, Leng S, Liu SB, He XF, Hu P, Zhan XJ, Qiu Q, Yang SL, Brosius J, Deng C. 2025. Constitutively active glucagon receptor drives high blood glucose in birds. Nature, 641: 1287–1297.
3. Gu ZR, Dixon A, Zhan XJ*. 2024. Genetics and evolution of bird migration. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 12:11.1-11.23.
4. Chen YH, Dai Q, Zhou J, Tang DN, Li DZ, Wei FW, Zhan XJ*. 2024. Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22(3): e2714.
5. Hu L, Long J, Lin Y, Gu ZR, Su H, Dong XM, Lin ZZ, Xiao Q, Batbayar N, Bold B, Deutschová L, Ganusevich S, Sokolov V, Sokolov A, Patel HR, Waters PD, Graves JAM, Dixon A, Pan SK*, Zhan XJ*. 2022. Arctic introgression and chromatin regulation facilitated rapid Qinghai-Tibet Plateau colonization by an avian predator. Nature Communications, 13: 6413.
6. Zhang X, Zhao CY, Cheng CY, Li HY, Yu T,…, ZhanXJ*, Zhang GG*, Zhang ZB*, Zheng AH*. 2022. Infection of parthenogenetic Asian longhorned ticks with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28: 363-372.
7. Gu ZR, Pan SK, Lin ZZ, Hu L, Dai XY, Chang J, Xue YC, Su H, Long J, Sun MR, Ganusevich S, Sokolov V, Sokolov A, Pokrovsky I, Ji F, Bruford MW, Dixon A, Zhan XJ*. 2021. Climate-driven flyway changes and memory-based long-distance migration. Nature, 591: 259-264. (Cover story)
8. Xu DM, Yang CP, Sheng QS, Pan SK, Liu Z, Zhang TZ, Zhou X, Lei ML, Chen P, Yang H, Zhang T, Guo YT, Zhan XJ*, Cheng YB*, Shi P*. 2021. A single mutation underlying phenotypic convergence for hypoxia adaptation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Cell Research, 31: 1032-1035.
9. Fan RW, Gu ZR, Guang XM, Marín JC, Varas V, González BA, Wheeler JC, Hu YF, Li EL, Sun XH, Yang XK, Zhang C, Gao WJ, He JP, Munch K, Corbett-Detig R, Barbato M, Pan SK, Zhan XJ*, Bruford MW*, Dong CS*. 2020. Genomic analysis of the domestication and post-Spanish conquest evolution of the llama and alpaca. Genome Biology, 21: 159.
10. Pan SK, Lin Y, Liu Q, Duan JZ, Lin ZZ, Wang YS, Wang XL, Lam SM, Zou Z, Shui GH, Zhang Y, Zhang ZW, Zhan XJ*. 2019. Convergent genomic signatures of flight loss in birds suggest a switch of main fuel. Nature Communications, 10: 2576.
11. Pan SK, Bruford MW, Wang YS, Lin ZZ, Gu ZR, Hou X, Deng XM, Dixon A, Graves JAM, Zhan XJ*. 2018. Transcription-associated mutation promotes RNA complexity in highly expressed genes-a major new source of selectable variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35: 1104-1119.
12. Jarvis ED,……, Zhan XJ…... 2014. Whole genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science, 346: 1320-1331. (Cover story)
13. Zhan XJ, Pan SK, Wang JY, Dixon A, He J et al. 2013. Peregrine and saker falcon genome sequences provide insights into evolution of a predatory lifestyle. Nature Genetics, 45: 563-566. (Highlighted by Faculty 1000)
14. Zhao SC#, Zheng PP#, Dong SS#, Zhan XJ#, Wu Q# et al. 2013. Whole-genome sequencing of giant pandas provides insights into demographic history and local adaptation. Nature Genetics, 45: 67-71. (#contributed equally) (Cover story)
15. Zhan XJ, Li M, Zhang ZJ, Goossens B, Chen YP et al. 2006. Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve. Current Biology, 16: R451-452. (Cover story and highlighted by Nature, Science etc.)