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。主持和参加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、中国科学院战略先导、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71篇，其中多项研究成果被Nature、Science、Faculty 1000、BBC等报道或推荐。

　　鸟类学、极端环境物种进化遗传学。

　　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
• 国家重点研发计划项目
• 英国皇家学会“牛顿高级学者”

1. 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)
2. Gu ZR, Dixon A, Zhan XJ*. 2024. Genetics and evolution of bird migration. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 12:11.1-11.23.
3. Chen YH, Dai Q, Zhou J, Tang DN, Li DZ, Wei FW, Zhan XJ*. 2023. Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, in press.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Hou X, Xu PW, Lin ZZ, Urban-Jackson J, Dixon A, Bold B, Xu JL*, Zhan XJ*. 2018. An integrated tool for microsatellite isolation and validation from the reference genome and their application in the study of breeding turnover in an endangered avian population. Integrative Zoology, 13: 553-568. (Cover story)
10. Pan SK, Zhang TZ, Rong ZQ, Hu L, Gu ZR, Wu Q, Dong SS, Liu Q, Lin ZZ, Deutschova L, Li XH, Dixon A, Bruford MW*, Zhan XJ*. 2017. Population transcriptomes reveal synergistic responses of DNA polymorphism and RNA expression to extreme environments on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in a predatory bird. Molecular Ecology, 26: 2993-3010.
11. Zhan XJ, Dixon A, Batbayar N, Bragin E, Z Ayas et al. 2015. Exonic versus intronic SNPs: contrasting roles in revealing the population genetic differentiation of a widespread bird species. Heredity, 114: 1-9. (Cover story)
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, Zheng YF, Wei FW, Bruford MW, Jia CX. 2011. Molecular evidence for Pleistocene refugia at the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Molecular Ecology, 20: 3014-3026.
16. Zhan XJ, Zhang ZJ, Wu H, Goossens B, Li M, Jiang SW, Bruford WM, Wei FW. 2007. Molecular analysis of dispersal in giant panda. Molecular Ecology, 16: 3792-3800.
17. 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.)
18. Zhan XJ, Zhang ZW. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of avian genus Syrmaticus based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and control region. Zoological Science, 22: 427-435.