Dr. Wei Wei
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. 09/1994-07/1997, Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Thesis Topic: ‘Molecular Ecology of two Leguminous Plants, Caragana spp. and Glycine soja’
M. S. 09/1991-07/1994, Plant Ecology, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Thesis Topic: ‘Population ecology of Acanthopanax brachypus Harms [A. obovatus Hoo] and its endangering factors’
B. S. 09/1987-07/1991, Biology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
Thesis Topic: ‘Isolation and Purification of Typsin from Pig Pancreas’
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
01/2009-12/2013, subcontract of a 973 project namely ‘Carbon cycle in saline-alkali soil of arid area and climate change’.
01/2009-12/2011, principal scientist of a NSFC (National Scientific Foundation of China) and FWF (Austrian Science Fund) joint-project ‘Biosafety and risk assessment needs of synthetic biology in Austria and China’.
07/2008-12/2010, subcontract of new transgenic cultivar developing project ‘Developing new detecting and monitoring technology for transgenic organisms’.
01/2007-present, principal scientist of a NSFC project namely ‘Effect of seed size on fitness of transgenes’.
12/2006-11/2008, Chinese coordinator of an EU sixth framework program project namely ‘Networking on conservation and use of plant genetic resources in Europe and Asia (DIVERSEEDS)’.
09/2006-08/2007, Chinese coordinator of an EU sixth framework program project namely ‘Benefiting from an improved agricultural portfolio in Asia (Agro-folio)’.
03/2006-11/2008, Chinese coordinator a China-France joint project of advanced researches (PRA) namely ‘Assessment and management of gene flow from transgenic oilseed rape and its effect on biodiversity’.
10/2004-10/2007, principal scientist of a subcontract of an innovation project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences namely ‘Transgene escape and fitness of transgenic oilseed rape’.
01/2004-12/2007, principal scientist of a subcontract of a key NSFC project namely ‘Adaptive evolution of clonal life history traits of plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau’.
01/2004-12/2006, principal scientist of a NSFC project namely ‘Fitness cost of transgenes’.
01/2003-12/2005, principal scientist of a NSFC project namely ‘Study on the mechanism of the effect against insect natural enemies of transgenic cotton resistant to insect pests’.
04/2000-04/2001, involved in the project namely ‘Biosafety assessment of transgenic plants, with special reference to China’, financially supported by IACR-Rothamsted International Fellowship, UK.
03/1999-04/2000, involved in the research namely ‘review and strategic study of the risk assessment of the release of living modified organisms (LMOs)’, and the research namely ‘the framework of biosafety in China’, all of them are financially supported by the State Environment Protection Agency of China.
07/1997-02/1999, involved in the research namely ‘molecular basis of maize type-C cytoplasmic male sterility’, which is financially supported by the Chinese Scientific and Technical Ministry.
09/1994-07/1997, involved in the study namely ‘the ecological conservation of biodiversity in China’, which is financially supported by the Chinese Scientific and Technical Committee.
03/1993-07/1994, involved in a NSFC key project namely ‘the research of conservation biology of the critical endangered plants in China’.
06/1992-02/1993, involved in a NSFC project namely ‘the research on plant reflected spectrum at mineral deposit and insect pests effects’.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
03/2005-03/2006, Visiting Scientist, INRA, Dijon, France, supported by China Scholarship Council
05/2000-04/2001, IACR-Rothamsted International Fellow, Harpenden, UK
09/1999-present, Associate Professor of Biosafety, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
09/1997-08/1999, Postdoctoral fellow, China Agricultural University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Molecular Ecology, Plant-insect interaction, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, Population Ecology, Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
