Education

Ph.D., Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hydrobiology, 1999.

B.A., Lanzhou University, Biology, 1983.

Affiliations and Memberships

Member of Endangered Species Scientific Commission of China, 2000-Present

Board Member of Committee of Zooecology in the Chinese Society of Ecology

Members of Editorial Board, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Members of Editorial Board, Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica

Members of Editorial Board, Acta Zoologica Sinica, 2002-2008

Secretary-General of the Chinese Society of Ichthyology, 1993-2007

Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Society of Oceanology and Limnology, 1993-2007

Research Experience:

1999-Present Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

1993-1998 Associate Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

1986-1991 Assistant Scientist, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences

1984-1985 Assistant teacher, Department of Biology, Lanzhou University

1. Hao Qiu, YiFeng Chen*. 2009. Age and growth of Schizothorax waltoni in the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, China. Ichthyological Research, online publication (DOI 10.1007/s10228-009-0096-z)
2. Yunzhi YAN, Yifeng CHEN*. 2009. Variations in reproductive strategies between one invasive population and two native populations of Pseudorasbora parva. Current Zoology, 55(1): 56-60
3. Feng Chen, Yifeng Chen*, Dekui He. 2008. Age and growth of Schizopygopsis younghusbandi younghusbandi in the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, online publication (DOI 10.1007/s10641-008-9370-6)
4. Xiuqi Li, Yifeng Chen*, Dekui He, Feng Chen. 2008. Otolith characteristics and age determination of an endemic Ptychobarbus dipogon (Regan, 1905) (Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae) in the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet. Environmental Biology of Fishes, online publication (DOI 10.1007/s10641-008-9420-0)
5. Xiuqi Li, Yifeng Chen*. 2008. Age structure, growth and mortality estimates of an endemic Ptychobarbus dipogon (Regan, 1905) (Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae) in the Lhasa River, Tibet. Environmental Biology of Fishes, online publication (DOI 10.1007/s10641-008-9371-5)
6. FuHua Hao, YiFeng Chen*. 2008. The reproductive traits of brown trout (Salmo trutta fario L.) from the Yadong River, Tibet. Environmental Biology of Fishes, online publication (DOI 10.1007/s10641-008-9363-5)
7. Yintao Jia, Yifeng Chen*. 2008. Otolith microstructure of Oxygymnocypris stewartii (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Schizothoracinae) in the Lhasa River in Tibet, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, online publication (DOI 10.1007/s10641-008-9334-x)
8. Jia YJ, Chen YF*, Xie SQ, et al. 2008. Physiological advantages may contribute to successful invasion of the exotic Cyprinus carpio into the Xingyun Lake, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 81(4): 457-463
9. YAN Yunzhi, CHEN Yifeng*. 2007. Changes in the life history of Abbottina rivularis in Lake Fuxian. Journal of Fish Biology, 70: 959-964
10. HE DeKui, CHEN YiFeng*. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the highly specialized grade schizothoracine fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) inferred from cytochrome b sequences. Chinese Science Bulletin, 52(6): 777－788
11. Yongxia Chen and CHEN YiFeng*. 2007. Bibarba bibarba: A new genus and species of Vobitinae (Pisces: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from Guangxi Province (China). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 246: 103~113
12. Kun Li, Jing-long Yao, Yi-feng Chen*. 2006. Age and growth of an endemic Cyprinid fish, Spinibarbus yunnanensis, from Lake Fuxian, China. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 21(3): 405－409
13. He D, Chen Y*. 2006. Biogeography and molecular phylogeny of the genus Schizothorax (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in China inferred from cytochrome b sequences. Journal of Biogeography, 33: 1448－1460
14. YIFENG CHEN* and YONGXIA CHEN. 2005. Revision of the genus Niwaella in China (Pisces, Cobitidae), with description of two new species. Journal Natural History, 39(19): 1641~1651
15. He Dekui, CHEN Yifeng*, CHEN Yiyu, CHEN Ziming. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the specialized schizothoracine fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with their implications for the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 49(1): 29－48