Linlin Zhang | Ecology | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Linlin Zhang | Ecology | Best Researcher Award

Prof. Linlin Zhang , Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Dr. Linlin Zhang 🧬 is a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. With a PhD from IOCAS and postdoctoral training at Cornell, Michigan, and Florida, she leads research in Evo-Devo-Genomics 🐚, focusing on marine biodiversity and adaptation. She’s an award-winning 🏅scientist with high-impact publications (Nature, PNAS) and over ¥5 million in grants. Passionate about mentorship, innovation, and science outreach 🌊, Dr. Zhang is shaping the future of marine biology globally. 🌍

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🎓 Early Academic Pursuits

Prof. Linlin Zhang began her academic journey with a B.Sc. in Marine Biology from the Ocean University of China (2003–2007) under the mentorship of Qinghui Ai. She then pursued a Ph.D. at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007–2012) under Prof. Guofan Zhang. Her early focus on molecular marine science laid the foundation for her pioneering work in evolutionary developmental genomics.

💼 Professional Endeavors

Prof. Zhang has held a series of prestigious research positions. She is currently a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Oceanology, CAS (2019–present). Previously, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University, the University of Florida, and HHMI/University of Michigan. Each tenure refined her expertise in molecular biology, evolutionary ecology, and functional genomics, contributing to her international reputation.

🔬 Contributions and Research Focus On Ecology 

Prof. Zhang’s research integrates evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) and functional genomics, with a core focus on lophotrochozoan species. Her lab explores evolutionary traits such as innate immune diversity, regeneration, and shell formation. Her groundbreaking work on marine adaptation and genome manipulation techniques in aquaculture mollusks positions her as a leader in marine biotechnology.

🌍 Impact and Influence

Her co-first authorship of a landmark paper in Nature on the Pacific oyster genome gained international media coverage (BBC, Washington Post, Scientific American). Prof. Zhang has also contributed to PNAS, PLoS One, and Frontiers journals, influencing how we understand marine biodiversity, stress adaptation, and molecular evolution. Her editorial and peer-review services further emphasize her academic leadership.

🧠 Research Skills

Prof. Zhang’s skills span CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, transcriptome analysis, molecular cloning, and comparative genomics. Her experience in bioinformatics, gene expression profiling, and functional genomics enhances her ability to dissect complex biological processes in non-model marine species. She also demonstrates proficiency in cross-species genome manipulation.

🏅 Awards and Honors

Prof. Zhang is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Fusui Zhang Molluscan Award (2019) and the Cozzarelli Prize (PNAS, 2017). She also received the President Award for Outstanding PhD Students and Excellent PhD Thesis Awards at both institutional and provincial levels in 2012. These honors reflect her enduring academic excellence.

🏛️ Legacy and Future Contributions

Prof. Zhang’s academic legacy is defined by her commitment to marine biodiversity research and mentorship. Having guided postdocs and graduate students across institutions like Cornell University and UCAS, she continues to shape the next generation of marine scientists. Her ongoing projects funded by NSFC and provincial programs promise new insights into marine regeneration and stress adaptation mechanisms, ensuring her continued impact in the field.

Publications Top Notes

  • 📊 Scientific Data
    🗓️ 2025
    📄 Comprehensive Dataset for Polychaetes in the IPC: Species Distribution, DNA Barcodes, and Functional Traits

  • 🧪 International Journal of Molecular Sciences
    🗓️ 2024
    📄 Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis of SRCR Gene Superfamily in Invertebrates

  • 🧬 Scientific Data
    🗓️ 2024
    📄 A chromosome-level genome assembly of a deep-sea symbiotic Aplacophora mollusc

  • 🧬 Gene
    🗓️ 2022
    📄 Evolutionary history of the NLR gene families across lophotrochozoans

  • 🦋 Science
    🗓️ 2022
    📄 Deep cis-regulatory homology of the butterfly wing pattern ground plan

  • 🧬 International Journal of Molecular Sciences
    🗓️ 2022
    📄 Divergences of the RLR Gene Families across Lophotrochozoans

  • 🌊 Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
    🗓️ 2022
    📄 Taxonomy and regeneration of Capitella teleta in Shandong, China

  • 🧬 Frontiers in Genetics
    🗓️ 2021
    📄 Transcriptomic Response to Perkinsus marinus in Two Crassostrea Oysters

  • 🔬 Scientific Reports
    🗓️ 2021
    📄 Comparative and evolutionary analyses of the Notch pathway in Lophotrochozoa

  • 🦋 Genome Biology and Evolution
    🗓️ 2021
    📄 High-Quality Genome Assembly of Vanessa cardui

  • 🦋 EvoDevo
    🗓️ 2020
    📄 Transcription factors in butterfly wing margin patterns

  • 🐟 Preprint (bioRxiv)
    🗓️ 2020
    📄 Genome Assembly and Annotation of Cromileptes altivelas

  • 🦋 PNAS
    🗓️ 2019
    📄 Parallel evolution of enhancers in butterfly wing pattern mimicry

  • 🦪 Fish & Shellfish Immunology
    🗓️ 2019
    📄 IKKε-like role in Crassostrea gigas immune signaling

  • 🧬 Frontiers in Immunology
    🗓️ 2019
    📄 IKKα/βs and immune signaling in oysters

  • 🧬 Nature Ecology & Evolution
    🗓️ 2018
    📄 Adaptive potential of the Pacific oyster

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Alex Klautau | Ecology | Best Researcher Award

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Mr. Alex Klautau | Ecology | Best Researcher Award

Mr. Alex Klautau,Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, Brazil.

🌊 Alex Garcia Cavalleiro de Macedo Klautau is a Brazilian 🔬marine biologist and 🌱environmental analyst at the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). With a 🎓Master’s in Aquatic Resources from UFRA, he specializes in 🐟fisheries management, 🐢marine biodiversity conservation, and 🌍ecological monitoring. Klautau coordinates the Cepnor/ICMBio, leading impactful research on endangered species, genetic tools for conservation, and large-scale fishing impacts. His work advances 🌐sustainable marine practices across Brazil’s northern coast. A true steward of the sea. 🌿

🌟 Professional Profile

🎓 Early Academic Pursuits

Alex Klautau began his academic journey in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), graduating in 2005. His passion for marine life and environmental conservation led him to pursue a Master’s degree in Aquaculture and Tropical Aquatic Resources at the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), completed in 2012. His master’s thesis, focusing on the industrial fishing of piramutaba in the Amazon River delta, laid the foundation for his future contributions in marine ecology and sustainable fisheries.

💼 Professional Endeavors

Since 2005, Klautau has served as a Public Servant and Environmental Analyst. Currently, he coordinates the National Center for Research and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity in Northern Brazil (Cepnor/ICMBio). His career has been deeply embedded in marine conservation, coastal management, and fishery resources governance. He’s also held roles in environmental education and strategic planning within federal institutions like IBAMA and ICMBio.

🔬 Contributions and Research Focus On Ecology

Klautau’s research centers on the conservation of marine biodiversity, fisheries management, and ecological monitoring. He’s involved in pioneering projects such as:

  • Impacts of large-scale fishing on northern Brazil’s marine biodiversity

  • Genetic tools for conservation of marine mammals and sea turtles

  • Studies on elasmobranch species (sharks and rays) caught in commercial fisheries

  • Development of marine protected areas and mitigation strategies for bycatch
    His scientific work aims to align sustainable development goals (SDGs) with on-ground conservation efforts

🌍 Impact and Influence

As a coordinator and lead researcher, Klautau has made significant strides in shaping national strategies for marine biodiversity. His efforts contribute to Brazil’s commitments under the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life Below Water). His input in national technical groups like the PSRM and SisGAAz illustrates his influence on environmental policymaking and marine governance

🏆 Awards and Honors

While specific awards are not explicitly listed, Klautau’s prestigious roles, including coordinator of a national research center, and membership in executive committees like the ODS 14 Committee, signify institutional recognition of his expertise and leadership in marine science and conservation

🚀 Legacy and Future Contributions

Alex Klautau continues to shape Brazil’s environmental future through scientific leadership, policy advocacy, and training of emerging researchers. His ongoing projects addressing bycatch, endangered species, and marine habitat preservation mark him as a key figure in safeguarding the country’s marine ecosystems. With deep-rooted commitment and interdisciplinary approaches, Klautau’s legacy will resonate in both scientific communities and conservation policy for years to come. 🌊

📚Publications Top Notes

    • “Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation”​

      • Year: 2025​

    • “Invasão do camarão-arco-íris Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller, 1862) em pescarias em águas estuarinas da Amazônia, Brasil”​

      • Year: 2025​

    • “Megahabitats shape fish distribution patterns on the Amazon coast”​

      • Year: 2024​

    • “ROPE TO THE SEA: Observation of the fishing rope acting as artificial substrata to fixation of coral Astrangia solitaria (Le Sueur, 1817) collected in the Great Amazon Reef System (GARS)”​

      • Year: 2024​

    • “Pelagic Sargassum spp. blooms as an agent of marine litter transport along the Amazon continental shelf”​

      • Year: 2024​

    • “New observation of Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Isopoda: Aegidae) as ecto- and gill parasite of red snapper fish Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866), collected from the Great Amazon Reef System (GARS)”​

      • Year: 2023​

    • “Two in one: Report of two epibionts groups on the Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Decapoda: Portunidae) from the Amazon province”​

      • Year: 2023​

    • “Ecological notes and occurrence of Astrangia solitaria (Le Sueur, 1817) (Cnidaria: Astrangiidae) for the Northern Brazilian Coast”​

      • Year: 2023​

    • “Biometria e crescimento relativo do bivalve Amusium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) coletado na costa norte do Brasil”​

      • Year: 2023​

    • “Confirmação da ocorrência da Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille, 1817) no Grande Sistema de Recifes da Amazônia, Amapá, Brasil”​

      • Year: 2023

    • “Northernmost Brazilian record of lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758): A warning of bioinvasion in French Guiana waters”​

      • Year: 2023

    • “Novas ocorrências de peixe-leão Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) na pescaria do pargo Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866) na costa norte do Brasil”​

      • Year: 2023

    • “Rendimentos de carcaça e filés de peixe-leão-vermelho Pterois volitans: Controle da invasão pelo consumo”​

      • Year: 2023

Alex Klautau | Ecology | Best Researcher Award

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Mr. Alex Klautau | Ecology | Best Researcher Award

Mr. Alex Klautau,Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, Brazil.

🌊 Alex Garcia Cavalleiro de Macedo Klautau is a Brazilian 🔬marine biologist and 🌱environmental analyst at the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). With a 🎓Master’s in Aquatic Resources from UFRA, he specializes in 🐟fisheries management, 🐢marine biodiversity conservation, and 🌍ecological monitoring. Klautau coordinates the Cepnor/ICMBio, leading impactful research on endangered species, genetic tools for conservation, and large-scale fishing impacts. His work advances 🌐sustainable marine practices across Brazil’s northern coast. A true steward of the sea. 🌿

🌟 Professional Profile

🎓 Early Academic Pursuits

Alex Klautau began his academic journey in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), graduating in 2005. His passion for marine life and environmental conservation led him to pursue a Master’s degree in Aquaculture and Tropical Aquatic Resources at the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), completed in 2012. His master’s thesis, focusing on the industrial fishing of piramutaba in the Amazon River delta, laid the foundation for his future contributions in marine ecology and sustainable fisheries.

💼 Professional Endeavors

Since 2005, Klautau has served as a Public Servant and Environmental Analyst. Currently, he coordinates the National Center for Research and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity in Northern Brazil (Cepnor/ICMBio). His career has been deeply embedded in marine conservation, coastal management, and fishery resources governance. He’s also held roles in environmental education and strategic planning within federal institutions like IBAMA and ICMBio.

🔬 Contributions and Research Focus On Ecology

Klautau’s research centers on the conservation of marine biodiversity, fisheries management, and ecological monitoring. He’s involved in pioneering projects such as:

  • Impacts of large-scale fishing on northern Brazil’s marine biodiversity

  • Genetic tools for conservation of marine mammals and sea turtles

  • Studies on elasmobranch species (sharks and rays) caught in commercial fisheries

  • Development of marine protected areas and mitigation strategies for bycatch
    His scientific work aims to align sustainable development goals (SDGs) with on-ground conservation efforts

🌍 Impact and Influence

As a coordinator and lead researcher, Klautau has made significant strides in shaping national strategies for marine biodiversity. His efforts contribute to Brazil’s commitments under the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life Below Water). His input in national technical groups like the PSRM and SisGAAz illustrates his influence on environmental policymaking and marine governance

🏆 Awards and Honors

While specific awards are not explicitly listed, Klautau’s prestigious roles, including coordinator of a national research center, and membership in executive committees like the ODS 14 Committee, signify institutional recognition of his expertise and leadership in marine science and conservation

🚀 Legacy and Future Contributions

Alex Klautau continues to shape Brazil’s environmental future through scientific leadership, policy advocacy, and training of emerging researchers. His ongoing projects addressing bycatch, endangered species, and marine habitat preservation mark him as a key figure in safeguarding the country’s marine ecosystems. With deep-rooted commitment and interdisciplinary approaches, Klautau’s legacy will resonate in both scientific communities and conservation policy for years to come. 🌊

📚Publications Top Notes

  • “Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation”​

    • Year: 2025​

  • “Invasão do camarão-arco-íris Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis (Heller, 1862) em pescarias em águas estuarinas da Amazônia, Brasil”​

    • Year: 2025​

  • “Megahabitats shape fish distribution patterns on the Amazon coast”​

    • Year: 2024​

  • “ROPE TO THE SEA: Observation of the fishing rope acting as artificial substrata to fixation of coral Astrangia solitaria (Le Sueur, 1817) collected in the Great Amazon Reef System (GARS)”​

    • Year: 2024​

  • “Pelagic Sargassum spp. blooms as an agent of marine litter transport along the Amazon continental shelf”​

    • Year: 2024​

  • “New observation of Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Isopoda: Aegidae) as ecto- and gill parasite of red snapper fish Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866), collected from the Great Amazon Reef System (GARS)”​

    • Year: 2023​

  • “Two in one: Report of two epibionts groups on the Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Decapoda: Portunidae) from the Amazon province”​

    • Year: 2023​

  • “Ecological notes and occurrence of Astrangia solitaria (Le Sueur, 1817) (Cnidaria: Astrangiidae) for the Northern Brazilian Coast”​

    • Year: 2023​

  • “Biometria e crescimento relativo do bivalve Amusium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) coletado na costa norte do Brasil”​

    • Year: 2023​

  • “Confirmação da ocorrência da Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille, 1817) no Grande Sistema de Recifes da Amazônia, Amapá, Brasil”​

    • Year: 2023

  • “Northernmost Brazilian record of lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758): A warning of bioinvasion in French Guiana waters”​

    • Year: 2023

  • “Novas ocorrências de peixe-leão Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) na pescaria do pargo Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866) na costa norte do Brasil”​

    • Year: 2023

  • “Rendimentos de carcaça e filés de peixe-leão-vermelho Pterois volitans: Controle da invasão pelo consumo”​

    • Year: 2023