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Curriculum vitae Research Interests At present, I aim to understand the evolution of geographic variation in acoustic signals in bats from an integrative perspective that includes a wide range of behavioral ecological, physiological ecological, developmental, genetic, and evolutionary approaches. Recent and ongoing projects include: i. The characteristics and function (adaptive value) of acoustic signals in bats; ii. Testing the roles of drift and selection on the geographic evolution of acoustic signals of bats; iii. Uncovering the evolutionary drivers of complexity of acoustic communication signals in bats. Professional Experience 2014–Present Associate professor: School of Environment, Northeast Normal University. 2013 – 2014 Lecturer: School of Environment, Northeast Normal University. 2010 – 2013 Lecturer: College of Urban & Environmental Sciences, Northeast Normal University. Education 2005 – 2010 Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. Advisor: Prof. Jiang Feng. 2008 – 2009 Joint training Ph.D. Neuroethology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA. Advisor: Prof. Walter Metzner. 2001 – 2005 B.Sc. Biological Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China. Memberships China Zoological Society Publications 2017 Jiang, T., Huang, X., Wu, H. & Feng, J. (2017). Size and quality information in acoustic signals of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in distress situations. Physiology & Behavior, 173, 252–257. Xie, L., Sun, K., Jiang, T., Liu, S., Lu, G., Jin, LR., Feng, J. (2017). The effects of cultural drift on geographic variation in echolocation calls of the chinese rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus). Ethology, 123(8). 2016 Lin, A., Jiang, T., Feng, J. & Kanwal, J. S*. Acoustically diverse vocalization repertoire in the Himalayan leaf-nosed bat, a widely distributed Hipposideros species. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2016, 140: 3765–3774. Jiang, T., Long, Z., Ran, X., Zhao, X., Xu, F., & Qiu, F., Kanwal, J. S. & Feng, J*. Using sounds for making decisions: greater tube-nosed bats prefer antagonistic calls over noncommunicative sounds when feeding. Biology Open, 2016, 5: 1864-1868. Jiang, TL, Huang, XB, Wu H, Lin, HJ, Müller, R, Hoyt J R. & Feng J. (2016). Autumn flight activity of the greater horseshoe bat at hibernacula. Animal Biology. 66:119-131. DOI 10.1163/15707563-00002494 Lin, X*., Zhang, F*., Yang, W*., Jiang, T*., Lu, G., & He, B., et al. (2016). Detection and characterization of diverse alpha- and betacoronaviruses from bats in china. Química Nova, 32(5), 1139-1143. Xiao, Y., Wu, Y., Sun, K., Wang, H., Jiang, T., & Lin, A., et al. (2016). Gene expression and adaptive evolution of zbed1 in the hibernating great horseshoe bat (rhinolophus ferrumequinum).. Journal of Experimental Biology. Hoyt, J. R., Langwig, K. E., Sun, K. P., Lu, G. J, Parise, K. L., Jiang, T., Frick, W. F., Foster, J. T., Feng, J., Marm Kilpatrick, A. (2016). Host persistence or extinction from emerging infectious disease: insights from white-nose syndrome in endemic and invading regions.. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1826). Xiao, Y., Wu, Y., Sun, K., Wang, H., Zhang, B., & Song, S., Du, Z., Jiang T., et al. (2015). Differential expression of hepatic genes of the greater horseshoe bat (rhinolophus ferrumequinum) between the summer active and winter torpid states. Plos One, 10(12). Hoyt, J. R., Sun, K., Parise, K. L., Lu, G., Langwig, K. E., & Jiang, T., Yang, S., Frick, W. F., Marm Kilpatrick, A., Foster, J. T., Feng, J. (2016). Widespread bat white-nose syndrome fungus, northeastern china.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(1), 140-142. 2015 Guo X, Luo B, Liu Y, Jiang TL and Feng J*. (2015). Cannot see you but can hear you: vocal identity recognition in microbats. Zoological Research 36(5): 257-262. Huang X, Kanwal JS, Jiang TL*, Long Z, Luo B, Yue XK, Gu YB and Feng J*. (2015) Situational and Age-Dependent Decision Making during Life Threatening Distress in Myotis macrodactylus. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132817. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone. 0132817 Wu H, Jiang TL*, Müller R and Feng J*. 2015. The allometry of echolocation call frequencies in horseshoe bats: nasal capsule and pinna size are the better predictors than forearm length. Journal of Zoology, 297: 211-219. doi:10.1111/jzo.12265. Jiang TL, Wu H and Feng J*. (2015). Patterns and causes of geographic variation in bat echolocation pulses. Integrative Zoology. 10, 241–256. Lin HJ, Kanwal JS, Jiang TL, Liu Y* and Feng J. 2015. Social and vocal behavior in adult greater tube-nosed bats. Zoology. 118: 192-202. Liu S, Sun KP, Jiang TL and Feng J*. 2015. Natural epigenetic variation in bats and its role in evolution. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 100-106. Li S, Sun KP, Lu G, LIn AQ, Jiang TL, Hoyt JR, Jin LR and Feng J*. 2015. Mitochondrial genetic differentiation and morphological difference of Miniopterus fuliginosus and Miniopterus magnater in China and Vietnam. Ecology and Evolution. 5(6): 1214–1223 Lin AQ, Jiang TL, Kanwal JS, Jiang TL, Lu GJ, Luo JH, Wei XW, Luo B and Feng J*. 2015. Geographical variation in echolocation vocalizations of the Himalayan leaf-nosed bat: contribution of morphological variation and cultural drift. Oikos. 124: 364–371. doi: 10.1111/oik.01604. 2014 Wang L, Lin AQ, Xiao YH, Jiang TL and Feng J*. 2014. Postnatal development in the big-footed bat, Myotis macrodactylus: wing morphology, echolocation calls, and flight. Acta Theriologica. 59(3): 435-441. Hage SR*, Jiang TL*, Berquist SW, Feng J and Metzner W. 2014. Ambient noise causes independent changes in distinct spectro-temporal features of echolocation calls in horseshoe bats. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 2440-2444. Wu H, Jiang TL*, Huang XB, Lin HJ, Wang HW, Wang L, Niu HX and Feng J. 2014. A test of Rensch’s rule in greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) with female-biased sexual size dimorphism. PLoS ONE. 9(1): e86085. DOI: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0086085. Li YY, Wang J, Metzner W, Luo B, Jiang TL, Yang SL, Shi LM, Huang XB, Yue XK and Feng J. 2014. Behavioral responses to echolocation calls from sympatric heterospecific bats: implications for interspecific competition. Behavioural Ecology Sociobiology. 68: 657-667. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1680-9. Wang L, Luo JH, Wang HN, Ou W, Jiang TL, Liu Y and Feng J*. 2014. Dynamic adjustment of frequency modulation rate to different small-scale riverine habitats in big-footed myotis (Myotis macrodactylus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 135: 928-932. Lin AQ, Csorba G, Li LF, Jiang TL, Lu GJ, Thong VD, Soisook P, Sun KP and Feng J*. 2014. Phylogeography of Hipposideros armiger (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in the Oriental Region: the contribution of multiple Pleistocene glacial refugia and intrinsic factors to contemporary population genetic structure. Journal of Biogeography. 41: 317-327. doi:10.1111/jbi.12163. 2013 Jiang TL, You YY, Liu S, Lu GJ, Wang L, Wu H, Berquist S, Ho J, Puechmaille S J and Feng J. 2013. Factors affecting geographic variation in echolocation calls of the endemic Myotis davidii in China. Ethology. 119: 881-890. Jiang TL, Lu GJ, Sun KP, Luo JH and Feng J. 2013. Coexistence of Rhinolophus affinis and Rhinolophus pearsoni revisited. Acta Theriologica. 58(1): 47-53. DOI 10.1007/s13364-012-0093-x. Hage SR, Jiang TL, Berquist SW, Feng J and Metzner W. 2013. Ambient noise induces independent shifts in call frequency and amplitude within the Lombard effect in echolocating bats. PNAS. 110(10): 4063-4068. 10.1073/pnas.1211533110. Luo JH, Jiang TL, Lu GJ, Wang L, Wang J and Feng J. 2013. Bat conservation in China: should underground habitat protection be the priority. Oryx. 47(4): 526-531. doi:10.1017/S0030605311001505. Luo B, Jiang TL, Liu Y, Wang J, Lin AQ, Wei XW and Feng J. 2012. Brevity is prevalent in bat short-range communication. Journal of Comparative Physiology-A. 199: 325–333. 10.1007/s00359-013-0793-y. Sun KP, Luo L, Kimball R T, Wei XW, Jin LR, Jiang TL, Li GH, Feng J. 2013. Geographic Variation in the acoustic traits of greater horseshoe bats: testing the importance of drift and ecological selection in evolutionary processes. PLoS ONE. 8(8): e70368. 2012 Liu S, Sun KP, Jiang TL, Ho JP, Liu B and Feng J. 2012. Natural epigenetic variation in the female great roundleaf bat (Hipposideros armiger) populations. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 287: 643-650. DOI 10.1007/s00438-012-0704-x. 2010 Jiang TL, Liu R, Metzner W, You YY, Li S, Liu S and Feng J. 2010. Geographic and individual variation in echolocation calls of the intermediate leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros larvatus. Ethology. 116: 691-703. Jiang TL, Sun KP, Chou CH, Zhang ZZ and Feng J. 2010. First record of Myotis flavus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from mainland China and a reassessment of its taxonomic status. Zootaxa. 2414: 41-51. Jiang TL, Metzner W, You YY, Liu S, Lu GJ, Li S, Wang L and Feng J. 2010. Variation in the resting frequency of Rhinolophus pusillus in Mainland China: effect of climate and implication for conservation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 128: 2204-2211. Xu LJ, He CF, Shen C, Jiang TL, Shi LM, Sun KP, Berquist SW and Feng J. 2010. Phylogeography and population genetic structure of the great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger) in China. Journal of Heredity. doi:10.1093/jhered/esq039. 1-11. Wang J, Kanwal J, Zhang CL, Jiang TL, Lu GJ and Feng J. 2010. Seasonal habitat use by greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in Changbai Mountain temperate forest, Northeast China. Mammalia. 74: 257–266. You YY, Sun KP, Xu LJ, Wang L, Jiang TL, Liu S, Lu GJ & Feng J. 2010. Pleistocene glacial cycle effects on the phylogeography of the Chinese endemic bat species, Myotis davidii.
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    Horseshoe Bats and Old World Leaf-Nosed Bats Have Two Discrete Types of Pinna Motions Xiaoyan Yinpeiwen Qiulili Yangrolf Müller

    Horseshoe bats and Old World leaf-nosed bats have two discrete types of pinna motions Xiaoyan YinPeiwen QiuLili YangRolf Müller Citation: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, 3011 (2017); doi: 10.1121/1.4982042 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4982042 View Table of Contents: http://asa.scitation.org/toc/jas/141/5 Published by the Acoustical Society of America Articles you may be interested in Measurement of low-frequency tissue response of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, (2017); 10.1121/1.4981925 Three-dimensional sonar beam-width expansion by Japanese house bats (Pipistrellus abramus) during natural foraging The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, (2017); 10.1121/1.4981934 Horseshoe bats and Old World leaf-nosed bats have two discrete types of pinna motions Xiaoyan Yin Shandong University–Virginia Tech International Laboratory, 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People’s Republic of China Peiwen Qiu Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1075 Life Science Circle, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA Lili Yang Shandong University–Virginia Tech International Laboratory, 27 Shanda South Road, Jinan, Shandong 250100, People’s Republic of China Rolf Muller€ a) Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1075 Life Science Circle, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA (Received 5 December 2016; revised 3 March 2017; accepted 10 April 2017; published online 2 May 2017) Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) and the related Old World leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae) both show conspicuous pinna motions as part of their biosonar behaviors. In the current work, the kine- matics of these motions in one species from each family (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and Hipposideros armiger) has been analyzed quantitatively using three-dimensional tracking of land- marks placed on the pinna.