Personal Profile

      December, 2016 to Present, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, China;

February, 2017 to August, 2017, Visiting Scholar, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China;

June, 2013 to December, 2016, Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Hainan, China;

September, 2009 to June, 2013, Engineer, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;

September, 2004 to June, 2009, Bachelor of Science, Beijing Normal University, School of Life Sciences;

September, 2000 to June, 2004, Bachelor of Science, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Profession and Job Description

  Mainly engaged in the conservation biology of endangered chelonians in China. Presided over one National Natural Science Foundation of China, two Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province, one scientific research project of Hainan University, and five horizontal projects. Published more than 20 papers in iScience, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Ecology and Evolution and other journals.

Systematically carry out field ecology and conservation genetics of endangered chelonians, discover a new species of the genus Sacalia bealei, Hainan Sacalia quadriocellata, and a natural hybrid, Zhaoqing S. quadriocellata, and classify the genus Sacalia bealei into seven evolutionary significant units, which has enriched the species and subspecies level diversity of the genus Sacalia bealei and enhanced its conservation uniqueness. Carried out a series of long-term studies on Chelonia mydas, a national-level protected animal, in the Xisha Islands, and found that the C. mydas in the Xisha Islands is an independent geographical population. And identified the current status and causes of heavy metals, plastics and microplastics pollution in the nesting grounds of the C. mydas in the Xisha Islands, which is of great significance to the conservation of the Xisha Islands' sea turtle populations and to the strengthening of the management of the turtle's habitats; revealed the important habitats of C. mydas in the South China Sea through satellite tracking, and provided scientific and technological support for the establishment of sea turtle protection zones and marine national parks; revealed the problem of illegal trade exacerbated by the large demand for sea turtles in China's oceanographic museums and aquariums, and developed a set of molecular detection systems to quickly determine the paternity of the sea turtles and the origin of the place of birth, which is useful for strengthening the management of artificial breeding and combating illegal trade of sea turtles.

       Carried out the social service work such as sea turtle rescue and popularization of science by taking advantage of the professional strengths of the university. Participated in the creation of the first sea turtle rescue station in domestic universities, which has rescued more than 500 sea turtles in the past ten years, trained more than 900 volunteers with more than 100,000 hours of volunteer service, organized more than 200 sea turtle science publicity activities for an audience of more than 500,000 people, and published more than 100 sea turtle science articles through the personal WeChat official account. Mentored students to carry out sea turtle protection volunteer work and won the Gold Medal of the Fourth China Youth Volunteer Service Project Competition, the Best Volunteer Service Project of the "Four Hundred" Advanced Types of National Lei Feng Volunteer Service, the Silver Medal of the Fourth China Youth Volunteer Service Public Welfare Entrepreneurship Competition, and the Outstanding Project Award of the "Twelfth China Youth Volunteers", and many other national and provincial honors. The Sea Turtle Protection Association, which was established on the basis of the Sea Turtle Rescue Station, was selected as the "National College Students' Science and Technology Volunteer Service Demonstration Team".

Personal Profile

     Awarded Pioneer Worker of Hainan Province (Collective), Hainan Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, 2022

Awarded the Excellent Postgraduate Tutor Team (collective), Hainan Province, Department of Education, Hainan Province, 2022

Rated as the Top Talents of Hainan Province, Talent Development Bureau of Hainan Provincial Committee of the CPC, 2020

Awarded the Changlong Flora and Fauna Conservation Award-Advanced Individual Award, Changlong Flora and Fauna Conservation Foundation, Guangdong Zoological Society, 2020

Awarded Outstanding Instructor, "The Volunteer Activities for the Country People" Social Practice, Hainan Normal University Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, 2019

Awarded Excellent Instructor during Graduation Internship, Hainan Normal University, 2019

Awarded the 2017-2018 "Gardener" Outstanding Teacher Award (Collective), Hainan Normal University, 2018 

Contact Details

       Email：kylelinliu@163.com