Xiaoming Wang (paleontologist)
Xiaoming Wang | |
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| Born | July 14, 1957 |
| Nationality | Chinese American |
| Alma mater | Nanjing University University of Kansas |
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| Fields | Paleontology Geology |
| Institutions | Long Island University |
Xiaoming Wang is a Chinese-born American vertebrate
paleontologist and geologist
who lives and teaches in the United States.
Areas of expertise
Professor Wang specializes in the fossil evolution,
Late Eocene through Pleistocene
fossil mammals of Southern California and Mexico. (see Natural History Museum of LA).
Education
- B.S. Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, PRC.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, PRC.
- Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
- Post-doctoral work, American Museum of Natural History.
- Assistant Professor, Long Island University, New York.
Professional life
Wang is a curator in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Natural History Museum.[1][2] Wang is also a contributing researcher of the Paleobiology Database created by John Alroy, Ph.D.[3]
Research
- The Origin and Evolution of the Dog Family
- Other Families of Carnivora.
- Paleoenvironment of the Tibetan Plateau.
- Biostratigraphy of Inner Mongolia.
- Neogene Terrestrial Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Chronology in Asia.
Grants
U.S. National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. National Geographic Society
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Publications
Wang is also co-author, with American Museum of Natural History paleontologist, Richard H. Tedford of a popular book Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History, based upon their research on fossils of the Canidae.
References
Wang, Xiaoming; and Tedford, Richard H. Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.
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