康乐，中国科学院特聘研究员，国际著名生态基因组学专家。是中国科学院院士、发展中国家科学院院士、美国国家科学院等七个国家和国际组织的外籍院士；现任中国科学院生命科学和医学学部副主任、中国科学院大学生命科学院院长。曾任中国科学院动物研究所所长、河北大学校长。担任国际生物科学联合会副主席，国际科学理事会中国委员会副主席，十三届全国政协委员，十四届全国人大代表。长期从事生态基因组学研究，是国家“973”项目首席科学家和基金委创新团队学术带头人，担任国际上几个重要学术期刊的主编和编委。他将基因组学与生态学研究相结合，系统研究动物的适应性和表型可塑性。在相关领域发表SCI论文300余篇，重要论文发表在Nature,Science,Science Advances,Nature Ecology & Evolution，Nature Communications,PNAS等重要刊物上，总引用上万次，是Elsevier选出的农业和生物学高被引科学家。2008年被国际昆虫学会选举为执行理事，2009年获美国内布拉斯加大学荣誉科学博士，2011年获何梁何利生命科学与技术进步奖，2013年获美国昆虫学会颁发的国际杰出科学家奖，2015年获第八届“谈家桢生命科学奖”成就奖，2017年获国家自然科学二等奖和中国科学院杰出成就奖，2019年获“马世骏生态科学成就奖”，2021年获国际化学生态学会西弗斯坦-西蒙尼奖，2022年获“魏桥国科校长奖教金”，2023年获第三届全国创新争先奖。

他已经培养了100多名博士和硕士研究生，10多名博士后，他们中许多人已经成为国家重要的学术带头人，如特殊人才计划入选者、研究员、教授、国家青年科技奖和国家优秀青年基金项目获得者等。

　　1. 生态基因组学 
在基因组、转录组以及表观遗传水平系统研究昆虫对环境的适应性。 
　　2. 表型可塑性研究
研究蝗虫多型、生态免疫、繁殖、衰老和行为的可塑性，为建立相关疾病模型奠定基础。 
　　3. 神经生物学及行为
研究神经系统和行为对种内和种间信息化合物的识别、响应机制。

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2. Guo,X.J., ^①,Gao,L. ^①,Li,S.W. ^① ,Gao,J.,Wang,Y.Y.,Lv,J.,Wei,J.Y.,Yang,J.,Ke,H.,Ding,Q.,Yang,J.,Guo,F.S.,Zhang,H.W.,Lei*,X.G. and Kang*,L. 2025. Decoding 4-vinylanisole biosynthesis and pivotal enzymes in locusts. Nature,Accepted.
3. Chang,H.T.,Cassau,S.,Krieger,J.,Guo,X.J.,Knaden,M., Kang*,L.,Hansson*,B.,2023. A chemical defense deters cannibalism in migratory locusts. Science 380,537–543.
4. Guo,X.J.,Kang*,L. 2025. Phenotypic Plasticity in Locusts: Trade-off between Migration and Breeding. Annual Review of Entomology, 70:23-44
5. Li,J.,Li,J.J.,Cao,L.L.,Chen,Q.H.,Ding*,D., and Kang*,L. 2024. An iron-binding protein of entomopathogenic fungus suppresses theproliferation of host symbiotic bacteria. Microbiome，12:202
6. Zhu,Y.N. ^①,He,J. ^①,Wang,J.W.,Guo,W.,Liu,H.R.,Song,Z.R.,Kang*,L. 2024. Parental experiences orchestrate locust egg hatching synchrony by regulating nuclear export of precursor miRNA. Nature Communication,15,4328
7. Yang,J.,Yu,Q.Q.,Yu,J., Kang*,L., and Guo*,X.J. 2023. 4-Vinylanisole promotes conspecific interaction and acquisition of gregarious behavior in the migratory locust. PNAS,120,e2306659120.
8. Liu,Q.^①,Cui,F.^①,Liu,X.,Fu,Y.M.,Guo,W., Xia*,Q.F.,Kang*,L.,and Jiang*,F. 2023. Association of virome dynamics with mosquito species and environmental factors. Microbiome,11:101
9. Kang,X.L. ^①,Yang,M.L. ^①,Cui,X.S.,Wang,H.M.,and Kang*,L. 2023. Spatially differential regulation of ATF2 phosphorylation contributes to warning coloration of gregarious locusts. Science Advances,DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi5168
10. Wang,H.M. ^①,Jiang,F. ^①,Liu,X. ^①,Liu,Q.,Fu,Y.Y.,Li,R.,Hou,L.,Zhang,J.,He,J.,Kang*,L. 2022. Piwi/piRNAs control food intake by promoting neuropeptide F expression in locusts. EMBO Reports,  5: e50851.
11. Wang,Y.D.,Tong,X.W.,Yuan,S.L.,Yang,P.C.,Li,L.,Zhao,Y.,Kang*,L. 2022,Variation of TNF modulates cellular immunity of gregarious and solitary locusts against fungal pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae. PNAS,  DOI:10.1073/pnas.2120835119.
12. Du,B.Z.^①,Ding,D.^①,Ma,C.,Guo*,W.,Kang*,L. 2022. Locust density shapes energy metabolism and oxidative stress resulting in divergence of flight traits. PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115753118.
13. Wei,J.N., Shao,W.B.,Cao,M.M.,Ge,J.,Yang,P.C.,Chen,L.,Wang,X.H., Kang*,L. 2019. Phenylacetonitrile in locusts facilitates an antipredator defense by acting as an olfactory aposematic signal and cyanide precursor. Science Advances , DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aav5495.
14. Guo,X.J.,Ma,Z.Y.,Du,B.Z.,Li,T.,Li,W.D.,Xu,L.L.,He,J.,and Kang*,L. 2018. Dop1 enhances conspecific olfactory attraction by inhibiting miR-9a maturation in locusts. Nature Communications ,9(1):1193.
15. Ding,D.,Liu,G.J.,Hou,L.,Gui,W.Y.,Chen*, B.,and Kang*,L. 2018. Genetic variation in PTPN1 contributes to metabolic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetan migratory locusts. Nature Communications . 9(1)：p.4991.
16. Chen B.,Zhang B.,Xu L.L.,Li Q.,Jiang F.,Yang P.C.,Xu Y.N., Kang L., 2017. Transposable Element-Mediated Balancing Selection at Hsp90 Underlies Embryo Developmental Variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution . doi:10.1093/molbev/msx062
17. He,J. ^①,Chen,Q.Q. ^①,Wei,Y.Y. ^①,Jiang,F.,Yang,M.L.,Hao,S.G.,Guo,X.J.,Chen,D.F.,Kang,L. 2016. MicroRNA-276 promotes egg hat ching synchrony by upregulating brm in locusts. PNAS ,113:584-589.
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20. Cease,AJ,Elser,JJ,Ford,CF,Hao,S., Kang,L,Harrison*,JF. 2012. Heavy livestock grazing promotes locust outbreaks by lowering plant nitrogen content. Science ,335,467-469.
21. Wu,R.,Wu,Z.M.,Wang,X.H.,Yang,P.C.,Yu,D.,Zhao,C.X.,Xu,G.W.,and Kang,L. 2012. Metabolomic analysis reveals that carnitines are key regulatory metabolites in phase transition of the locusts. PNAS ,109,3259-3263.
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