Wang Yuan (palaeontologist)

Wang Yuan (Chinese: 王原) is a Chinese paleontologist who has served as director of the Paleozoological Museum of China[1] (PMC) since 2004. This natural history museum is affiliated to the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).[2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang graduated from Peking University in 1991 and received his master's degree from the University of Kansas. He earned his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IVPP in 2002. His doctoral advisor was Zhang Miman.[2]

Wang is a Research Professor at IVPP and graduate school of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with research work mainly on fossil amphibians and lizards.[2]

References
  1. "Scientific counselor to the President of France visited IVPP" (Press release). Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. "研究队伍". Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Retrieved 10 October 2018.


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