Education: 

BVSc : 1995-1999, Shan Xi Agricutural University, Major in Veterinary 

MSc : 1999-2002, South China  Agricutural University, Major in Basic Veterinary Medicine, Supervised by Professor Y. G. Li.

PhD : 2005-2008, South China Agricutural University, Major in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Supervised by Professor X. Q. Zhu.

 Employment record and professional experience:  

Research assistant: 2002-2005, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University.

Research associate : 2005-2009, Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Associate professor : 2010- , Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Contact Details: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Wushan, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510642, People's Republic of China. Email: zhangyuan@scau.edu.cn; 

Main research interests: Animal histology and embryology. Molecular genetics and molecular diagnosis of parasitic diseases. 

List of Main Publications:

  [1] Wang XQ, Wu LL, Gao Y, Zhang Y, Weng YB, Lin RQ*. Evaluation of the protective effect of pVAX-EtMIC3-recombined plasmid against E. tenella in chicken. Parasitol Res., 2017, 116(3):1023-1028. 

 [2] Lin RQ, Liu GH, D'Amelio S, Zhang Y, Song HQ, Weng YB, Zou FC, Zhu XQ*. Sequence variation in four mitochondrial genes among sibling species within Contracaecum rudolphii sensu lato. Mol Cell Probes, 2013, 27(3-4): 145-148 

[3] Lin RQ, Zhou DH, Huang SY, Zhang Y, Zou FC, Song HQ, Weng YB, Zhu XQ*. Identification and characterization of new major sperm protein genes from Oesophagostomum dentatum and Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum from pigs in China. Exp Parasitol., 2013, 133(2):187-192  

[4] Lin RQ, Liu GH, Song HQ, Zhang Y, Li MW, Zou FC, Yuan ZG, Weng YB, Zhu XQ*. Sequence variability in three mitochondrial genes between the two pig nodule worms Oesophagostomum dentatum and O. quadrispinulatum. Mitochondrial DNA. 2012, 23(3):182-186.

 [5] Lin RQ, Liu GH, Zhang Y, D'Amelio S, Zhou DH, Yuan ZG, Zou FC, Song HQ, Zhu XQ*. Contracaecum rudolphii B: gene content, arrangement and composition of its complete mitochondrial genome compared with Anisakis simplex s.l. Exp Parasitol. 2012 Feb;130(2):135-140.