04, 2024– Deputy Director, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS
11, 2023– Director, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, CAS
02, 2019–07, 2024 Director of Invertebrate Palaeontology Section, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS
02, 2017– Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS
01, 2013–01, 2017 Associate Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS
05, 2013–06, 2015 Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Germany
08, 2009–12, 2012 Assistant Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS
1 Early evolution of terrestrial ecosystems
2 Evolution of Mesozoic climate
3 Mesozoic and Cenozoic amber biotas
4 Evolution and taphonomy of insects
2023 –China Top 10 Palaeontological Breakthroughs in 2022
2021 –CAS Prize for Young Scientists
2021 –China Top 10 Palaeontological Breakthroughs in 2020
2020 –China Top 10 Palaeontological Breakthroughs in 2019
2017 –China Top 10 Palaeontological Breakthroughs in 2016
2015 –Distinguished Young Palaeontologist of the Palaeontological Society of China
2015 –Distinguished Member of The Youth Innovation Promotion Association
2012 –Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
2009 –Presidential Award for Outstanding Graduate Students of CAS
More than 300 papers have been published in journals such as Nature, PNAS, Science Advances, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Communications, Current Biology, Geology, eLife, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
[1] Luo Cihang, Parry L.A., Boudinot B.E., Wang Shengyu, Jarzembowski E.A., Zhang Haichun, Wang Bo* (2025) A Jurassic acanthocephalan illuminates the origin of thorny-headed worms. Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08830-5.
[2] Xu Chunpeng, Chen Jun, Muijres F.T., Yu Yilun, Jarzembowski E.A., Zhang Haichun, Wang Bo* (2024) Enhanced flight performance and adaptive evolution of Mesozoic giant cicadas. Science Advances, 10: eadr2201.
[3] Xu Chunpeng, Wang Bo*, Wappler T., Chen Jun, Kopylov D., Fang Yan, Jarzembowski E.A., Zhang Haichun, Engel M.S. (2022) High acoustic diversity and behavioral complexity of katydids in the Mesozoic soundscape. PNAS, 119: e2210601119.
[4] Wang Bo*, Xu Chunpeng, Jarzembowski E.A. (2022) Ecological radiations of insects in the Mesozoic. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37: 529–540.
[5] Wang Bo*, Shi Gongle*, Xu Chunpeng, Spicer R.A., Perrichot V., Schmidt A.R., Feldberg K., Heinrichs J., Chény C., Pang Hong, Liu Xingyue, Gao Taiping, Wang Zixi, Ślipiński A., Solórzano-Kraemer M.M., Heads S.W., Thomas M.J., Sadowski E.-M., Szwedo J., Azar D., Nel A., Liu Ye, Chen Jun, Zhang Qi, Zhang Qingqing, Luo Cihang, Yu Tingting, Zheng Daran, Zhang Haichun, Engel M.S. (2021) The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia. Science Advances, 7: eabg0625.
[6] Zhao Xiangdong, Wang Bo*, Bashkuev A., Aria C., Zhang Qingqing, Zhang Haichun, Tang Wentao, Engel M.S. (2020) Mouthpart homologies and life habits of Mesozoic long-proboscis scorpionflies. Science Advances, 5: eaay1259.
[7] Bao Tong, Wang Bo*, Li Jianguo, Dilcher D.* (2019) Pollination of Cretaceous flowers. PNAS, 116: 24707–24711.
[8] Yu Tingting, Kelly R., Mu Lin, Ross A., Kennedy J., Broly P., Xia Fangyuan, Zhang Haichun, Wang Bo*, Dilcher D.* (2019) An ammonite trapped in Burmese amber. PNAS, 116: 11345–11350.
[9] Zhang Qingqing, Mey W., Ansorge J., Starkey T.A., McDonald L.T., McNamara M.E., Jarzembowski E.A., Wichard W., Kelly R., Ren Xiaoying, Chen Jun, Zhang Haichun, Wang Bo* (2018) Fossil scales illuminate the early evolution of lepidopterans and structural colors. Science Advances, 4: e1700988.
[10] Wang Bo*, Dunlop J.A., Seldon P.A., Garwood R.J., Shear W.A , Müller P., Lei Xiaojie (2018) Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi gen. et sp. nov. illuminates spider origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2: 614–622.