康樂，中國科學院特聘研究員，國際著名生態基因組學專家。是中國科學院院士、發展中國家科學院院士、美國國家科學院等七個國家和國際組織的外籍院士；現任中國科學院生命科學和醫學學部副主任、中國科學院大學生命科學院院長。曾任必威精装版app西汉姆联 所長、河北大學校長。擔任國際生物科學聯合會副主席，國際科學理事會中國委員會副主席，十三屆全國政協委員，十四屆全國人大代表。長期從事生態基因組學研究，是國家“973”項目首席科學家和基金委創新團隊學術帶頭人，擔任國際上幾個重要學術期刊的主編和編委。他將基因組學與生態學研究相結合，係統研究動物的適應性和表型可塑性。在相關領域發表SCI論文300餘篇，重要論文發表在Nature,Science,Science Advances,Nature Ecology & Evolution，Nature Communications,PNAS等重要刊物上，總引用上萬次，是Elsevier選出的農業和生物學高被引科學家。2008年被國際昆蟲學會選舉為執行理事，2009年獲美國內布拉斯加大學榮譽科學博士，2011年獲何梁何利生命科學與技術進步獎，2013年獲美國昆蟲學會頒發的國際傑出科學家獎，2015年獲第八屆“談家楨生命科學獎”成就獎，2017年獲國家自然科學二等獎和中國科學院傑出成就獎，2019年獲“馬世駿生態科學成就獎”，2021年獲國際化學生態學會西弗斯坦-西蒙尼獎，2022年獲“魏橋國科校長獎教金”，2023年獲第三屆全國創新爭先獎。

他已經培養了100多名博士和碩士研究生，10多名博士後，他們中許多人已經成為國家重要的學術帶頭人，如特殊人才計劃入選者、研究員、教授、國家青年科技獎和國家優秀青年基金項目獲得者等。

　　1. 生態基因組學 
在基因組、轉錄組以及表觀遺傳水平係統研究昆蟲對環境的適應性。 
　　2. 表型可塑性研究
研究蝗蟲多型、生態免疫、繁殖、衰老和行為的可塑性，為建立相關疾病模型奠定基礎。 
　　3. 神經生物學及行為
研究神經係統和行為對種內和種間信息化合物的識別、響應機製。

1. 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, 644:420-429.
2. Liu, Q. ^①, Jiang, F. ^①, Li, R. ^①, Liu, S.L. ^①, Fang, W.J. ^①, Li, X., Hu, T., Feng, L.Y., Zhang, J., Liu, Z.K., He, J., Guo, W., Wang, X.H., Sun, Z.Y., Li, J.J., Gao, Y.N., Yi, J.C., Li, Q.Y., Wang, X.X., Wei, L.Y., Kang*, L. 2025. Chromatin dynamics of a large-sized genome provides insights into polyphenism and X0 dosage compensation of locusts. Nature Genetics, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02330-y
3. Guo, X.J. ^①, Yu, Q.Q. ^①, Chen, D.F. ^①, Wei, J.N. ^①, Yang, P.C., Yu, J., Wang*, X.H., Kang*, L. 2020. 4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation phenomone in locusts. Nature, 584:584-588.
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6. Li, X. ^①, Jiang, F. ^①, Liu, Q., Zhang, Z.Z., Fang, W.J., Wang, Y.T., Liu, H.R., and Kang*, L. 2025. GAF-dependent chromatin plasticity determines promoter usage to mediate locust gregarious behavior. The EMBO Journal，44 (10): 2928-2948.
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