Curriculum Vitae

Yun-Bo Shi, Ph.D.

Chief, Section on Molecular Morphogenesis

Education

Institute and Location Degree Year Conferred Field of Study
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China B.S. 09/78 - 07/82 Chemistry
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Graduate Student 08/82 - 06/83 Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, CA Ph. D. (JE Hearst) 07/83 - 04/88 Biophysical Chemistry
Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, MD Postdoc (DD Brown) 07/88 - 05/92 Developmental Molecular Biology

Honors

Year Description
1983-4 Predoctoral fellowship from the Ministry of Education, China
2003 Plenary speaker, Amphibian and Reptilian Endocrinology and Neurobiology Symposium, Jeju, Korea
2008 Van Meter Award, American Thyroid Association
2009 Keynote Lecturer, International Symposium on Amphibian and Reptile Endocrinology and Neurology (ISAREN 2009), Berlin, Germany
2009 NIH Asian & Pacific Islander American Organization (APAO) Award for outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research
2010-11 Treasurer, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
2010-13 Council of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE)
2011 Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
2012-13 Council member, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
2015 Plenary Lecture, Third Meeting of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE 2015), Canada
2018 State-of-the-Art lecture, the 2018 Congress of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology (AOSCE), Sydney, Australia
2007- Member, Senior Biomedical Research Service (SBRS), NIH
2012- Elected AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Fellow
2015- Council of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE)
2017- Chair, ENDA (Endocrinology-A Merit) Review Panel, Veteran’s Administration
2019- Vice-President/President Elect for 2019-2021 of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE)

Editor/Editorial Boards

Duration Description
2009-2011 Editorial Board, Molecular Endocrinology
2010-2012 Editor, Current Topics in Developmental Biology (CTDB), volume on "Animal Metamorphosis".
2008-2013 Editorial board, Journal of Biological Chemistry
2005-2015 Editorial board, Developmental Dynamics
1996- Cell Research: Editor (2007-2010); Associate Editor-In-Chief (2002-2006); Regional Editor (U.S.) (1997-2002).
2001- Editorial Academy, International Journal of Molecular Medicine
2004- Editorial board, Histology and Histopathology
2008- Editorial Board, Thyroid
2010- Editor-in-Chief, Cell & Bioscience
2015- Review Editor, Editorial Board of Thyroid Endocrinology (specialty section of Frontiers in Endocrinology).
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