Background
Huang, Zhi-Yong was born on January 1, 1962 in Yin-tian, China. Son of Zhou-liang and Feng-ying (Shen) Huang.
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Zhi-Yong Huang, Chinese honey bee biologist. Achievements include discovery that honey bee workers similar to cells in higher organisms interact with each other to obtain information about their colony, that worker bees visit brood cells non-randomly; research in mechanism of food provisioning in nursing larval bees, mechanism of hypopharyngeal gland activation.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Hunan Agriculture College, Changsha, China, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, University Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1988.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow University Missouri, Columbia, 1988-1990, University Illinois, Urbana, 1990-1991, senior research scientist, 1991-1998. Assistant professor Michigan State University, E. Lansing, since 1998. Member computer drawing committee University Missouri, Columbia, 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member Nature Conservancy, 1991. Editor Chinese Illini, Urbana, 1991. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, SINO Ecologists Club Overseas (vice president 1990-1991), Entomological Society of America, Apicultural Club (president 1986-1987), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Gui-jie Wang, December 19, 1986. Children: David Yang-long, Melissa Shan-mei.
