Dr. LIN Meiying from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOZ) was conferred 2012 Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Rubenstein Fellowship, the EOL announced on Jan.18, 2012.
As a taxonomist and researcher on Chinese fauna of Cerambycidae, especially the tribe Saperdini, Dr. LIN is the first Chinese recipients of the fellowship. She will share data and images of the tribe Saperdini species on EOL.
The EOL Rubenstein Fellows Program, donated by David M. Rubenstein from the Carlyle Group, is set to support the work of a diverse group of scientists who are committed to online collaboration and outreach. Its fellows are expected to use EOL as a platform for sharing their biodiversity research with their colleagues and the general public.
The EOL Rubenstein Fellows Program started in 2010. More than 60 fellowships will be conferred to researchers over the four-year-long program. For the year 2012, 16 out of 86 applicants received the Fellowship, nine of whom are based in countries outside of the United States, including Australia, the Czech Republic, China, and India.
About Dr. LIN Meiying: Dr. LIN Meiying is a taxonomist and a curator of National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She studies Chinese fauna of Cerambycidae, especially the subfamily Lamiinae, and the tribe Saperdini. Please visit http://eol.org/users/60859 for more information.
About the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): The EOL, launched in 2007, is to increase awareness and understanding of living nature through an Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource.It operates as an ongoing collaboration of individuals and organizations who share the vision to provide global access to knowledge about life on Earth. Please visit http://eol.org for more information.
About the EOL Rubenstein Fellows Program: Funded by a generous gift by David M. Rubenstein to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, the EOL Rubenstein Fellows Program provides partial stipend or salary support (up to 50% in one year) for scientists to serve information about the organisms they study through the EOL. Please visit http://eol.org/info/fellows for more information.
