Jin Li | |
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金力 | |
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| President of Fudan University | |
| Assumed office 8 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Xu Ningsheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1963 (age 61) Shanghai, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Education | Fudan University (BS, MS) University of Texas (PhD) |
| Other names | Felix Jin |
| Known for | Recent African origin of modern humans |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human evolutionary genetics, population genetics, bioinformatics |
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| Thesis | Population genetics of VNTR loci and their applications in evolutionary studies (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ranajit Chakraborty |
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Jin Li (Chinese: 金力; pinyin: Jīn Lì; born 1963) is a Chinese geneticist and academic administrator, currently serving as president of Fudan University since 2021. Jin joined Fudan University from the University of Cincinnati in 2003 to serve as dean of the Fudan University School of Life Sciences. He previously served as the university's executive vice president from 2019 to 2021, vice president from 2007 to 2019, and dean of the Graduate School from 2007 to 2011.
Jin is a professor at the National Human Genome Center and Fudan's Institute of Genetics, both in Shanghai.[1] He is the principal investigator of East Asian populations for the Genographic Project which collects DNA samples to map historical human migration patterns around the world.[2]
- ^ New Genetics Evidence Proves African Origin of Modern Chinese. People's Daily. 15 July 2000.
- ^ National Geographic. Profile: Li Jin. Accessed 2010-08-13.