External Positions
- Grant Reviewer, Grant review panel, National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA), National Science Foundation (NSF, USA), BBSRC (UK), European Research Council (ERC, EU), Agence Nacionale De La Recherche (ANR, France), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation/DFG, Germany), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of (NSERC, Canada); Suomen Akatemia (Finland Academy); National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation (Kazakhstan)., 2005
Membership of Professional Bodies
- The Linnean Society of London, 2019
- Evo&Devo (USA), Editorial Board Member, 2019
- Member of Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature), 2018
- “Frontiers” Gold open access scientific journal (Switzerland), Editorial board member, 2018
- “Genes” open-access scientific journal (Germany), Editorial Board member, 2016
- “Journal of Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biology” (USA), Editorial Board Member, 2015
- “Journal of Phylogenetics & Computational Biology” (USA), Editorial Board Member, 2015
- The Society of Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology, 2013
- “New England Science Public: Series Evolution” (Berkeley Electronic Press, USA)., Editorial Board Member, 2010
- The International Society of Vertebrate Morphology – ISVM, 2010
- The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology - SICB, 2007
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science – AAAS, 2000
- The Society for Developmental Biology, 1998
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- Researcher, Natural History Museum, 2020
- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Hong King, 2020 - 2021
Fellowships
- Radcliffe Fellowship, Grass Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, USA, 2014 - 2015
Editorial Boards
- Evo & Devo (USA), Member of Editorial Board, 2019
- “Journal of Phylogenetics & Computational Biology” (USA), Editorial Board Member, 2017
- “Frontiers” Gold open access scientific journal (Switzerland),, Editorial Board Member, 2016
- Scientific Reports”(Nature), Editorial Board member, 2015
- “Genes” open-access scientific journal (Germany), Editorial Board Member, 2015
- “Journal of Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biology” (USA), Editorial Board Member, 2013
- “New England Science Public: Series Evolution” (Berkeley Electronic Press, USA)., Editorial Board Member, 2011