研究方向：
My research focuses on the causes and consequences of morphological trait variation, and my work addresses the role of morphology in species diversification and fundamental species interactions like competition and predation. I use a highly diverse and ecological dominant insect group, ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), to address these topics. I am currently developing projects pertaining to canopy ecology and vertical stratification of diversity in ants, as well as insects more broadly, to probe potential drivers of community assembly in the arboreal zone.学习经历EDUCATION
2014.10-2020.06，芝加哥大学，进化生物学，博士/University of Chicago, Evolutionary Biology, Ph.D.；
2009.09-2013.05，密歇根大学，生态学和进化生物学，学士/University of Michigan, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, B.Sc.
工作经历ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2021.09-至今/present，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园，中国科学院国际人才计划，博士后/Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), Postdoctoral Researcher；
2020.06-2020.08，康奈尔大学，博士后（远程）/Cornell University, Postdoctoral Researcher (remote)；
2014.10-2020.06，芝加哥大学，博士生/University of Chicago, Ph.D. Student/Candidate。
社会兼职SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES & SERVICE and OTHER POSITIONS
同行评审人/peer reviewed for the following journals: Behavioral Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Insect Systematics & Evolution, Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Insectes Sociaux, and Journal of Tropical Ecology
代表论著PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
^ = corresponding author (通讯作者)
1. Blanchard, B.D.^, and Moreau, C.S. 2022. Defensive spines are associated with large geographic range but not diversification in spiny ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Polyrhachis). Systematic Entomology in press.
2. Yang, R.M., Hu, S.J., Blanchard, B.D., and Nakamura, A. 2022. The local ecological knowledge of butterfly diversity is derived from utilitarian purposes in Southwest China’s biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 31(7): 1927-1943.
3. Price, S.L., Blanchard, B.D.^*, Powell, S., Blaimer, B.B., and Moreau, C.S. 2021. Phylogenomics and fossil data inform the systematics and geographic range evolution of a diverse Neotropical ant lineage. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 9; 1-13.
*Co-first author & corresponding author (共同第一作者和通讯作者)
4. Blanchard, B.D.^, Nakamura, A., Cao, M., Chen, S.T., and Moreau, C.S. 2020. Spine and dine: A key defensive trait promotes ecological success in spiny ants. Ecology and Evolution 10:5852-5863.
5. Blanchard, B.D.^, and Moreau, C.S. 2017. Defensive traits exhibit an evolutionary trade-off and drive diversification in ants. Evolution 71(2): 315-328.
6. Clouse, M.C., Blanchard, B.D., Gibson, R., Wheeler, W.C., and Janda, M. 2016. Taxonomic updates for some confusing Micronesian species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Myrmecological News 23: 139-152.
7. Liu, C., Guénard, B., Blanchard, B., Peng, Y.Q., and Economo, E.P. 2016. Reorganization of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic ant biodiversity after conversion to rubber plantation. Ecological Monographs 86(2): 215-227.
8. Economo, E.P., Sarnat, E.M., Janda, M., Clouse, R., Klimov, P., Fischer, G., Blanchard, B.D., et al. 2015. Breaking out of biogeographical modules: range expansion and taxon cycles in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole. Journal of Biogeography 42(12): 2289-2301.
9. Liu, C., Guénard, B., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Blanchard, B., Yang, D.R., and Economo, E. 2015. New records of ant species from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 477: 17-78.
10. Clouse, M.C., Janda, M., Blanchard, B., et al. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of Indo-Pacific carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Camponotus) reveals waves of dispersal and colonization from diverse source areas. Cladistics 31(4): 424-437.
11. Sarnat, E.M., Blanchard, B., Guénard, B., Fasi, J., and Economo, E.P. 2013. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Solomon Islands and a new survey of the Makira Island. Zookeys 257: 47-88.
12. Guénard, B., Blanchard, B., Liu, C., Yang, D.R., and Economo, E.P. 2013. Rediscovery of the rare ant genus Bannapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) and the description of the worker caste. Zootaxa 375(3): 371-379.
Books
Campbell, H., and Blanchard, B. 2023. Ants: A Visual Guide. Princeton University Press.
Magazine Publications
Blanchard, B.D. “The Socialist Ant”. Current Affairs, Sep./Oct. 2021, pp. 7-10.
承担科研项目情况GRANTS:
1. CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) [520,000元/~$72,000], 2019-2022
2. 1st AsiaEvo Conference Student Award [5,000元/~$800], 2018
3. Brown Graduate Fellowship, Field Museum of Natural History [$32,000 stipend], 2017-2018
4. Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) Standalone Meeting Travel Award [$500], 2017
5. Henry Hinds Fund for Graduate Student Research in Evolutionary Biology [$2,500], 2017
6. University of Chicago Graduate Council Travel Fund Award [$600], 2017
7. NSF-Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) [$15,043], 2017-2019
8. Student Competition Winner, Second Place, International Congress of Entomology, 2016
9. NSF-East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Award [$5,000 stipend], 2016
10. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention, 2016
11. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention, 2015
12. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention, 2014
13. Honors for undergraduate thesis, 2013