Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty and Staff
RAO Huiyun
RAO Huiyun

Title: Associate Professor

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E-mail: raohuiyun@ivpp.ac.cn

Education and Appointments

2021.12-         Associate Researcher, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 

2016.08-2021.11  Assistant Researcher, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 

 

2015.10-2016.7 The University of York, UK. Joint training programe, co-Supervisor: Prof. Matthew Collins 

2011.08-2016.07 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Ph.D, Supervisor: Prof. Yimin Yang 

2006.08-2011.07 Peking University Health Science Center, China. B.S. 

   

Research Interests
palaeoproteomics, organic residue analysis, mass spectrometry
Public Services
Honors
Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2020
Selected Publications

1.      Rao, H., 2022. An application prospect of paleoproteomic analysis in the evolution of East Asian populations. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 41, 1083-1096.(in Chinese) 

2.      Rao, H., Yang, Y., Liu, J., Westbury, M.V., Zhang, C., Shao, Q., 2020. Palaeoproteomic analysis of Pleistocene cave hyenas from east Asia. Scientific Reports 10, 16674. 

3.      Rao, H., Wang, Q., Ren, X., Zhang, Z., Huang, W., Yuan, Q., Jiang, X., Yang, Y., 2019. Earliest use of birch bark tar in Northwest China: evidence from organic residues in prehistoric pottery at the Changning site. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 28, 199-207. 

4.      Rao, H., Yang, Y., Hu, X., Yu, J., Jiang, H., 2017. Identification of an Ancient Birch Bark Quiver from a Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) Tomb in Xinjiang, Northwest China. Economic Botany 71, 32-44. 

5.      Rao, H., Li, B., Yang, Y., Ma, Q., Wang, C., 2015. Proteomic identification of organic additives in the mortars of ancient Chinese wooden buildings. Analytical Methods 7, 143-149. 

6.      Rao, H., Yang, Y., Abuduresule, I., Li, W., Hu, X., Wang, C., 2015. Proteomic identification of adhesive on a bone sculpture-inlaid wooden artifact from the Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Archaeological Science 53, 148-155. 

Supported Projects

1.      Development of standard analytical method for protein residues from complex archaeological contexts. National Key R&D Program of China. 2022.11-2025.10. 1360k RMB. Holding 

2.      Pottery residue analysis on the animal and plant resource exploitation of early settlers of the Middle and Lower Huaihe River Basin: a case study of Shunshanji Culture. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2018.01-2020.12. 250k RMB. Holding. 

3.      Palaeoproteomic analysis of Pleistocene cave hyenas from east Asia. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS). 2017.07-2020.6. 60k RMB. Holding. 

4.      Quaternary ecological evolution and human adaptation. Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2018.01-2022.12. 3000k RMB. Participant. 

5.      Construction of ZooMS marker database for ancient animal remains. General funding of Social Science Research from Ministry of Education of China. 2017.10-2022.12. 100k RMB. Participant.