Research Divisions

Group Leader:
Professor Tao was graduated from Northwest A & F University with bachelor degree in July, 1985. He had been working in Northwest Plateau of Biology Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences up to now. In 2000, professor Tao as an innovative researcher was engaged into the Knowledge Innovation Project of CAS, and worked as an academic leader of research and development of Tibetan medicine. Between 1994 and 2011, he had been to the United States, Spain, Australia and other countries for scientific investigation. He had enjoyed special government allowances of the State Council in 20. Research Group is mainly engaged in the applied basic research and development of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau medicinal and biological resource. Until 2011, more than 130 papers and 26 patents have been published and applied. During 2011, more than 20 papers have been published in academic journals at home and abroad. The studies were supported by the Major Projects of High-Tech industrialization of National Planning Commission; National Natural Science Foundation of China; “15” Pre-Research Program of Bureau of Life Sciences & Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Science; Special Project of National Key Basic Research, etc.
Research Interests:
Extraction, separation and identification of chemical composition from biological resources of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Construction of compound libraries of biological resources in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Activity screening of natural product and its derivatives.