Keping MaProf. Keping Ma is a leading professor in the field of biodiversity research and informatics in China. He initiated biodiversity research in China in early 1990s and has worked on biodiversity informatics since the early 2000s. In collaboration with is colleagues, he initiated the establishments of Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network, National Specimen Information Infrastructure, and the Asia Biodiversity Conservation and Database Network. He also led the setup of Nature Museum, Species 2000 China node, and GBIF CAS node. He has taken part in the Convention on Biological Diversity and its related meetings on thematic issues as a scientific advisor to Chinese delegation. Read More Read Less