Menghan Zhang
Email: mhzhang@fudan.edu.cn
Address: B603. School of Life Sciences Building
● Work Experience
1. B.S., Shanghai Normal University (2005 – 2009)
2. Ph.D., Shanghai Normal University (2009 – 2014)
3. Postdoc, Fudan University (2014 – 2019)
4. Research Professor, Junior Principle Investigator, Fudan University (2019 – present)
● Research Interests
Combing anthropology, linguistics, population genetics together to study the co-evolution of human populations and their languages. Using computational methods from evolutionary biology and population genetics to understand the evolutionary mechanism of language.
● English publications
1. Menghan Zhang#, Shi Yan#, Wuyun Pan, Li Jin*. Phylogenetic evidence for Sino-Tibetan origin in northern China in the Late Neolithic. Nature, 2019, 569(7754): 112-115. (IF = 43.07)
2. Menghan Zhang#, Hong-Xiang Zheng#, Shi Yan*, Li Jin*. Reconciling the father tongue and mother tongue hypotheses in Indo-European populations. National Science Review. 2019, 6(2): 293 - 300. (IF = 13.222)
3. Menghan Zhang. Diversity of language structure is shaped by demographic activities. Physics of life reviews. 2018, 26: 146 -148. (IF = 11.045)
4. Menghan Zhang*, Tao Gong*. How many is enough?-Statistical principles for lexicostatistics. Frontiers in Psychology (Language Science). 2016. Vol 7: 1916. (IF = 2.089)
5. Menghan Zhang, Tao Gong*. Principles of parametric estimation in modeling language competition. PNAS. 2013. 110(24): 9698-9703. (IF = 9.504)
6. Kun Wang, Menghan Zhang, Yi Li et al. Physiological, hematological and biochemical factors associated with high-altitude headache in young Chinese males following acute exposure at 3700 m. The journal of headache and pain. 2018, 19(1): 59. (IF = 3.403)
7. Weichen Zhou#, Yanyun Ma#, Jun Zhang, Jingyi Hu, Menghan Zhang, Yi Wang, Yi Li et al. Predictive model for inflammation grades of chronic hepatitis B: Large‐scale analysis of clinical parameters and gene expressions. Liver International. 2017. 37(11): 1632-1641. (IF = 4.500)
8. Longli Kang, Hong-Xiang Zheng, Menghan Zhang et al. MtDNA analysis reveals enriched pathogenic mutations in Tibetan highlanders. Scientific Report. 2016. Vol 6: 31083. (IF = 4.122)
9. Gong Tao*, Lan Shuai, Menghan Zhang. Modelling language evolution: Examples and predictions. Physics of life reviews. 2014. 11(2): 280-302. (IF = 13.783)
● Chinese Publications:
1. 王轶之 张梦翰 潘悟云. 汉语史上开闭音节中元音演变速度差异的原因——感知实验的视角. 中国语文, 2018 (1):96-105. (国内中文顶级期刊)
2. 孟晓红 张梦翰*,发声态45种声学特征的综合效应分析,南开语言学刊,2017(2): 32-38. (国内中文核心期刊)
3. 王双成 沈向荣 张梦翰. 藏语清化鼻音. 民族语文,2018,Vol 2:51-59. (国内中文核心期刊)
4. 张梦翰 韦远诚,台语支系统发生模式及横向传递度量. 《语言接触与语言变异》(徐丹编著),2017,商务印书馆
5. 张嘉茗 林楠 张梦翰等. 基于三元泛函主成分分析和聚类分析的MRI图像分类研究. 复旦学报(自然科学版), 2017, 56(1):40-47. (国内中文核心期刊)
6. 张梦翰 金健 潘悟云,闽南方言传播模式的计量分析,语言科学 ,2016,Vol 5:533-542. (国内中文核心期刊)
7. 潘晓声 张梦翰,基于脸部骨骼位置信息的唇凸度计算方法,清华大学学报(自然科学版),2016,Vol 11:1237-1241. (EI工程索引)
8. 张梦翰,从吴语古阳声韵韵尾的分布推测移民路线. 《边界方言语音与音系演变论集》(郑伟编),2016,上海:中西书局。
9. 韦远诚 张梦翰,台语支语言的计算分类及其传播方向,民族语文,2014,Vol 5:22-27. (国内中文核心期刊)
10. 张梦翰 李晨雨,壮语分区的特征选取和权重量化,广西民族大学学报(哲学社会科学版),2013,No 35,Vol 6:7-11. (国内中文核心期刊)
11. 金健 张梦翰,广州方言长短元音统计分析,《语言研究集刊》,2013,第十辑:79-98
12. 张梦翰,民族语中清鼻音的判断方法,民族语文,2011,Vol 2:17-21. (国内中文核心期刊)
13. 张梦翰,语言竞争模型中的参数计算及仿真,现代人类学通讯,2011,Vol 5
14. 张梦翰 李辉 译,语言与基因,现代人类学通讯,2011,Vol 5:115-134
15. 张梦翰,介绍生物进化计算在汉语研究中的应用,2010年《东方语言学》(第八辑)