Ye Changyuan

After graduation in 1961, she entered the Institute of Agricultural Biology, Sichuan Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (now the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and began amphibian research.

[1] Her husband, Fei Liang, is a research partner and a fellow amphibian expert.

[2] She initially served as assistant to amphibian research experts Liu Chengzhao and Hu Shuqin.

Going from spring to winter and returning home, walking for more than half a year has been their normal work for decades; peas are the staple food, peppers are vegetables, living in tents and sleeping in granaries are a true portrayal of their field work; traveling through deserts, walking on plateaus, and exploring mountains and forests, They searched all over the country.

Although both researchers retired in the 1990's, they jointly published a 1,040-page tome titled "Amphibians of China" (Volume 1) in 2016.