Zhe-Xi Luo

Zhe-Xi Luo (Chinese 骆泽喜; pinyin: Luò Zéxǐ) is an American paleontologist of Chinese origin, specializing in vertebrate paleontology, particularly mammal evolution, morphology, and systematics.
Background.
Born in China in 1958, he came to the United States in 1982 as one of the first Chinese students. Under the Sino-US agreement, students were expected to return to their homeland after graduation, but after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, US President George H.W. Bush agreed that around 80,000 Chinese students would remain in the United States. Zhe-Xi Luo and his wife were in this group.
Luo gained his Bachelor's in Geology, Stratigraphy and Paleontology in 1982 from Nanjing University's Department of Geology, before completing his PhD in Paleontology at the University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology in 1989. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology at Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1991. He currently has a lab as Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy.
Research.
In 1983 Luo met Polish paleontologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, and they co-authored many books and scientific publications. He has since published prolifically and is one of the leading experts in mammal evolution, particularly Mesozoic mammals. He has worked extensively on the origins of mammal ear and jaw anatomy, and has been involved in key research highlighting their unexpected ecological diversity.
Luo is known recently for his work on new mammal specimens from China including "Docofossor" and "Agilodocodon" and "Microdocodon", and the earliest eutherian mammal, "Juramaia". He works in close collaboration with researchers around the world, including at the Beijing Museum of Natural History, and on specimens from around the world, including "Haramiyavia".