宋希坤博士于2017年1月获中国科学院大学、中国科学院海洋研究所博士学位（导师刘瑞玉院士），2017年3月进入5123导航海洋环境科学国家重点实验室（MEL）开展博士后研究工作，并获MEL“杰出博士后”基金资助。研究兴趣包括极地与深海底栖生物多样性与环境适应，合作导师为柯才焕教授。
Marine biological systematics provides taxonomic information and expertise for biodiversity monitoring and conservation. The systematic placement ofthevast majority of taxa still relies on taxonomic opinions or proposals based on phenotypic morphology. Molecular phylogenetics sometimes is inconsistent with morphological data, notably within the phylum Cnidaria. An integrative approach to two cases of incongruence in hydrozoans results in improved systematics with the designation of two new generaand one new species with divergent origin. This suggests that incongruence in molecular and morphological inferences may be of great systematic significance.
