Personal Profile
- Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree (2012) and a PhD (2017) from East China University of Science and Technology
- During his PhD, he was sponsored by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) to undertake a one-year government-funded study abroad programme at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
- After completing his PhD, he joined the Chemistry Postdoctoral Research Station at East China University of Science and Technology to conduct postdoctoral research
- He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in July 2020 and remained at the university as a specially appointed associate researcher. He is currently an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Research Interests
- Anaerobic degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons to produce methane
- Microbial conversion of CO₂ to produce methane
- Bio-surfactants
Research Achievements
- 1. The metabolic and physiological responses to spaceflight of a lipopeptide-producing Bacillus subtilis. Microbial Biotechnology. Accepted.
- 2. Gelling and reducing agents are potential carbon and energy sources in the cultivation of anaerobic microorganisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2025
- 3. Biohydrogen production by a novel strain Petroclostridium sp. X23 isolated from the production water of oil reservoirs. Renewable Energy, 2024
- 4. Discovery of non-cosmopolitan lineages in Candidatus Thermoprofundales. Environmental Microbiology, 2022
- 5. Long-term cultivation and meta-omics reveal methylotrophic methanogenesis in hydrocarbon-impacted habitats. Engineering, 2023
Research Projects
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Programme, 2022–2025
- National Key Research and Development Programme on “Green Biomanufacturing”, 2022–2026
- NSFC General Programme, 2021–2024
- NSFC Young Scientists Programme, 2019–2021
- Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission Natural Science Foundation General Programme, 2021–2024