Education:
1999-2001 Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
1992-1995 M.S. in Plant Pathology, Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing, China
1988-1992 B.S. in Plant Protection, Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing, China
Professional Appointments:
2023.02-Present, Secretary of the CPC Committee, President of Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (previously was Guangdong Institute of Microbiology)
2021.01-2023.02, President, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences
2020.05-2021.01, President, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
2018.11-2020.05, Secretary of the CPC Committee, President of Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
2018.02-2018.11, Secretary of the CPC Committee, Vice President of Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
2014.06-2018.02 Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee, Vice President of Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
2012.05-2014.06. Vice President, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
2007.01-2012.05, Professor, Deputy Director of South China Research Center of Microbial Resource, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
2009.02-2010.02 Visiting Scholar, University of Queensland
2005.11-2007.01, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of South China Research Center of Microbial Resource, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
2023.01-2005.11, Associate Professor, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
1995.07-2023.01, Assistant Professor, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
Research Interests:
Microbial Resource, Applied Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Green Bio-Manufacturing
Research Projects:
1.National key research and development program of China, Mechanism of formation and evolution of superior traits of major agricultural microbes, 2023.12-2028.12, Host, Studying.
2.National key research and development program of China, Application demonstration of key technologies for food safety emergency support, 2019YFC1606300, 2019.12-2022.12, Host, Completed.
3.The laboratory construction of science and innovation center of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key laboratory of agricultural microbiomics and precision application of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 2022-2023, Host, Completed.
4.National natural science foundation of China, The community succession and gene evolution of phosphorus solubilizing bacteria regulated by phosphorus and the underlying ecological and molecular mechanisms, 32170118, 2022-2025, Host, Studying.
5.Key project of Faculty of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Research on the development strategy of microbial industry of China, 2021-XZ-8, 2021-2021, Project director, Completed.
6.Guangdong science and technology project (provincial key areas), Technical innovation of space mutation breeding and strain creation of characteristic microbes, 2018B020206001, 2019-2021, Host, Completed.
7.The open competition program of top ten critical priorities of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation for the 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province, The research and application of microbiome technologies for agriculture and rural areas associated carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality, 2022SDZG09, 2022-2025, Host, Studying.
Representative Awards:
2015.03: The 1st Prize (No.1), Provincial Science and Technology Awards
2021.03: The 1st Prize (No.1), Provincial Science and Technology Awards
2012.03: The 2nd Prize (No.1), Provincial Science and Technology Awards
2017.12: The 2nd Prize (No.1), Provincial Science and Technology Awards
2008.03: The 3rd Prize (No.1), Provincial Science and Technology Awards
2021.09: The Top Ten Significant Achievements of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation of Guangdong Province (during 2016-2020) (No.1)
Honors:
2023: Guangdong Province Advanced Female Worker Award
2022: Outstanding Talent of Guangdong Provincial Special Support Project for High-level Talents
2020: Social Service Award for China Women in Science and Technology Workers
2017: The Selectee of National Hundred, Thousand and Ten-Thousand Talent Project, Outstanding Mid-aged Experts
2016: The Top Ten Scientific Innovative Female Scientists in South Guangdong
2016: Leading Talents in Science and Technology Innovation of Guangdong Special Support Program
2014: National Excellent Scientists
2013: Dingying Technology Award
2012:Expert granted the Special Government Allowance by the State Council of China
2012: Outstanding Female Scientific and Technological Worker in Guangzhou
Academic part-time positions:
2020 - Present: Chairman of the Guangdong Society of Microbiology
2021 – Present: Director of the Chinese Society for Microbiology
2021 – Present: Vice Chairman of the Expert Committee for Industrial Microbiology, Chinese Society for Microbiology
2021 – Present: Member of the Expert Committee for Microbial Resource, Chinese Society for Microbiology
2018 – Present: Secretary-General of the National Microbial Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance
Representative Publications
1.Su B, Lai P, Deng M*, Zhu H*. Design of a dual-responding genetic circuit for high-throughput identification of L-threonine-overproducingEscherichia coli. Bioresource Technology, 2024, 395: 130407.
2.Feng Z, Pan C, Qin Y, Xie X, Liu X, Chen M, Zhang W, Zhu H*, Yao Q*. Natural grass coverage enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in subtropical citrus orchards through the regulation ofGlomuson a regional scale. Applied Soil Ecology, 2024, 195: 105211.
3.Zhou X, Zhou X, Xu Z, Zhang M, Zhu H*. Characterization and engineering of plastic-degrading polyesterases jmPE13 and jmPE14 fromPseudomonasbacterium. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2024, 12:1349010.
4.Zhang W, Xia K, Feng Z, Qin Y, Zhou Y, Feng G, Zhu H*, Yao Q*. Tomato plant growth promotion and drought tolerance conferred by three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is mediated by lipid metabolism. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2024, 208: 108478
5.Feng Z, Xie X, Wu P, Chen M, Qin Y, Zhou Y, Zhu H*, Yao Q*. Phenylalanine-mediated changes in the soil bacterial community promote nitrogen cycling and plant growth. Microbiological Research, 2023, 275: 127447
6.Feng ZW, Sun H, Qin YQ, Zhou Y, Zhu HH*, Yao Q. A synthetic community of siderophore-producing bacteria increases soil, selenium bioavailability and plant uptake through regulation of the soil microbiome. Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 871: 162076.
7.Su BL, Lai P, Yang F, Li A, Deng MR, Zhu HH*. Engineering a balanced acetyl coenzyme A metabolism inSaccharomyces cerevisiaefor lycopene production through rational and evolutionary engineering. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022, 70(13): 4019-4029.
8.Liu Y, Pei T, Du J, Yao Q, Deng MR, Zhu HH*.Comparative genomics reveals genetic diversity and metabolic potentials of the genusQipengyuaniaand suggests fifteen novel species. Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, 10(3): e0126421.
9.Zhou X, Xu Z, He J, Li Y, Pan C, Wang C, Deng M, Zhu HH*. A myxobacterial LPMO10 has oxidizing cellulose activity for promoting biomass enzymatic saccharigication of agricultural crop straws. Bioresource Technology, 2020, 318:124217.
10.Su B, Song D, Zhu HH*. Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for enhanced carotenoid production from xylose-glucose mixtures. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020, 8: 435
11.Feng Z, Liu X, Zhu HH*, Yao Q*. Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis to abiotic stress: a lipid-centric perspective , Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 578919.
12.Su B, Song D and Zhu HH*, Homology-dependent recombination of large synthetic pathways into E. coli genome via λ-Red and CRISPR/Cas9 dependent selection methodology. Microbial Cell Factories, 2020, 19: 108
13.Feng Z, Liu X, Feng G, Zhu HH*, Yao Q*. Linking lipid transfer with reduced arbuscule formation in tomato roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus under low pH stress. Environment Microbiology, 2020, 22: 1036-1051
14.Zhang MX, Li AZ, Yao Q, Wu Q, Zhu HH*. Nitrogen removal characteristics of a versatile heterotrophic nitrifying-aerobic denitrifying bacterium,Pseudomonas bauzanensisDN13-1, isolated from deep-sea sediment. Bioresource Technology, 2019, 305:122626
15.Zhu HH*, Yao Q*, Sun XT, Hu YL. Colonization, ALP activity and plant growth promotion of native and exogenous AM fungi in an acid soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2007, 39: 942-950.
