Work experiences and Education:

2021.09- Shenzhen University, Assistant Professor

2018.05-2021.08 Shenzhen University，Associated Research Fellow

2016.02–2018.03 Shenzhen University，Postdoctorate

2012.09–2015.12 University of Toulouse III, France, PhD

2009.09–2012.06 Yangzhou University, Master, Environmental Science

2005.09–2009.06 Yangzhou University, Bachelor, Environmental Science

Research Interests：

Microbial interaction/syntrophy

Ecology, Metabolism and Evolution pattern of Asgard archaea and Woesearchaeota

Interaction between meiofauna and microorganisms

Biogeochemical cyclings

Metagenomics associated bioinformatics

Data analysis and visualization with R language

Funding

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Major Research Program Incubation Project, 92051102, Study on the coupling mechanism of microbial active functional module (AFM) affecting carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycle in coastal wetlands based on multi-omics topology data analysis, 2021/01-2023/12, RMB 810,000

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Fund Project, 31700430, Influence of interaction between marine nematodes and microorganisms on nitrogen removal process in nearshore sediments, 2018/01-2020/12, RMB 250,000

3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2017M612718, Effect of interaction between marine nematodes and microorganisms on denitrification in nearshore sediments, 2017/06-2018/04, RMB 50,000

4. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province - Doctoral Initiation, 2017A030310296, Influence of marine free-living nematodes on denitrification process in Shenzhen Bay under nitrate nitrogen overload based on metagenomics, 2017/01-2019/12, RMB 100,000

Publications

1.Liu, Yang#; Makarova, Kira S.#; Huang, Wen-Cong#; Wolf, Yuri I.; Nikolskaya, Anastasia N.; Zhang, Xinxu; Cai, Mingwei; Zhang, Cui-Jing; Xu, Wei; Luo, Zhuhua; Cheng, Lei; Koonin, Eugene V.; Li, Meng. (2021). Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature, 593(7860), 553–557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03494-3

2. Huang, Wen-Cong#;Liu, Yang#; Zhang, Xinxu; Zhang, Cui-Jing; Zou, Dayu; Zheng, Shiling; Xu, Wei; Luo, Zhuhua; Liu, Fanghua; Li, Meng. (2021). Comparative genomic analysis reveals metabolic flexibility of Woesearchaeota. Nature Communications, 12(1), 5281. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25565-9

3. Cai, Mingwei#;Liu, Yang#; Yin, Xiuran; Zhou, Zhichao; Friedrich, Michael W.; Richter-Heitmann, Tim; Nimzyk, Rolf; Kulkarni, Ajinkya; Wang, Xiaowen; Li, Wenjin; Pan, Jie; Yang, Yuchun; Gu, Ji-Dong; Li, Meng. (2020). Diverse Asgard archaea including the novel phylum Gerdarchaeota participate in organic matter degradation. Science China Life Sciences, 63(6), 886–897. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1679-1

4.Liu, Yang; Zhou, Zhichao; Pan, Jie; Baker, Brett J.; Gu, Ji-Dong; Li, Meng. (2018). Comparative genomic inference suggests mixotrophic lifestyle for Thorarchaeota. The ISME Journal, 12(4), 1021–1031. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0060-x

5.Liu, Yang; Tackx, Michèle; Dauta, Alain; Julien, Frédéric; Buffan‐Dubau, Evelyne. (2021). Rotifers stimulate the specific uptake rate in lotic phototrophic biofilms. Freshwater Biology, 66(7), 1245–1256. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13713

6.Liu, Yang; Majdi, Nabil; Tackx, Michèle; Dauta, Alain; Gerino, Magali; Julien, Frédéric; Buffan-Dubau, Evelyne. (2015). Short-term effects of nutrient enrichment on river biofilm: N–NO3− uptake rate and response of meiofauna. Hydrobiologia, 744(1), 165–175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-014-2074-3

7.Liu, Yang#; Dedieu, Karine#; Sánchez-Pérez, Jose-Miguel; Montuelle, Bernard; Buffan-Dubau, Evelyne; Julien, Frédéric; Azémar, Frédéric; Sauvage, Sabine; Marmonier, Pierre; Yao, Jingmei; Vervier, Philippe; Gerino, Magali. (2017). Role of biodiversity in the biogeochemical processes at the water-sediment interface of macroporous river bed: An experimental approach. Ecological Engineering, 103, 385–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.03.049

8. Du, Wanlin#;Liu, Yang#; Sun, Jinhui; Wu, Naicheng; Mai, Yongzhan; Wang, Chao. (2020). The aquatic microbial community: a bibliometric analysis of global research trends (1991– 2018). Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv Für Hydrobiologie, 194(1), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.1127/fal/2020/1305

9. Wang, Chao#;Liu, Yang#; Zhan, Qin; Yang, Wanling; Wu, Naicheng. (2018). Global trends in phytoplankton research of river ecosystems during 1991–2016: A bibliometric analysis. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 191(1), 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1127/fal/2017/1051

10. Cai, Mingwei; Richter-Heitmann, Tim; Yin, Xiuran; Huang, Wen-Cong; Yang, Yuchun; Zhang, Cuijing; Duan, Changhai; Pan, Jie;Liu, Yang; Liu, Yue; Friedrich, Michael W.; Li, Meng. (2021). Ecological features and global distribution of Asgard archaea. Science of The Total Environment, 758, 143581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143581

11. Liu, Jiwen; Zheng, Yanfen; Lin, Heyu; Wang, Xuchen; Li, Meng;Liu, Yang; Yu, Meng; Zhao, Meixun; Pedentchouk, Nikolai; Lea-Smith, David J.; Todd, Jonathan D.; Magill, Clayton R.; Zhang, Wei-Jia; Zhou, Shun; Song, Delei; Zhong, Haohui; Xin, Yu; Yu, Min; Tian, Jiwei; Zhang, Xiao-Hua. (2019). Proliferation of hydrocarbon-degrading microbes at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Microbiome, 7(1), 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0652-3

12. Liu, Lirui; Huang, Wen-Cong;Liu, Yang; Li, Meng. (2021). Diversity of cellulolytic microorganisms and microbial cellulases. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 163, 105277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2021.105277

13. Liu, Xiaobo; Li, Meng; Castelle, Cindy J.; Probst, Alexander J.; Zhou, Zhichao; Pan, Jie;Liu, Yang; Banfield, Jillian F.; Gu, Ji-Dong. (2018). Insights into the ecology, evolution, and metabolism of the widespread Woesearchaeotal lineages. Microbiome, 6(1), 102. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0488-2

14. Liu, Xiaobo; Pan, Jie;Liu, Yang; Li, Meng; Gu, Ji-Dong. (2018). Diversity and distribution of Archaea in global estuarine ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment, 637, 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.016

15. Liu, Zongbao; Klümper, Uli;Liu, Yang; Yang, Yuchun; Wei, Qiaoyan; Lin, Jih-Gaw; Gu, Ji-Dong; Li, Meng. (2019). Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses reveal activity and hosts of antibiotic resistance genes in activated sludge. Environment International, 129, 208–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.036

16. Lu, Zhongyi; Fu, Ting; Li, Tianyi;Liu, Yang; Zhang, Siyu; Li, Jinquan; Dai, Junbiao; Koonin, Eugene V.; Li, Guohui; Chu, Huiying; Li, Meng. (2020). Coevolution of Eukaryote-like Vps4 and ESCRT-III Subunits in the Asgard Archaea. MBio, 11(3), e00417-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00417-20

17. Makarova, Kira S.; Wolf, Yuri I.; Shmakov, Sergey A.;Liu, Yang; Li, Meng; Koonin, Eugene V. (2020). Unprecedented Diversity of Unique CRISPR-Cas-Related Systems and Cas1 Homologs in Asgard Archaea. The CRISPR Journal, 3(3), 156–163. https://doi.org/10.1089/crispr.2020.0012

18. Pan, Jie; Zhou, Zhichao; Béjà, Oded; Cai, Mingwei; Yang, Yuchun;Liu, Yang; Gu, Ji-Dong; Li, Meng. (2020). Genomic and transcriptomic evidence of light-sensing, porphyrin biosynthesis, Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle, and urea production in Bathyarchaeota. Microbiome, 8(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00820-1

19. Sun, Yihua;Liu, Yang; Pan, Jie; Wang, Fengping; Li, Meng. (2020). Perspectives on Cultivation Strategies of Archaea. Microbial Ecology, 79(3), 770–784. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01422-7

20. Wang, Baozhan; Qin, Wei; Ren, Yi; Zhou, Xue; Jung, Man-Young; Han, Ping; Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley A.; Li, Meng; Zheng, Yue; Lu, Lu; Yan, Xin; Ji, Junbin;Liu, Yang; Liu, Linmeng; Heiner, Cheryl; Hall, Richard; Martens-Habbena, Willm; Herbold, Craig W.; Rhee, Sung-keun; … Jia, Zhongjun. (2019). Expansion of Thaumarchaeota habitat range is correlated with horizontal transfer of ATPase operons. The ISME Journal, 13(12), 3067–3079. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0493-x

21. Wu, Naicheng; Dong, Xuhui;Liu, Yang; Wang, Chao; Baattrup-Pedersen, Annette; Riis, Tenna. (2017). Using river microalgae as indicators for freshwater biomonitoring: Review of published research and future directions. Ecological Indicators, 81, 124–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.066

22. Yang, Yuchun; Daims, Holger;Liu, Yang; Herbold, Craig W.; Pjevac, Petra; Lin, Jih-Gaw; Li, Meng; Gu, Ji-Dong. (2020). Activity and Metabolic Versatility of Complete Ammonia Oxidizers in Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Systems. MBio, 11(2), e03175-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03175-19

23. Yang, Yuchun; Pan, Jie; Zhou, Zhichao; Wu, Jiapeng;Liu, Yang; Lin, Jih-Gaw; Hong, Yiguo; Li, Xiaoyan; Li, Meng; Gu, Ji-Dong. (2020). Complex microbial nitrogen-cycling networks in three distinct anammox-inoculated wastewater treatment systems. Water Research, 168, 115142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115142

24. Yin, Xiuran; Cai, Mingwei;Liu, Yang; Zhou, Guowei; Richter-Heitmann, Tim; Aromokeye, David A.; Kulkarni, Ajinkya C.; Nimzyk, Rolf; Cullhed, Henrik; Zhou, Zhichao; Pan, Jie; Yang, Yuchun; Gu, Ji-Dong; Elvert, Marcus; Li, Meng; Friedrich, Michael W. (2021). Subgroup level differences of physiological activities in marine Lokiarchaeota. The ISME Journal, 15(3), 848–861. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00818-5

25. Zhang, Cui-Jing; Pan, Jie; Duan, Chang-Hai; Wang, Yong-Ming;Liu, Yang; Sun, Jian; Zhou, Hai-Chao; Song, Xin; Li, Meng. (2019). Prokaryotic Diversity in Mangrove Sediments across Southeastern China Fundamentally Differs from That in Other Biomes. MSystems, 4(5), e00442-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00442-19

26. Zhang, Cui-Jing; Pan, Jie;Liu, Yang; Duan, Chang-Hai; Li, Meng. (2020). Genomic and transcriptomic insights into methanogenesis potential of novel methanogens from mangrove sediments. Microbiome, 8(1), 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00876-z

27. Zhang, Jia-Wei; Dong, Hong-Po; Hou, Li-Jun;Liu, Yang; Ou, Ya-Fei; Zheng, Yan-Ling; Han, Ping; Liang, Xia; Yin, Guo-Yu; Wu, Dian-Ming; Liu, Min; Li, Meng. (2021). Newly discovered Asgard archaea Hermodarchaeota potentially degrade alkanes and aromatics via alkyl/benzyl-succinate synthase and benzoyl-CoA pathway. The ISME Journal, 15(6), 1826–1843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00890-x

28. Zhang, Xiaowei;Liu, Yang; Gu, Ji-Dong. (2018). A global analysis on the distribution pattern of the bacteria coupling simultaneous methane oxidation to nitrite reduction. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 129, 123–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2018.01.014

29. Zhang, Xinxu; Xu, Wei;Liu, Yang; Cai, Mingwei; Luo, Zhuhua; Li, Meng. (2018). Metagenomics Reveals Microbial Diversity and Metabolic Potentials of Seawater and Surface Sediment From a Hadal Biosphere at the Yap Trench. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 2402. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02402

30. Zheng, Shiling; Li, Meng;Liu, Yang; Liu, Fanghua. (2021). Desulfovibrio feeding Methanobacterium with electrons in conductive methanogenic aggregates from coastal zones. Water Research, 202, 117490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117490

31. Zhou, Zhichao;Liu, Yang; Li, Meng; Gu, Ji-Dong. (2018). Two or three domains: a new view of tree of life in the genomics era. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(7), 3049–3058. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-8831-x

32. Zhou, Zhichao;Liu, Yang; Lloyd, Karen G.; Pan, Jie; Yang, Yuchun; Gu, Ji-Dong; Li, Meng. (2019). Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the ecology and metabolism of benthic archaeal cosmopolitan, Thermoprofundales (MBG-D archaea). The ISME Journal, 13(4), 885–901. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0321-8

33. Zhou, Zhichao;Liu, Yang; Pan, Jie; Cron, Brandi R.; Toner, Brandy M.; Anantharaman, Karthik; Breier, John A.; Dick, Gregory J.; Li, Meng. (2020). Gammaproteobacteria mediating utilization of methyl-, sulfur- and petroleum organic compounds in deep ocean hydrothermal plumes. The ISME Journal, 14(12), 3136–3148. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00745-5

34. Zhou, Zhichao;Liu, Yang; Xu, Wei; Pan, Jie; Luo, Zhu-Hua; Li, Meng. (2020). Genome- and Community-Level Interaction Insights into Carbon Utilization and Element Cycling Functions of Hydrothermarchaeota in Hydrothermal Sediment. MSystems, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00795-19

35. Zhou, Zhichao; Meng, Han;Liu, Yang; Gu, Ji-Dong; Li, Meng. (2017). Stratified Bacterial and Archaeal Community in Mangrove and Intertidal Wetland Mudflats Revealed by High Throughput 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2148. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02148

36. Zou, Dayu; Wan, Ru; Han, Lili; Xu, Min Nina;Liu, Yang; Liu, Hongbin; Kao, Shuh-Ji; Li, Meng. (2020). Genomic Characteristics of a Novel Species of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea from the Jiulong River Estuary. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(18). https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00736-20