Areas of Focus
- Yeast Biodiversity
- Molecular Systematics
- Evolutionary Biology
- Brewing Microbiome
Work Experience
- 2013-01 to 2018-12 - CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Netherlands - Part-time Researcher
- 2008-12 to 2009-03 - Chiba University, Japan - Visiting Professor
- 2002-01 to 2002-10 - National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Japan - JSPS Fellow
- 2000-10 to Present - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Doctoral Supervisor
- 1999-11 to Present - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 1999-04 to 1999-10 - RIKEN, Japan - Researcher
- 1997-02 to 1997-08 - RIKEN, Japan - Researcher
- 1996-09 to 1999-10 - Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992-09 to 1996-04 Ph.D. in Science: Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1984-09 to 1987-09 M.Sc. in Science: Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1980-09 to 1984-07 B.Sc. in Biology: Sun Yat-sen University
Publications
- Microbial communities and their correlation with flavor compound formation during the mechanized production of light-flavor Baijiu, Luo, LuJun, Song, Liang, Han, Ying, Zhen, Pan, Zhao, Xin, Zhou, Xin, Wei, YuHua, Yu, HuiXin, Han, PeiJie, Bai, FengYan, 2023
- Yueomyces silvicola sp. nov., a novel ascomycetous yeast species unable to utilize ammonium, glutamate, and glutamine as sole nitrogen sources, Hong‐Tao Yu, Yu‐Jie Shang, Hai-Yan Zhu, Pei‐Jie Han, Qi‐Ming Wang, Ana Raquel O. Santos, Katharina O. Barros, Gisele F. L. Souza, Flávia B. M. Alvarenga, Maxwel A. Abegg, Rosa, Carlos A., Feng-Yan Bai, 2023
- Evaluation of thermotolerant and ethanol-tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae as an alternative strain for bioethanol production from industrial feedstocks, Kruasuwan, Worarat, Puseenam, Aekkachai, Amin, Somjit, Trakarnpaiboon, Srisakul, Sornlek, Warasirin, Kocharin, Kanokarn, Jindamorakot, Sasitorn, Tanapongpipat, Sutipa, Bai, FengYan, Roongsawang, Niran, 2023
- Macroevolutionary diversity of traits and genomes in the model yeast genus Saccharomyces, Peris, David, Ubbelohde, Emily J, Kuang, Meihua Christina, Kominek, Jacek, Langdon, Quinn K, Adams, Marie, Koshalek, Justin A, Hulfachor, Amanda Beth, Opulente, Dana A, Hall, David J, Hyma, Katie, Fay, Justin C, Leducq, JeanBaptiste, Charron, Guillaume, Landry, Christian R, Libkind, Diego, Goncalves, Carla, Goncalves, Paula, Sampaio, Jose Paulo, Wang, QiMing, Bai, FengYan, Wrobel, Russel L, Hittinger, Chris Todd, 2023
- 走出中国:酿酒酵母的起源、驯养与演化, 白逢彦, 2023
- Cystofilobasidium josepaulonis sp. nov., a novel basidiomycetous yeast species, Zhu, HaiYan, Wei, XuYang, Liu, XinZhan, Bai, FengYan, 2023
- Vishniacozyma pseudocarnescens sp. nov., a new anamorphic tremellomycetous yeast species, Hai-Yan Zhu, Yu-Hua Wei, Liang-Chen Guo, Xu-Yang Wei, Jun-Ning Li, Ri-Peng Zhang, Xin-Zhan Liu, Feng-Yan Bai, 2023
- Microbial Community Affects Daqu Quality and the Production of Ethanol and Flavor Compounds in Baijiu Fermentation, Han, PeiJie, Luo, LuJun, Han, Ying, Song, Liang, Zhen, Pan, Han, DaYong, Wei, YuHua, Zhou, Xin, Wen, Zhang, Qiu, JunZhi, Bai, FengYan, 2023
- Yeasts from temperate forests, Mozzachiodi, Simone, Bai, FengYan, Baldrian, Petr, Bell, Graham, BoundyMills, Kyria, Buzzini, Pietro, Cadez, Neza, Cubillos, Francisco A, Dashko, Sofia, Dimitrov, Roumen, Fisher, Kaitlin J, Gibson, Brian, Gouliamova, Dilnora, Greig, Duncan, Heistinger, Lina, Hittinger, Chris Todd, Jecmenica, Marina, Koufopanou, Vassiliki, Landry, Christian R, Masinova, Tereza, Naumova, Elena S, Opulente, Dana, Pena, Jacqueline J, Petrovic, Uros, Tsai, Isheng Jason, Turchetti, Benedetta, Villarreal, Pablo, Yurkov, Andrey, Liti, Gianni, Boynton, Primrose, 2022
- 走出青藏高原:拉格啤酒酵母的起源与演化, 白逢彦, 2022
- The Ecology and Evolution of the Baker’s Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, FengYan Bai, DaYong Han, ShouFu Duan, QiMing Wang, Sergi Puig, 2022
- Highly diverged lineages of Saccharomyces paradoxus in temperate to subtropical climate zones in China, 白逢彦, 2022
- Yeast Diversity in the Qaidam Basin Desert in China with the Description of Five New Yeast Species, Wei, XuYang, Zhu, HaiYan, Song, Liang, Zhang, RiPeng, Li, AiHua, Niu, QiuHong, Liu, XinZhan, Bai, FengYan, 2022
- Proposal of Two New Combinations, Twenty New Species, Four New Genera, One New Family, and One New Order for the Anamorphic Basidiomycetous Yeast Species in Ustilaginomycotina, Li, YaoYao, Wang, ManMan, Groenewald, Marizeth, Li, AiHua, Guo, YunTong, Wu, Feng, Zhang, BingQian, Tanaka, Eiji, Wang, QiMing, Bai, FengYan, Begerow, Dominik, 2022
- Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes, Yurkov, Andrey, Alves, Artur, Bai, FengYan, BoundyMills, Kyria, Buzzini, Pietro, Cadez, Neza, Cardinali, Gianluigi, Casaregola, Serge, Chaturvedi, Vishnu, Collin, Valerie, Fell, Jack W, Girard, Victoria, Groenewald, Marizeth, Hagen, Ferry, Hittinger, Chris Todd, Kachalkin, Aleksey, V, Kostrzewa, Markus, Kouvelis, Vassili, Libkind, Diego, Liu, Xinzhan, Maier, Thomas, Meyer, Wieland, Peter, Gabor, Piatek, Marcin, Robert, Vincent, Rosa, Carlos A, Sampaio, Jose Paulo, Sipiczki, Matthias, Stadler, Marc, Sugita, Takashi, Sugiyama, Junta, Takagi, Hiroshi, Takashima, Masako, Turchetti, Benedetta, Wang, QiMing, Boekhout, Teun, 2021
- Improved redox homeostasis owing to the up-regulation of one-carbon metabolism and related pathways is crucial for yeast heterosis at high temperature, Song, Liang, Shi, JunYan, Duan, ShouFu, Han, DaYong, Li, Kuan, Zhang, RiPeng, He, PengYu, Han, PeiJie, Wang, QiMing, Bai, FengYan, 2021
- Genetic diversity and population structure of the amylolytic yeast Saccharomycopsis fibuligera associated with Baijiu fermentation in China, Wang, JuWei, Han, PeiJie, Han, DaYong, Zhou, Sen, Li, Kuan, He, PengYu, Zhen, Pan, Yu, HuiXin, Liang, ZhenRong, Wang, XueWei, Bai, FengYan, 2021
- Adaptive Gene Content and Allele Distribution Variations in the Wild and Domesticated Populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Han, DaYong, Han, PeiJie, Rumbold, Karl, Koricha, Anbessa Dabassa, Duan, ShouFu, Song, Liang, Shi, JunYan, Li, Kuan, Wang, QiMing, Bai, FengYan, 2021
- Diversity and phylogeny of basidiomycetous yeasts from plant leaves and soil: Proposal of two new orders, three new families, eight new genera and one hundred and seven new species, Li, AH, Yuan, FX, Groenewald, M, Bensch, K, Yurkov, A M, Li, K, Han, PJ, Guo, LD, Aime, M C, Sampaio, J P, Jindamorakot, S, Turchetti, B, Inacio, J, Fungsin, B, Wang, QM, Bai, FY
Awards
- Silver Goose Award (Zhenchi Award) (2020): Institute
- First Prize for Research and Evaluation of Economic Fungal Resources in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2019): Provincial
- Dai Fanglan Outstanding Achievement Award (2019): Other
- Outstanding Mentor Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019): Institute
- State Council Special Allowance (2016): National