Areas of Focus
- Interaction between vector insects and microorganisms
- Insect microbiomics
- Insect epigenetics
Work Experience
- 2020-05~Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences - Researcher
- 2013-02~2020-04 - Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
- 2009-09~2013-02 - Johns Hopkins University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2007-01~2009-08 - University of Maryland - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2000-07~2003-06 - Anhui Agricultural University - Lecturer, Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2003-09--2006-12 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications
- The ASH1-PEX16 regulatory pathway controls peroxisome biogenesis for appressorium-mediated insect infection by a fungal pathogen, 11th Author, 2023
- Chemometrics and genome mining reveal an unprecedented family of sugar acid-containing fungal nonribosomal cyclodepsipeptides, 9th Author, 2022
- Expression of mosquito miRNAs in entomopathogenic fungus induces pathogen-mediated host RNA interference and increases fungal efficacy, 11th Author, 2022
- Regulatory Roles of Histone Modifications in Filamentous Fungal Pathogens, 11th Author, 2022
- Insects defend against fungal infection by employing microRNAs to silence virulence-related genes, 11th Author, 2021
- A natural symbiotic bacterium drives mosquito refractoriness to Plasmodium infection via secretion of an antimalarial lipase, 11th Author, 2021
- Clock genes and environmental cues coordinate Anopheles pheromone synthesis, swarming, and mating, 11th Author, 2021
- Genomic landscape and genetic manipulation of the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens, a natural waste recycler, 17th Author, 2020
- Mosquito Microbiota and Implications for Disease Control, 11th Author, 2020
- Coordinated regulation of infection-related morphogenesis by the KMT2-Cre1-Hyd4 regulatory pathway to facilitate fungal infection, 11th Author, 2020
- Use of Microbiota to Fight Mosquito-Borne Disease, 2nd Author, 2020
- A fungal pathogen deploys a small RNA to attenuate mosquito immunity and facilitate infection, 11th Author, 2019
- A Gut Symbiotic Bacterium Serratia marcescens Renders Mosquito Resistance to Plasmodium Infection Through Activation of Mosquito Immune Responses, 11th Author, 2019
- Interaction of entomopathogenic fungi with the host immune system, 11th Author, 2018
- In vivo gene expression profiling of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana elucidates its infection stratagems in mosquito., 11th Author, 2017
- CRISPR/Cas9-mediated efficient genome editing via blastospore-based transformation in entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, 11th Author, 2017
- Insect pathogenic fungus interacts with the gut microbiota to accelerate mosquito mortality, 11th Author, 2017
- Insect Pathogenic Fungi: Genomics, Molecular Interactions, and Genetic Improvements, 2nd Author, 2017
- Driving mosquito refractoriness to Plasmodium falciparum with engineered symbiotic bacteria, 11th Author, 2017
- Transmission Risk from Imported Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the China-Myanmar Border Region, 12th Author, 2015
- Genetic control and paratransgenesis of mosquito-borne diseases, 3rd Author, 2015
- Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in the sexual stage of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris, 4th Author, 2015
- Genetic approaches to interfere with malaria transmission by vector mosquito, 11th Author, 2013
- Fighting malaria with engineered symbiotic bacteria from vector mosquitoes, 1st Author, 2012
- Insertion of an Esterase Gene into a Specific Locust Pathogen (Metarhizium acridum) Enables It to Infect Caterpillars, 11th Author, 2011
- Local adaptation of an introduced transgenic insect fungal pathogen due to new beneficial mutations, 1st Author, 2011
- The structure of the bacterial and archaeal community in a biogas digester as revealed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and 16S rDNA sequencing analysis, Not mentioned, 2009
- Comparative Genomics Using Microarrays Reveals Divergence and Loss of Virulence-Associated Genes in Host-Specific Strains of the Insect Pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae, 1st Author, 2009
- Genetic diversity and population structure among strains of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, as revealed by inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR), Not mentioned, 2005
Awards
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Excellent Supervisor (2022): Institute Level
- Second Prize for Industrialization of Fungal Insecticides and Sustainable Control Technology for Forest Pests (2009): National Level
- First Prize for Research on Industrialization of Fungal Insecticides and Sustainable Control Technology for Forest Pests (2008): Provincial Level
- First Prize for Research on Species Diversity and Genetic Diversity of Cordyceps and Related Genera and Their Asexual Forms (2006): Provincial Level