Professor | Jun Ni | Asia Growth Partners

Name	Jun Ni
Contact Information	tearroad@sjtu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

Name

Jun Ni

Contact Information

tearroad@sjtu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2008 Bachelor in Biotechnology: Nanjing Agricultural University 2015 PhD in Microbiology: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Postdoctoral Researcher at Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Work Experience	2018 - 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher - Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2020 - Present Associate Professor - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Awards	2019 MIT Technology Review 'Innovators Under 35' 2016 Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Talent Sailing Plan 2016 G-ideas University Student Gene Application Competition Outstanding Mentor 2014 DuPont Bio-Innovation Challenge Grand Prize

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2008 Bachelor in Biotechnology: Nanjing Agricultural University
2015 PhD in Microbiology: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Postdoctoral Researcher at School of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Postdoctoral Researcher at Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Work Experience

2018 - 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020 - Present Associate Professor - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Awards

2019 MIT Technology Review 'Innovators Under 35'
2016 Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Talent Sailing Plan
2016 G-ideas University Student Gene Application Competition Outstanding Mentor
2014 DuPont Bio-Innovation Challenge Grand Prize

Areas of Focus	Photodriven synthesis of natural products Development of novel catalytic systems for high-value utilization of lignin into natural products Development of functional products from photosynthetic microorganisms
Publications	A coenzyme-free biocatalyst for the value-added utilization of lignin-derived aromatics, Jun Ni, Yutong Wu, Fei Tao, Yuan Peng, Ping Xu, 2018 Remodeling of the photosynthetic chain promotes direct CO2 conversion to valuable aromatics, Jun Ni, Hongyu Liu, Fei Tao, Yutong Wu, Ping Xu, 2018 Temperature-directed biocatalysis for the sustainable production of aromatic aldehydes or alcohols, Jun Ni, Yanyan Gao, Fei Tao, Hongyu Liu, Ping Xu, 2018 A photoautotrophic platform for the sustainable production of valuable plant natural products from CO2, Jun Ni, Fei Tao, Yu Wang, Feng Yao, Ping Xu, 2016 Mimicking a natural pathway for de novo biosynthesis: natural vanillin production from accessible carbon sources, Jun Ni, Fei Tao, Huaiqing Du, Ping Xu, 2015 Engineering cyanobacteria for photosynthetic production of C3 platform chemicals and terpenoids from CO2, Jun Ni, Fei Tao, Ping Xu, Chen Yang, 2018

Areas of Focus

Photodriven synthesis of natural products
Development of novel catalytic systems for high-value utilization of lignin into natural products
Development of functional products from photosynthetic microorganisms

Publications

A coenzyme-free biocatalyst for the value-added utilization of lignin-derived aromatics, Jun Ni, Yutong Wu, Fei Tao, Yuan Peng, Ping Xu, 2018
Remodeling of the photosynthetic chain promotes direct CO2 conversion to valuable aromatics, Jun Ni, Hongyu Liu, Fei Tao, Yutong Wu, Ping Xu, 2018
Temperature-directed biocatalysis for the sustainable production of aromatic aldehydes or alcohols, Jun Ni, Yanyan Gao, Fei Tao, Hongyu Liu, Ping Xu, 2018
A photoautotrophic platform for the sustainable production of valuable plant natural products from CO2, Jun Ni, Fei Tao, Yu Wang, Feng Yao, Ping Xu, 2016
Mimicking a natural pathway for de novo biosynthesis: natural vanillin production from accessible carbon sources, Jun Ni, Fei Tao, Huaiqing Du, Ping Xu, 2015
Engineering cyanobacteria for photosynthetic production of C3 platform chemicals and terpenoids from CO2, Jun Ni, Fei Tao, Ping Xu, Chen Yang, 2018

Photodriven Synthesis Natural Products Photosynthetic Chassis Synthetic Biology Resveratrol Phenylethanol Flavonoids Lignin Biocatalysis Bio-Based Products

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