Areas of Focus
- Microbial degradation of organic pollutants including pharmaceuticals and plant toxins
- Physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of microbial degradation
- Application of synthetic biology in pollutant degradation
Work Experience
- Former Researcher at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Former Director at the Key Laboratory of Agriculture and Environmental Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Current Director of the Department of Microbial Science, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Current Group Leader at the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- Bachelor in Microbiology: Wuhan University
- PhD in Microbiology: Imperial College London (Supervisor: Professor David Leak)
- Postdoctoral Research: Imperial College London and University of Wales, Bangor (Supervisor: Professor Peter Williams)
- Recipient of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 'Hundred Talents Program'
Publications
- AlmA involved in the long-chain n-alkane degradation pathway in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 is a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, Yin CF, Nie Y, Li T, Zhou NY*, 2024
- Molecular Basis and Evolutionary Origin of 1-Nitronaphthalene Catabolism in Sphingobium sp. strain JS3065, Li T, Xu J, Brower AL, Xu ZJ, Xu Y, Spain JC*, Zhou NY*, 2023
- Aerobic Degradation of the Antidiabetic Drug Metformin by Aminobacter sp. Strain NyZ550, Li T, Xu ZJ, Zhou NY*, 2023
- A cytochrome P450 system initiates 4-nitroanisole degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain JS3073, Zhang ST, Li T, Deng SK, Spain JC, Zhou NY*, 2023
- Redundant and scattered genetic determinants for coumarin biodegradation in Pseudomonas sp. strain NyZ480, Gu Y, Li T, Zhou NY*, 2023
- Microbial Diversity Biased Estimation Caused by Intragenomic Heterogeneity and Interspecific Conservation of 16S rRNA Genes, Pan P, Gu Y, Sun DL, Wu QL, Zhou NY*, 2023
- Glacier as a source of novel polyethylene terephthalate hydrolases, Qi X, Ji M, Yin CF, Zhou NY*, Liu Y*, 2023
- Wide distribution of the sad gene cluster for sub-terminal oxidation in alkane utilizers, Yin CF, Xu Y, Li T, Zhou NY*, 2022
- Hexachlorobenzene monooxygenase substrate selectivity and catalysis: structural and biochemical insights, Guo Y, Li DF, Ji HN, Zheng JT*, Zhou NY*, 2021
- A recently assembled degradation pathway for 2,3-dichloronitrobenzene in Diaphorobacter sp.strain JS3051, Li T, Gao YZ, Xu J, Zhang ST, Guo Y, Spain JC, Zhou NY*, 2021
Awards
- State Council Government Special Allowance
