Areas of Focus
- Host Plant-Insect-Associated Fungi-Bacteria Interactions
- Invasion Biology
Work Experience
- 2003-2012 - Project Leader, China-US Forestry Invasive Pests Cooperation Project
- 2008-2011 - Project Leader, National Natural Science Foundation Key Project
- 2011-2014 - Project Leader, EU 'REPHRAME' Biological Invasion
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005 - Received National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- Published over 190 papers, with more than 100 in SCI journals
- Granted 14 national invention patents
Publications
- Bacterial microbiota protect an invasive bark beetle from a pine defensive compound, Chihang Cheng, Jacob Wickham, Li Chen, Dandan Xu, Min Lu, Jianghua Sun, 2018
- Bacterial Volatile Ammonia Regulates the Consumption Sequence of D-pinitol and D-glucose in a Fungus Associated with an Invasive Bark Beetle, Fangyuan Zhou, Letian Xu, Shanshan Wang, Bo Wang, Qiaozhe Lou, Min Lu, Jianghua Sun, 2017
- Ascarosides coordinate the dispersal of a plant-parasitic nematode with the metamorphosis of its vector beetle, Lilin Zhao, Xinxing Zhang, Yanan Wei, Jiao Zhou, Wei Zhang, Peijun Qin, Satya Chinta, Xiangbo Kong, Yunpeng Liu, Haiying Yu, Songnian Hu, Zhen Zou, Rebecca A. Butcher, Jianghua Sun, 2016
- The Role of Symbiotic Microbes in Insect Invasions, Min Lu, Jiri Hulcr, Jianghua Sun, 2016
- Chemical Signals Synchronize the Life Cycles of a Plant-parasitic Nematode and its Vector Beetle, Lilin Zhao, Shuai Zhang, Wei Wei, Haijun Hao, Bin Zhang, Rebecca A. Butcher, Jianghua Sun, 2013
Awards
- 2005: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars