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Name	Wenjun Li
Contact Information	nliwenjun3@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Wenjun Li

Contact Information

nliwenjun3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Sun Yat-Sen University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1992-1996 Bachelor of Science: Henan Normal University 1996-1999 Master of Science: Yunnan University 1999-2002 Doctor of Science: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Achievement: Established methods for isolating prokaryotic microorganisms from extreme environments Achievement: Discovered and published new bacterial and archaeal taxa
Work Experience	1999-2014 - Yunnan University - Researcher 2000 - Kitasato Institute, Japan - Visiting Scholar 2003, 2005, 2007 - Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology - Visiting Scholar 2006-2007 - University of Georgia, USA - Visiting Scholar 2015 - University of Nevada, USA - Visiting Scholar
Awards	2005: New Century Excellent Talents by Ministry of Education 2011: Chinese Academy of Sciences Hundred Talents Program 2014: Pearl River Scholar Distinguished Professor 2022: Sun Yat-sen University Yixian Scholar Program

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Sun Yat-Sen University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1992-1996 Bachelor of Science: Henan Normal University
1996-1999 Master of Science: Yunnan University
1999-2002 Doctor of Science: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Achievement: Established methods for isolating prokaryotic microorganisms from extreme environments
Achievement: Discovered and published new bacterial and archaeal taxa

Work Experience

1999-2014 - Yunnan University - Researcher
2000 - Kitasato Institute, Japan - Visiting Scholar
2003, 2005, 2007 - Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology - Visiting Scholar
2006-2007 - University of Georgia, USA - Visiting Scholar
2015 - University of Nevada, USA - Visiting Scholar

Awards

2005: New Century Excellent Talents by Ministry of Education
2011: Chinese Academy of Sciences Hundred Talents Program
2014: Pearl River Scholar Distinguished Professor
2022: Sun Yat-sen University Yixian Scholar Program

Areas of Focus	Microbial Diversity and Molecular Ecology Microbial Systematics Ecological Adaptation of Microorganisms in Extreme Environments Potential Applications of Microbial Resources
Publications	Microbial evolution and origin of alkane metabolism in extreme environments, Wenjun Li, 2019 Genomic metabolic characteristics and evolutionary research of uncultivated microbial groups, Wenjun Li, 2018 Biosynthesis of active natural products from actinomycetes, Wenjun Li, 2019 Ecological function and evolutionary research of actinomycetes, Wenjun Li, 2021 Microbial degradation of lignin and lignin-derived aromatic compounds, Wenjun Li, 2020

Areas of Focus

Microbial Diversity and Molecular Ecology
Microbial Systematics
Ecological Adaptation of Microorganisms in Extreme Environments
Potential Applications of Microbial Resources

Publications

Microbial evolution and origin of alkane metabolism in extreme environments, Wenjun Li, 2019
Genomic metabolic characteristics and evolutionary research of uncultivated microbial groups, Wenjun Li, 2018
Biosynthesis of active natural products from actinomycetes, Wenjun Li, 2019
Ecological function and evolutionary research of actinomycetes, Wenjun Li, 2021
Microbial degradation of lignin and lignin-derived aromatic compounds, Wenjun Li, 2020

Microbial Diversity Molecular Ecology Microbial Systematics Extreme Environments Ecological Adaptation Microbial Resources Prokaryotic Microorganisms Taxonomy Biotechnology Environmental Microbiology

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