Areas of Focus
- Natural product biosynthesis pathway discovery and analysis
- Plant functional genomics and metabolomics
- Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
- Enzymology catalytic reaction mechanisms and enzyme engineering modification
- Small molecule compounds mediated plant-microbe interactions
Work Experience
- 2019.08 - Present, Southern University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor
- 2015 - 2019, John Innes Centre, UK, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2015, Macau University of Science and Technology, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010-2014 PhD: University of Adelaide
- 2009-2010 Master's: South China University of Technology
- 2005-2009 Bachelor's: South China Agricultural University
Publications
- A specialized metabolic network selectively modulates Arabidopsis root microbiota, Huang, A.C.; Jiang, T.; Liu, Y.X.; Bai, Y.C.; Reed, J.; Qu, B; Goossens, A.; Nutzmann, H.-W.; Bai, Y.; Osbourn, A., 2019
- Plant terpenes that mediate below‐ground interactions: prospects for bioengineering terpenoids for plant protection, Huang, A.C., Osbourn, A., 2019
- Diverged terpene synthases reroute the carbocation cyclization path towards the formation of unprecedented 6/11/5 and 6/6/7/5 sesterterpene scaffolds, Huang, A.C.; Hong, Y. J.; Bond, A. D.; Tantillo, D. J.; Osbourn, A., 2018
- Unearthing a sesterterpene biosynthetic repertoire in the Brassicaceae through genome mining reveal convergent evolution, Huang, A.C.; Kautsar S. A..; Hong, Y. J.; Bond, A. D.; Madema M. H.; Tantillo, D. J.; Osbourn, A., 2017
- Mechanistic studies on the autoxidation of -guaiene: The structural diversity of the sesquiterpenoid downstream products, Huang, A.-C.; Sefton, M. A.; Sumby, C. J.; Tiekink, E. R.T.; Taylor, D. K., 2015
- Comparison of the formation of peppery and woody sesquiterpenes derived from -guaiene and -bulnesene under aerial oxidative conditions, Huang, A.-C.; Sefton, M. A.; Taylor, D. K., 2015
- Synthesis of guaia-4(5)-en-11-ol, guaia-5(6)-en-11-ol, aciphyllene, 1-epi-melicodenone C and E and other guaiane-type sesquiterpenoids via the diastereoselective epoxidation of guaiol, Huang, A.-C.; Sumby, C. J.; Tiekink, E. R.T.; Taylor, D. K., 2014
- Production of the pepper aroma compound, (-)-rotundone by aerial oxidation of α-guaiene, Huang, A.-C.; Burrett, S.; Sefton, M. A.; Taylor, D. K., 2014
- Examination of the phenolic profile and antioxidant activity of the leaves of the Australian native plant Smilax glyciphylla, Huang, A.-C.; Wilde, A.; Ebmeyer, J.; Skouroumounis, G. K.; Taylor, D. K., 2013
Awards
- 2016: Marie Curie Fellow
- 2014: University of Adelaide Dean's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
- 2009: South China Agricultural University 'Red Hall' Outstanding Undergraduate