Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms of microbial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic pollutants
- Environmental microbiomics
- Mechanisms of microbial thermophily, halophily, and acidophily
- Applications of synthetic biology in environmental remediation
Work Experience
- Member and Secretary, Environmental Microbiology Committee, Chinese Society of Microbiology
- Vice Director, Synthetic Biology Committee, Shanghai Society of Biological Engineering
Academic Background & Achievements
- Doctoral Supervisor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Fund (2014)
- Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader (2020)
Publications
- Structure-guided insights into heterocyclic ring-cleavage catalysis of the non-heme Fe (II) dioxygenase NicX, Liu G. Q., Zhao Y. L., He F. Y., Zhang P., Ouyang X. Y., Tang H. Z., Xu P., 2021
- Genetic mapping of highly versatile and solvent-tolerant Pseudomonas putida B6-2 (ATCC BAA-2545) as a ‘superstar' for mineralization of PAHs and dioxin-like compounds, Wang W. W., Li Q. G., Zhang L. G., Cui J., Yu H., Wang X. Y., Ouyang X. Y., Tao F., Xu P., Tang H. Z., 2021
Awards
- National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Science Fund (2014, No. 31422004)
- Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader (2020, No. 20XD1421900)