Areas of Focus
- Developmental control of silkworms and their interaction with pathogens
- Development and breeding of black soldier flies
Work Experience
- 2008.7-2010.7 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2010.8-2016.2 Associate Researcher at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2016.2-present Professor at the College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999.9-2003.6 Bachelor's degree from Nanjing Forestry University
- 2003.9-2008.6 Doctorate from Nanjing Forestry University
- 2016 Became a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Youth Innovation Promotion Association and related talent projects
- 2021 Received the first prize of Guangdong Natural Science Award (ranked third)
Publications
- Selective breeding of cold-tolerant black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Gut microbial shifts and transcriptional patterns, Ma C, Huang ZJ, Feng XB, Memon FU, Cui Yi, Duan XY, Zhu JF, Tettamanti G, Hu WF, Tian L, 2024
- Identification of Host Molecules Involved in the Proliferation of Nucleopolyhedrovirus in Bombyx mori, Xu J#, Xie X#, Ma Q, Zhang L, Li Y, Chen Y, Li K, Xiao Y, Tettamanti G, Xu H*, Tian L*, 2022
Awards
- 2016 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Youth Innovation Promotion Association and related talent projects
- 2021 First Prize of Guangdong Natural Science Award (ranked third)
