Associate Professor

Tel: 86-510-85918106

Email: zonghong163@163.com

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2016 – present   Associate Professor, Jiangnan University, School of Biotechnology.

2012 – 2016     Lecturer,   Jiangnan University, School of Biotechnology.

2007 - 2011       Ph.D, Zhejiang University, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science.

2004 – 2007       M.A., Shandong Agricultural University, School of Horticulture   Science and Engineering.

2000 –   2004     B A , Shandong Agricultural University, School   of Horticulture Science and Engineering.

Main research   interesting on these areas, Fermentation engineering, Industrial microbiology   and Food biotechnology,

1.    Biosynthesis   of polyols by metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, including:   1,3-propanediol, 3-hydroxy propionic acid, 1,2,4- butantriol.

2.    Exploring the   mechanism responsible for the excellent stress tolerance of industrial yeast

3.    Development   of functional peptides or foods by biotechnology.

1. Hong Zong, Bin Zhuge ,Huiying Fang, Yanhui Cao, Lin Mu,Weilai   Fu, Jian Song, Jian Zhuge. Advances in the bioconversion mechanism of   lovastatin to wuxistatin by Amycolatopsis sp. CGMCC 1149. Appl Microbiol   Biotechnol. 2013, 97:599–609.

2. Hong Zong, Bin Zhuge, Xinyao Lu, Xiaoyu Huo, Huiying Fang, Jian   Song, Jin Sun. Characterization of a novel cytochrome P450 from Amycolatopsis   sp. CGMCC1149 for hydroxylation of lovastatin. Biotechnol Appl Biochem. 2015,   62(1):9–16.

3. Hong Zong, Cheng Zhang, Bin Zhuge, Xinyao Lu, Huiying Fang, Jin   Sun. Effects of xylitol dehydrogenase (XYL2) on xylose fermentation by   engineered Candida glycerinogenes. Biotechnol Appl Biochem, 2016, 64(4):1-10.

4. Hong Zong, Xiaohong Liu, Wenqiang Chen, Bin Zhuge, Jin Sun.   Construction of glycerol synthesis pathway in Klebsiella pneumoniae, for   bioconversion of glucose into 1,3-propanediol[J]. Biotechnology and   Bioprocess Engineering, 2017, 22(5):549-555.

5. Hong Zong, Lijuan Peng, Saisai Zhang, Yin Lin, Fengqin Feng.   Effects of molecular structure on the calcium-binding properties of   phosphopeptides. Eur Food Res Technol. 2012, 235(5):811–816.

6. Cheng Zhang, Hong Zong, Bin Zhuge, Xinyao Lu, Huiying Fang,   Jian Zhuge.Integrative expression vectors for overexpression of xylitol   dehydrogenase (XYL2) in Osmotolerant yeast, Candida glycerinogenes WL2002‑5. J Ind   Microbiol Biotechnol. 2015, 42:113-124.

7. Cheng Zhang, Hong Zong, Bin Zhuge, Xinyao Lu, Huiying Fang,   Jian Zhuge.Production of Xylitol from D-Xylose by Overexpression of Xylose   Reductase in Osmotolerant Yeast Candida glycerinogenes WL2002-5. Applied   Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 2015, 176:1511-1527.

8. Xinyao Lu, Shuying He, Hong Zong, Jian Song, Wen Chen, Bin   Zhuge. Improved 1, 2, 4-butanetriol production from an engineered Escherichia   coli by co-expression of different chaperone proteins. World J Microbiol   Biotechnol. 2016, 32:149.

9. Xinyao Lu, Xiaomeng Fu, Hong Zong, and Bin Zhuge. Overexpressions   of xylA and xylB in Klebsiella pneumoniae Lead to Enhanced 1,3-Propanediol   Production by Cofermentation of Glycerol and Xylose. J. Microbiol.   Biotechnol. 2016, 26(7):1252–1258.