Li Zhengjun

Name

Zheng-JunLi

Gender

Male

College

Collegeof Life Science and Technology

Highestdegree

Doctor

ProfessionalTitle

Professor

Discipline/Major

Bioengineering

ResearchArea/Direction

MetabolicEngineering, Synthetic Biology

OfficePhone

CellPhone

Email

lizj@mail.buct.edu.cn

ResearchTopics

1. Metabolicengineering of microorganism for efficient production ofpolyhydroxyalkanoates using cost-effective feedstock.

2. Development ofnovel hosts for microbial production of chemicals (ethyleneglycol, glycolic acid, etc.)

3.Development of new methods and tools for metabolic engineeringresearch.

EducationBackground

2005-2010,Ph.D. Tsinghua University

2001-2005,B.S.  Shandong University

WorkExperience

2018-now,Professor, College of Life Science and Technology, BeijingUniversity of Chemical Technology

2012-2017,AssociateProfessor, College of Life Science and Technology, BeijingUniversity of Chemical Technology

2013-2015,VisitingScholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology

2010-2011,Lecture,College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University ofChemical Technology

Publications

1.Zheng-JunLi*,Peng-Hui Hong, Yang-Yang Da, Liang-Kang Li, GregoryStephanopoulos*. Metabolic engineering of Escherichiacoli forthe production of L-malate from xylose. MetabolicEngineering,2018, 48:25-32

2. Zheng-JunLi,Kangjian Qiao, Xue-Mei Che, Gregory Stephanopoulos*. Metabolicengineering of Escherichiacolifor the synthesis of the quadripolymerpoly(glycolate-co-lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate)from glucose. MetabolicEngineering,2017, 44:38-44

3.Zheng-Jun Li,Kangjian Qiao, Weichao Shi, Brian Pereira, Haoran Zhang, BradleyD. Olsen, Gregory Stephanopoulos*. Biosynthesis ofpoly(glycolate-co-lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate)from glucose by metabolically engineered Escherichiacoli.MetabolicEngineering,2016, 35:1-8

4.Brian Pereira^#,Zheng-JunLi^#,Marjan De Mey, Chin Giaw Lim, Haoran Zhang, Claude Hoeltgen,Gregory Stephanopoulos*. Efficient utilization of pentoses for thebioproduction of renewable two-carbon compounds, ethylene glycoland glycolate. MetabolicEngineering,2016, 34:80-87 (^#co-first author)

5. Zheng-JunLi,Zhen-Yu Shi, Jia Jian, Ying-Ying Guo, Qiong Wu, Guo-Qiang Chen*.Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) fromunrelated carbon sources by metabolically engineered Escherichiacoli. MetabolicEngineering,2010, 12:352-359

6.WeiLi, Jing Chen, Chang-XiaLiu, Qi-Peng Yuan, Zheng-JunLi*.Microbial productionof glycolatefrom acetateby metabolicallyengineeredEscherichiacoli.Journal of Biotechnology,2019, 291:41-45

7.Wei Li, Nan Pu, Chang-Xia Liu, Qi-Peng Yuan, Zheng-JunLi*.Metabolic engineering of the marine bacteria Neptunomonasconcharum for the production of acetoin and meso-2,3-butanediolfrom acetate.Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2019

8. Jing Chen, WeiLi, Zhao Zhou Zhang, Tian Wei Tan, Zheng-JunLi*.Metabolic engineering of Escherichiacolifor the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates using acetate as a maincarbon source. MicrobialCell Factories,2018, 17:102

9. Liang-Kang Li,Li-Long Shi, Peng-Hui Hong, Tian-Wei Tan, Zheng-JunLi*.Metabolic engineering of Escherichiacolifor the production of glyoxylate from xylose. BiochemicalEngineering Journal,2018, 129:113-118