Research Interests
- Microbial community assembly mechanisms, e.g., selection, competition, dispersal, ecological drift.
- Microbial ecology in environmental engineering and global changes.
- Global/continental microbiome: biogeography in different dimensions of diversity.
- Development of software/packages/tools for microbial ecology studies
Funded Projects
Principal Investigator
2021-2026
Dimensions US-China: Collaborative Research: Quantifying the Impact of Eutrophication on the World’s Grassland Soil Microbial Biodiversity and Functioning. US National Science Foundation (DEB-2129235; PI: Jizhong Zhou, Daliang Ning; public abstract)
2020-2025
Collaborative Research: MTM 2: Searching for General Rules Governing Microbiome Dynamics Using Anaerobic Digesters as Model Systems. US National Science Foundation (EF-2025558; PI: Jizhong Zhou, Daliang Ning; public abstract)
2011-2013
Expression profiling and regulation of cytochrome P450s in degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by a white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31000066; PI: Daliang Ning)
2009-2011
Degradation function of cytochrome P450 and enzymic mechanism concerning both extracellular enzymes and P450s in PAHs metabolism by the white rot fungus. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 20090460302; PI: Daliang Ning)
Senior Personnel
2022-2026
Microbes Achieve Resistance to MicroOrganism-influenced Rust (μARMOR):An Integrated Platform for Defeating Corrosion. US DARPA (Award No. HR00112320006)
2019-2024
ENIGMA: From Genomes to Ecosystems: Systems-Level Mechanistic Understanding of Microbial Stress Responses at Chromium Contaminated Sites. US Department of Energy (DE-AC02-05CH11231; PI: Paul Adams, Adam Arkin; https://enigma.lbl.gov/)
2011-2013
Risk evaluation and uncertainty analysis of volatile and semi-volatile organic pollutants in the industrial contaminated sites in China. China Environment Protection Public Welfare Program. * I left in 2012.
2008-2010
Technology development and demonstration for water pollution control and water quality improvement in old urban area. The National Key Project on Water Environmental Pollution Control (No. 2008ZX07313-001)
2005-2007
P450 inducement by POPs and its involvement in POPs biodegradation in white rot fungus. National Natural Science Foundation of China
Participant
2019-2023
Cross-Kingdom Interactions: the Foundation for Nutrient Cycling in Grassland Soils. US Department of Energy (DE-SC0020163; PI: Mary Firestone; public abstract)
2015-2021
Establishment to Senescence: Plant-Microbe and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Mediate Switchgrass Sustainability. US Department of Energy (DE-SC0014079; PI: Mary Firestone; public abstract)
2013-2016
From Structure to Functions: Metagenomics-Enabled Predictive Understanding of Soil Microbial Feedbacks to Climate Change. U.S. Department of Energy (DE-SC0004601; PI: Jizhong Zhou)
2011-2016
Experimental Macroecology: Effects of Temperature on Biodiversity. US National Science Foundation (EF-1065844; PI: Michael Kaspari, Jizhong Zhou, Zhili HE; public abstract) * I participated in 2012-2016
2010-2012
Nitrous oxide emission and underlying mechanisms in the subtropical forests with high nitrogen deposition in China. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control Research Foundation.
2008-2011
Biological conversion and degradation of typical POPs in environment. The Key project of National Natural Science Foundation of China
updated 2023.8.26