Education

B.S. 2012, Xi’an Jiaotong University, bioengineering;
Ph.D. 2017, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Joint training;
Ph.D. 2018, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics.

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, 2018 to Present.

Research Area

By employing synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, our group focuses on engineering and devising efficient microbial cell factory (such as photosynthetic bacteria, cyanobacteria, et.ac) for cost-effective biosynthesis of high-value pharmaceutical intermediates, fragrance and flavors, fine chemicals and natural products from renewable feedstocks.

Selected Publications (*Corresponding author, #co-first author)

1.Yang Zhang^*, Xinyu Wang, Jifeng Yuan^*, Liejin Guo^*. Multidimensional engineering of Rhodobacter sphaeroides for enhanced photo-fermentative hydrogen production. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 488: 150852
2.Yang Zhang^#, Cheng Cheng^#, Bixia Fu^#, Teng Long, Ning He, Jianqiang Fan^*, Zheyong Xue^*, Anqi Chen^*, Jifeng Yuan^*. Microbial upcycling of depolymerized lignin into value-added chemicals. BioDesign Research, 2024, 6: 0027
3.Jian Fan^#, Yang Zhang^#, Wenhao Li, Zhizhen Li, Danli Zhang, Qiwen Mo, Mingfeng Cao, Jifeng Yuan^*. Multidimensional optimization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for carotenoid overproduction. BioDesign Research, 2024, 6: 0026
4.Yang Zhang, Wenchang Meng, Yuting He, Yuhui Chen, Mingyu Shao, Jifeng Yuan^*. Multidimensional optimization for accelerating light-powered biocatalysis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023, 16: 160
5.Yang Zhang^*, Jie Cheng, Yuting He, Jifeng Yuan^*. Photo-fermentative hydrogen production performance of a newly isolated Rubrivivax gelatinosus YP03 strain with acid tolerance. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022, 47(48): 20784-20792
6.Yang Zhang, Xiaohui Song, Yumeng Lai, Qiwen Mo, Jifeng Yuan^*. High-yielding terpene-based biofuel production in Rhodobacter capsulatus. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2021, 10(6): 1545-1552
7.Yang Zhang, Jifeng Yuan^*. CRISPR/Cas12a-mediated genome engineering in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus. Microbial Biotechnology, 2021, 14(6): 2700-2710
8.Zuoxi Mao^#, Lijun Liu^#, Yang Zhang^#, JiFeng Yang^*. Efficient synthesis of phenylacetate and 2-phenylethanol via modular cascade biocatalysis. ChemBioChem, 2020, 21(8): 2676-2679
9.Yang Zhang^*, Jifeng Yuan^*, Liejing Guo. Enhanced bio-hydrogen production from cornstalk hydrolysate pretreated by alkaline-enzymolysis with orthogonal design method. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2020, 45 (6): 3750-3759
10.Yang Zhang^#, Crysten E. Blaby-Haas^#, Stefan Steimle, Andreia F. Verissimo, Victor A. Garcia-Angulo, Hans-Georg Koch, Fevzi Daldal^* & Bahia Khalfaoui-Hassani. Cu transport by the extended Family of CcoA-like transporters (Calt) in proteobacteria. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9
11.Yang Zhang, Qing Li, Xueqing Wang, Honghui Yang, Liejin Guo^*. Enhanced biohydrogen production from cornstalk through a two-step fermentation: Dark- and photo-fermentation. International Journal of Energy Research, 2017, 41 (15): 2491-2501
12.Yang Zhang, Liejin Guo^*, Honghui Yang. Enhancement of hydrogen production through a mixed culture of Enterobacter cloacae and Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31 (7): 7234-7240
13.Yang Zhang, Jun Hu, Hongyu Ma, Honghui Yang^*, Liejin Guo^*. Overexpressing atpXF enhanced photo-fermentative hydrogen production performance of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017, 42 (15): 9641-9649
14.Yang Zhang, Honghui Yang^*, Jiali Feng, Liejin Guo^*. Overexpressing F0/F1 operon of ATPase in Rhodobacter sphaeroides enhanced its photo-fermentative hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016, 41 (16): 6743-6751.
15.Yang Zhang, Honghui Yang^*, Liejin Guo^*. Enhancing photo-fermentative hydrogen production performance of Rhodobacter capsulatus by disrupting methylmalonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016, 41 (1):190-197