• Team Intro

Outstanding Talents and Famous Teachers


(1)Shen Weijun - Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University
Shen Weijun, male, born in December 1971, Han ethnicity, from Guyuan, Ningxia. I graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in Forest Ecology from Northwest A&F University from 1990 to 1997; In June 2002, he graduated from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the South China Institute of Botany in ecology; Postdoctoral Fellow at Arizona State University, USA from 2002 to 2004; Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University in the United States from 2005 to 2007. In 1997, he was appointed as an assistant researcher at the South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; In 2002, he was appointed as an associate researcher at the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; In 2004, he was appointed as a researcher at the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Appointed as a professor at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University in 2020. In recent years, research has been devoted to the response behavior and microbial regulation mechanisms of soil ecological processes to changes in precipitation patterns and increased nitrogen deposition. Published over 120 papers. Young Leading Talents in Science and Technology Innovation under the Innovation Talent Promotion Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology (2016). Received the second prize of Shaanxi Province Science and Technology (ranked fifth, 2011) and the special prize of Shaanxi Provincial Forestry Department Science and Technology Progress (ranked fifth, 2010). Currently working in Landscape Ecology, Journal of Plant Ecology, Advances in Environmental Protection, Acta Ecologica Sinica, Editorial board member of the Journal of Ecology and Journal of Agricultural Resources and Environment; Member of the Academic and Academic Committee of the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and member of the Academic Committee of the Qingyuan Station, Qinling Station, and Xishuangbanna Station of the National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station (CENERN).


(2) Xu Zengfu - Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University
Professor and doctoral supervisor of the State Key Laboratory for the Protection and Utilization of Subtropical Agricultural Biological Resources. Xu Zengfu, male, born in September 1965, Han ethnicity, ancestral home in Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province. PhD, professor, doctoral supervisor. Obtained a Bachelor's degree in Genetics and Breeding from the Department of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University in July 1987; Obtained a Master's degree in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry from the Department of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University in July 1990; Obtained a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology from the Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong in April 2001. From July 1990 to November 2007, I worked as an assistant researcher, associate researcher, professor, and doctoral supervisor at the Bioengineering Research Center and the School of Life Sciences at Sun Yat sen University. From December 2007 to November 2020, he served as a researcher and doctoral supervisor of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of the Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Plant Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and part-time professor of School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. Since December 2020, he has been a professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Forestry, Guangxi University and the State Key Laboratory for the Protection and Utilization of Subtropical Agricultural Biological Resources. Professor Xu Zengfu has been engaged in research on plant molecular biology and genetic engineering for a long time. Currently, he mainly conducts functional genomics and molecular genetic breeding research on woody oil plants. The research materials include the biofuel raw material plant tung (also known as jatropha curcas), Jatropha curcas) 、 The woody edible oil plants, such as star oil vine (also known as plum fruit, Plukenetia volubilis) and Australian nuts (also known as macadamiapps), are rich in alpha linolenic acid (an Omega-3 fatty acid). As the project leader, I have led over 30 research projects, including 6 National Natural Science Foundation projects and 2 National High Tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) projects. More than 120 academic papers have been published in domestic and foreign professional journals such as China Science, Plant&Cell Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology, Planta, BMC Genomics, BMC Plant Biology, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Industrial Crops and Products, etc., of which more than 80 have been included in SCI and cited more than 1270 times. The H-index of Web of Science is 22; Applied for 13 domestic invention patents, 7 have been authorized, and 4 have been transferred; Three international patents have been applied for and two have been granted. As the second complete person, obtained one Yunnan Province Forest Variety Certificate and two New Variety Registration Certificates for Tongzi. Currently serving as an editorial board member for the international SCI academic journal Plant Signaling&Behavior and the domestic academic journal Molecular Plant Breeding. The main research achievements that have been achieved include: (1) the discovery of two novel protease inhibitor genes that are specifically expressed in the phloem and glandular hair cells of Solanum nigrum, and the proposal that plant protease inhibitors can inhibit endogenous protease activity in plants, regulate plant growth and development, and can be used to increase the production of recombinant proteins in transgenic plant bioreactors. (2) It was found that cytokinins can significantly increase the proportion of female flowers in Euphorbiaceae plants, while gibberellins can significantly promote the growth of more than 10 woody plant branches, such as tung and papaya. (3) We have established an efficient Agrobacterium mediated transgenic technology and gene editing technique for the energy plant tung, and obtained high-quality whole genome sequences of star oil vine and tung assembled at the chromosome level. We have systematically and deeply explored the gene functions related to growth and development processes such as branching formation, flowering induction, and flower sex determination, and applied them to molecular breeding of these two woody oil plants.


(3) Madhava Meegashumbura - Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Development Research Group of State Key Laboratory of Guangxi University Graduated from Boston University in May 2007. He has taught at Boston University and the University of Peradenia in the United States. I have been teaching at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University since June 2017. 1. Educational experience February 1993 March 1997 Bachelor's degree in Zoology from the University of Peradenia September 2000 May 2007 Ph.D. in Biology, Boston University, USA 2. Work experience September 2000 May 2007 Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Department of Biology, Boston University, USA September 2009 February 2010 Temporary Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Peradenia March 2010 January 2015 Senior Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Peradenia, Level 2 January 2015-January 2016 Senior Lecturer at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Peradenia Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Peradenia, January 2016 May 2017 June 2017 present Professor at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University 3. Research direction Professor Madhava Meegashumbura mainly studies the evolution and systematics of radiation in nearly 100 species of frogs in Sri Lanka, as well as the relationship between amphibian extinction. He has a strong foundation in the field of biological molecular evolution and has been committed to theoretical and practical research on ecology evolution development in South Asian countries such as Sri Lanka for a long time, achieving fruitful scientific research results. His research on the ecology development and biodiversity conservation of amphibians in Sri Lanka has always been at the forefront of the world. Professor Madhava Meegashumbura obtained her Ph.D. in Biology from Boston University in 2007, conducting research on the evolution and systematic study of newly discovered radiation in nearly 100 species of frogs in Sri Lanka. He was a Ziff postdoctoral researcher in the field of environment at the Harvard Environmental Center and the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Approximately 50 papers have been published, of which 3 have been published in the journal Science. The awards received include the Belamarich Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Ten Species Award, and several Sri Lankan Research Presidential Awards. He is the co chair of the Sri Lankan amphibian expert group and a member of the IUCN Redlisting Authority. Two species, a freshwater fish and a fairy orchid, are endemic to Sri Lanka and named after him. At present, he is a professor of the Ecology, Evolution and Development Research Group of the State Key Laboratory of Guangxi University, China. He hopes to use new methods, new tools and new ideas developed in molecular biology and other fields to further improve the progress and development of ecology, especially in microecology, and cultivate more and better professionals by combining his work in biodiversity hotspots in Sri Lanka and India with the work in biodiversity hotspots in China and Southeast Asia. 4. Important scientific research achievements Madhava Meegashumbura's research has published approximately 50 peer-reviewed papers, including 3 in the journal Science. At the Department of Biology at Boston University, he was awarded the Bellamaric Prize for his outstanding doctoral research work. Worked as a postdoctoral researcher for two years at the Ziff Environment Center at Harvard University. I have served as a professor at Peradenia University, leading several undergraduate and graduate students to continue their studies and become researchers at renowned institutions. The research work during this period involved the decline of the reproductive mode evolution of tree frogs, biogeography of frogs and fish, bioacoustics of amphibians, monitoring of pot fungi, population genetics, reproductive biology, and larval development. This work will help lay a solid foundation for biodiversity conservation in the region. For this work, he received research awards from three Sri Lankan presidents. He is also a co chair of the Sri Lankan Amphibious Expert Group (ASGSL/IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature/SSC - Species Survival Committee) and a member of the IUCN Amphibious Inventory Management Bureau, contributing to global conservation efforts to protect biodiversity. 5. Team Introduction The team formed by Professor Madhava Meegashumbura is called the "Ecology, Evolution, and Development Research Group". There are currently 9 members, including mentor Madhava; PhD students Jay, Gajaba, Sun Dan, and Liu Yewei; Graduate student Mao Tinghui; Postdoctoral researcher Amrapali; Research Assistant Lv Ming; Laboratory administrator Fu Haihai.


(4) Zhu Shidan - Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University
Zhu Shidan, male, born in July 1984, Han ethnicity, ancestral home of Henan, associate professor, master's supervisor, and academic leader in the Department of Ecology at the School of Forestry. Graduated from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010 with a PhD in Science; I worked at the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2010 to 2016; I have been working at the School of Forestry, Guangxi University since 2016. Engaged in research on the water physiology and ecology of tropical and subtropical plants, and achieved a series of results in basic research on tree hydraulics theory, hydraulic adaptation mechanisms of plant functional groups, and hydraulic safety of forest communities under climate drying and heat background. Published over 30 papers in SCI journals such as Ecology Letters, Plane Cell and Environment, Functional Ecology, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Tree Physiology, Forest Ecology and Management. Has led over 10 scientific research projects, including 4 funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Selected as one of the first batch of "Eight Guangxi Young Scholars" in Guangxi. Zhu Shidan graduated with a PhD from the Banna Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. After graduation, he worked at the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2016, he joined the School of Forestry at Guangxi University. Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor, Young Scholar of Bagui. Engaged in research on tree water physiology, published 20 SCI papers in the past 5 years, led 7 research projects, and participated in 4 projects.

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