Qiang Hu is a Chair Professor in Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his B.Sc. degree in Biology at Hubei University, and Ph.D. in Algal Biotechnology from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He was a tenured Professor at Arizona State University and co-director of the Arizona Algae Innovation Technology Center, previously in USA. Professor Hu has long been engaged in R&D on algal biology, microalgae biotechnology & advanced biomanufacturing，and he is one of the World's Top 2% Scientists (2020~2021, Stanford University, USA). Prof. Hu has published more than 160 research papers and reviews in international SCI journals (over 18,000 total citations in Google Scholar, H-index 64, i10 index 121) and has been selected as one of the Most Cited Chinese Researchers in 2021, Elsevier.
Basic and applied research on microalgae with special focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms of lipid and carotenoid biosynthesis. Microalgal biotechnology for food, feed and bioproducts，as well as for wastewater bioremediation，resource recovery and utilization. Major research areas include: 1) synthetic and cell biology of microalgae; 2) biosynthesis and regulation of lipids and carotenoids; 3) photosynthesis, growth physiology and mass culture of microalgae; 4) the relationship and regulatory mechanisms between cellular central carbon metabolism and target product formation; 5) large/ultra-large photobioreactor design, systems integration and scale-up; 6) exploitation of microalgae for food, health; microalgae-based wastewater bioremediation and resource utilization.
Email: hu@siat.ac.cn
Link: https://www.siat.ac.cn/college/gcsw/szdw/202207/t20220713_6476810.html
Publications/Patents (select)
Qing He, Hanwen Zhang, Mingyang Ma, Yue He, Jing Jia, Qiang Hu, and Yingchun Gong (2022). Critical assessment of protozoa contamination and control measures in mass culture of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Bioresource Technology 359: 127460.
Peng Zhang, Yi Xin, Yuehui He, Xianfeng Tang, Chen Shen, Qintao Wang, Nana Lv, Yun Li, Qiang Hu, and Jian Xu (2022). Exploring a blue-light-sensing transcription factor to double the peak productivity of oil in Nannochloropsis oceanica. Nature Communications 13: 1664.
Hu Jin, Wenhua Chuai, Kunpeng Li, Guoli Hou, Mingcan Wu, Jianping Chen, Hongxia Wang, Jing Jia, Danxiang Han, Qiang Hu (2021) Ultrahigh-cell-density heterotrophic cultivation of the unicellular green alga Chlorella sorokiniana for biomass production. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 118 (10): 4138-4151.
Yoon, K. Han, D. and Li, Y. Sommerfeld, M. and Qiang Hu (2012) Phospholipid: diacylglycerol acyltransferase is a multifunctional enzyme involved in membrane lipid turnover and degradation while synthesizing triacylglycerol in the unicellular green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The Plant Cell 24: 3708–3724
Qiang Hu, Sommerfeld, M., Jarvis, E., Ghirardi, M., Posewitz, M., Seibert, M. and Darzins, A. (2008) Microalgal triacylglycerols as feedstocks for biofuel production: perspectives and advances. The Plant Journal (invited review article) 54: 621–639
一种通过金藻发酵高效生产水溶性β-1,3-葡聚糖的方法，ZL202010902426.1，授权公告日：2021/09/03 （金虎；陈剑平；马明洋；李艳华；韩丹翔；胡强）
一种微藻快速生长突变体筛选方法及应用，ZL201710355791.3，授权公告日：2021/4/6 （韩丹翔；宋晓瑜；胡强）
管排式光生物反应器的清洁装置及光生物反应器，ZL201510971964.5，授权公告日：2020/04/14（胡强；迟庆雷；杜长雷）
一种雨生红球藻培养方法及培养装置，ZL201511001157.7，授权公告日：2019/11/26（胡强；李晓旭；韩丹翔）
Photobioreactor and uses therefor, US8361786B2, 2013/1/29, (Qiang Hu; Sommerfeld, Milton)