I. BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Prof. Hui WANG

Ph.D. (Xiamen University, China)

Tel: 0754-86502721

E-mail: wanghui@stu.edu.cn

Educational Background:

From September 2006 to December 2011, Doctorate, Xiamen University.

From September 2002 to July 2006, Bachelor's Degree, Shandong Normal University.

Work Experience:

2021/01-Currently: a professor and doctoral supervisor at Shantou University

2015/10-2021/01: Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shantou University

2011/12-2015/10: Assistant Researcher of Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009/09-2011/09: Visiting Scholar at the University of Maryland, USA

Serving as a course instructor:

Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Frontiers in Life Sciences, Microbial Ecology

II.REASEARCH

Main Research Interests:

The interaction between marine phytoplankton and algal associated microorganisms

Microbial remediation of typical marine pollutants

Microbial (macro) genomics, comparative genomics, (macro) transcriptomics, etc

Awards Received:

Outstanding Teacher of Southern Guangdong in 2021

Projects Undertaken:

1) Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation Project: Study on Polysaccharide Organic Carbon Cycle Mediated by Synechococcus and Its Interalgal Bacteria in Coastal Areas, Hosted, January 1, 2022- December 31, 2024;

2) Cultivation Project of Major Research Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Hydrosphere Microorganisms): Study on Polysaccharide mediated Specific Symbiosis between Chlamydomonas and Flavobacterium and Its Driven Carbon Conversion Process, Hosted, January 1, 2021- December 31, 2023;

3) General Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on the New Mechanism of Pyrene Degradation by Ruegeria sp. PrR005, a member of the Roseobacter Group. Principal Investigator, January 1, 2021- December 31, 2024;

4) National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project: Study on the killing mechanism of marine bacterium Hahella sp. KA22 against red tide heterotrophic algae, Chair, 2017/01/01-2020/12/31;

5) National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund: Research on the Co adaptation Mechanism of Functional Microbial Communities to Pyrene Stress Based on Microbial Ecosystem Metabolic Network Construction, Hosted, January 1, 2016 December 31, 2018;

6) Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation Project: Study on the Interaction Relationship between Soluble Organic Matter (DOM) Mediated Chlamydomonas and Xanthomonas sp., 2020/01-2021/12;

7) Guangdong Province Education Ordinary University Characteristic Innovation Project: Co Evolution Study of Marine Microalgae and Algal Bacteria, Hosted, January 1, 2018- December 31, 2019;

8) Guangdong Province Science and Technology Plan Project: Application and Promotion of Bio organic Fertilizer Fermentation Technology, Hosted, 2019/01-2019/12;

9) The talent team of the Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Southern Ocean Science and Engineering (Guangzhou) has introduced a major project: Research on the Habitat Function and Restoration of Fishery Resources in the Eastern Guangdong Coast Based on Ecosystem Connectivity. Participated from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2022.

10) Cross disciplinary research project of Li Ka shing Foundation: Transfer of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence genes among waterborne bacteria and their potential risks to global health, co hosted by Co PI from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023.

Research Findings:

（1） Interactions between algae and bacteria

1) Su Zhang, Wei Zheng, Hui Wang* (2020). Physiological response and morphological changes of Heterosigma akashiwo to an algicidal compound prodigiosin. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 385:121530.

2) Yanyang Liu, Qun Lin, Jiarong Feng, Fumin Yang, Hong Du, Zhong Hu, Hui Wang* (2020). Differences in metabolic potential between particle-associated and free-living bacteria along Pearl River Estuary, Science of The Total Environment, 728: 138856.

3) Hui Wang*, Russell T. Hill, Tianling Zheng, Xiaoke Hu, Bin Wang (2016). Effects of bacterial communities on biofuel-producing microalgae: stimulation, inhibition and harvesting. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 36: 341-352.

4) Hui Wang, Haywood D Laughinghouse IV, Matthew A. Anderson, Feng Chen, Ernest Willliams, Allen R. Place, Odi Zmora, Yonathan Zohar, Tianling Zheng and Russell T. Hill (2012). Novel bacterial isolate from Permian groundwater, capable of aggregating potential biofuel-producing microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78（5）: 1445-1453.

5) Wenwei Cai#, Hui Wang#, Feng Chen, Yun Tian, Tianling Zheng (2011). Influence of a bacteriophage on the population dynamics of toxic dinoflagellates by lysis of algicidal bacteria, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77: 7837-7840.

6) Qun Lin, Linxin Shang, Xiaoli Wang, Zhong Hu, Hong Du, Hui Wang* (2021). Different dimethylsulphoniopropionate-producing ability of dinoflagellates could affect the structure of their associated bacterial community. Algal Research 57: 102359.

7) Hui Wang, Bowen Zhang, Xingyu Song, Xiaohui Jian, Chengxi Tang, Douglas A. Campbell, Qiang Lin, Gang Li (2019). High antioxidant capability interacts with respiration to mediate two Alexandrium species growth exploitation of photoperiods and light intensities. Harmful Algae 82: 26-34.

8) LipingQu, RunlinCai, ZhongHu, Hui Wang* (2022). Metagenomic assemblage genomes analyses reveal the polysaccharides hydrolyzing potential of Marine Group II euryarchaeal. Environmental Research 209: 112865.

9) Jianming Zhu, Yiguo Hong, Sahib Zada, Zhong Hu, Hui Wang* (2018). Spatial variability and co-acclimation of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton communities in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 2503.

10) Huajun Zhang#, Hui Wang#, Wei Zheng, Zhiyuan Yao, Yun Peng, Su Zhang, Zhong Hu, Zhen Tao, Tianling Zheng (2017). Toxic Effects of Prodigiosin Secreted by Hahella sp. KA22 on Harmful Alga Phaeocystis globosa. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8：999.

（2） Microbial degradation of pollutants

1) Shuangfei Zhang, Zhong Hu, Hui Wang* (2019). Metagenomic analysis exhibited the co-metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by bacterial community from estuarine sediment. Environment International, 129: 308-319.

2) Hui Wang, Xiao Wei Zheng, Jian Qiang Su, Yun Tian, Xiao Jing Xiong, Tian Ling Zheng (2009). Biological decolorization of the reactive dye Reactive Black 5 by a novel isolated bacterial strain Enterobacter sp. EC3, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 171: 654-659.

3) Sahib Zada, Jianmin Xie, Min Yang, Xiaoyu Yang, Wasim Sajjad, Muhammad Rafiq, Fariha Hasan, Zhong Hu, Hui Wang* (2021). Composition and functional profiles of microbial communities in two geochemically and mineralogically different caves. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 105: 8921–8936.

4) Sahib Zada, Haixin Zhou, Jianmin Xie, Zhong Hu, Sardar Ali, Wasim Sajjad, Hui Wang* (2021). Bacterial degradation of pyrene: Biochemical reactions and mechanisms. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 162: 105233.

5) Haixin Zhou, Shuangfei Zhang, Jinli Xie, Huang Wei, Zhong Hu, Hui Wang* (2020). Pyrene biodegradation and its potential pathway involving Roseobacter clade bacteria. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 150: 104961.

6) Shuangfei Zhang, Zhong Hu, Hui Wang* (2018). A retrospective review of microbiological methods applied in studies following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:520.

7) Hui Wang#, Shuangfei Zhang#, Amit Pratush, Xueying Ye, Jinli Xie, Huan Wei, Chongran Sun, Zhong Hu (2018). Acclimation of Culturable Bacterial Communities under the Stresses of Different Organic Compounds. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 225.

8) Xueying Ye#, Hui Wang#, Jie Kan, Jin Li, Tongwang Huang, Guangming Xiong, Zhong Hu (2017). A novel 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in Rhodococcus sp. P14 for transforming 17β-estradiol to estrone. Chemico-biological interactions 276:105-112.

9) Hui Wang, Caixia Wang, Meng Lin, Xiangnan Sun, Chuanyuan Wang, Xiaoke Hu (2013). Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial communities associated with bioremediation of crude oil in microcosms. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 85: 400-406.

10) Hui Wang, Jian Qiang Su, Xiao Wei Zheng, Yun Tian, Xiao Jing Xiong, Tian Ling Zheng (2009). Bacterial decolorization and degradation of the reactive dye Reactive Red 180 by Citrobacter sp. CK3, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 63 (4): 395-399.