HE Mingxiong, male, born in 1978, Doctor of Science, Doctoral Tutor, the  Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Biomass Energy Technology Research Centre, Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture(BIOMA). June 2008 Ph. D. in Biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Dissertation: Direct Fermentation of Raw Sweet Potato Starch to Ethanol by Zymomonas mobilis. June 1999 B. S. in Biology, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Thesis: Purification of insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis.

2008-Now, Biomass Energy Technology Research Centre, Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture(BIOMA), Deputy Director. In charge of Energy plant resource, Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic biomass, biorefinery, Energy organism improvement, Fermentation technology

Key Project ( Deputy team leader)

1.   Combination of different approach increases ethanol production from mixture of glucose-xylose by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae (from 2009-2011)

  Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

  Description of position: Organize, coordinate and implement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae improvent by genetic engineering to increase ethanol production from mixture of glucose-xylose.

2.   Function of expansin from bacterial and plant in lignocellulosic biomass enzymatic hydrolysis (from 2011-2012)

  Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

  Description of position: Organize, coordinate and implement.

3.   The key technology for ethanol production from bamboo and bamboo residues in Sichuan province (from 2010-2012, Grant No. 2009NZ00045)

   Sponsor: Sichuan Science and Technology Agency, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

   Description of position: Organize, coordinate and implement of he key technology for ethanol production from bamboo and bamboo residues, including pretreatment, strain improvement, bioethanol and biogas fermentation.

4.   Effect of furfural on metabolism and gene transcription in Zymomonas mobilis (from 2011-2013, Grant No. 31000028).

  Sponsor: National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Description of position: Organize, coordinate and implement (2011-2013).

5.   Construction of novel Zymomonas mobilis strains for xylose fermentation by genome shuffling (from 2013-2013)

  Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

  Description of position: Organize, coordinate and implement.