Zhi-pei Liu

Biography

Education  B. S. 1982  Biology, Xiamen University  M. S. 1987  Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS) Ph. D. 2002  Environmental microbiology, IMCAS Professional Appointments  1982－1984  Teacher for microbiology, Sanming Agricultural School, Fujian  1987－1996　Assistant professor, IMCAS  1996－2009　Associate professor, IMCAS 2009.6-----   Principle Investigator, Professor and Ph.D Advisor, IMCAS

Research Interest

Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems the whole world faces. Now, environmental situation is severe in our country. Although lots of efforts have been made, the environmental quality is still getting worse in China. With the rapid economical development and the pressure of environmental protection, the demand of environmental treatment is much more desired than ever. Microbes are decomposers in natural ecology system and play very important roles in pollution treatment. As the “pollution erasing technique” rather than the “pollution transferring technique”, the environmental biological techniques based on microbes, which includes microbes, various reactors and process arts for microbial treatment, is significantly better than other techniques and has become a main approach in environmental protection. Our group interests in collection and research of microbial resources, especially development and application of environmental microbial agent, and intends to use these resources in environmental protection engineering including sewage treatment and bioremediation of contaminated soil. Our group is now in charge of many programs including the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (National 863 program), the program of National Science Foundation of China, the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and commissions of large/intermediate companies. Current research includes: Ecological survey and treatment of recirculating water in marine aquaculture systems; Microbiological basement in controlled ecological life support system; Cold-adapt mechanism of low-temperature β-glucosidase; Biodegradation of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Bioremediation of typically contaminated soil; Development of microbial agent for air cleaning.