Hui Wei
SCIENTIST IV-MULTI DISCIPLINE
 Plant and Microbial Physiology
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D., Plant and Microbial Physiology, Queen's University, 1998–2003. M.S., Microbiology, Central China Agricultural University, 1985–1988. B.S., Genetics, Wuhan University, 1981–1985. Senior Scientist I, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2013–present. Scientist III, NREL, 2011–2013. Research Associate, NREL, 2008–2011. Visiting Fellow, National Institutes of Health, 2005–2008. Postdoctoral Researcher, Iowa State University, 2003–2005. Research Assistant, Queen's University, 1998–2003. Research Scientist, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Science, 1988–1998.
Research Interest
Genetic modification of plants with glycoside hydrolase and biocatalyst overexpression to increase the biomass pretreatability and digestibility. Genetic engineering of yeast and bacteria for the production of advanced biofuels.Biomaterials and biomanufacturing
Publications
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Latif F, Tory K, Gnarra J, Yao M, Duh FM, Orcutt ML, Stackhouse T, Kuzmin I, Modi W, Geil L, Schmidt L. Identification of the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene. Science. 1993 May 28:1317-20.
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Adams MD, Celniker SE, Holt RA, Evans CA, Gocayne JD, Amanatides PG, Scherer SE, Li PW, Hoskins RA, Galle RF, George RA. The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 2000 Mar 24;287(5461):2185-95.
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Venter JC, Adams MD, Myers EW, Li PW, Mural RJ, Sutton GG, Smith HO, Yandell M, Evans CA, Holt RA, Gocayne JD. The sequence of the human genome. science. 2001 Feb 16;291(5507):1304-51.
