1.PersonalInformation

Hu Guipeng, male, born in July 1990, Ph.D., Associate Professor.

Educationand degrees

2009.09-2013.06, BA in Bioengineering, Anhui Science and Technology University, China

2014.09-2016.06, MS in Fermentation Engineering, Jiangnan University, China

2016.09-2021.01, PhD in Fermentation Engineering, Jiangnan University, China

2017.05-2017.10, PhD Joint-Supervision, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Work Experience

2021.03-2022.04, Assistant Research fellow, Jiangnan University, School of Pharmaceutical Science

2022.09-2023.09, Postdoctoral Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich,

2024.01-present, Associate Professor, Jiangnan University, School of Life Science and Health Engineering

2.Research Areas

[1] Metabolic Engineering for Microbial Production of Pharmaceutical Intermediates;

[2] Transformation and Creation of Next-generation Industrial Strains.

3.Honors and Awards

[1] Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation of Jiangsu Province;

[2] Second Prize of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province (7/9).

4.Academic Achievements

[Representative Projects]

[1] Light-driven CO₂Reduction for Production of Manganic Acid and Mechanism Regulation. National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022.01-2024.12)

[2] Key Technologies and Industrial Demonstration of Biomanufacturing of Medical Polysaccharides. National Key R & D Program of China (2022.01-2025.12)

[Representative Publications]

[1]Guipeng Hu, Zehong Li, Danlei Ma, Chao Ye, Linpei Zhang, Cong Gao, Liming Liu , Xiulai Chen*. Light-driven CO₂sequestration in Escherichia coli to achieve theoretical yield of chemicals. Nature Catalysis 2021, 4, 395–406. (IF = 37.8)

[2]Guipeng Hu, Yin Li, Chao Ye, Liming Liu, Xiulai Chen*. Engineering microorganisms for enhanced CO₂sequestration. Trends in Biotechnology 2019, 37 (5), 532-547. (IF = 17.3)

[3]Guipeng Hu, Jie Zhou, Xiulai Chen, Yuanyuan Qian, Cong Gao, Liang Guo, Peng Xu, Wei Chen, Jian Chen, Yin Li, Liming Liu*. Engineering synergetic CO₂-fixing pathways for malate production. Metabolic Engineering 2018, 47, 496-504. (IF = 8.4)

[4]Guipeng Hu, Liang Guo, Cong Gao, Wei Song, Liming Liu, Xiulai Chen*. Synergistic metabolism of glucose and formate increases the yield of short-chain organic acids in Escherichia coli. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2022, 11, 1, 135-143. (IF = 4.7)

[Representative Patents]

[1]Liming Liu,Guipeng Hu, Xiulai Chen, Danlei Ma, Jia Liu, Qiuling Luo. Construction and Application of Engineered Strain of Escherichia Coli for Producing Malic Acid by Fixing CO₂. (US-2022-0002766-A1)

[2]Liming Liu,Guipeng Hu, Xiulai Chen, Danlei Ma, Jia Liu, Qiuling Luo. A genetically engineeredEscherichia colifor malate production and CO₂fixation. Application code: CN201911317890.8 (In Chinese).

[3]Liming Liu, Cong Gao, Xiulai Chen,Guipeng Hu, Liang Guo, Jia Liu, Qiuling Luo. Construction and application of a recombinant bacteria with high efficiency of malic enzyme. Application code: CN 201611046752.7 (In Chinese).

5.Contact

Address:School of Life Science and Health Engineering,1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Zip code: 214122

Tel: 0510-85910057

E-mail: guipenghu@jiangnan.edu.cn