Xinguang Zhu
I am interested in a) studying the interaction of light, nitrogen and carbon metabolisms in different photosynthetic leaves under differnent environmental conditions, b) identifying targets in photosystem to improve photosynthetic CO2 fixation efficiency under dynamic conditions. Mathematical models of photosynthesis with the potential to integrate genomic, microarray, proteomic, and metabolomic data, are developed in our lab. Mathematical modelling integrated with biophysical and physiological measurements is used in my research.
Education:
PhD, Biology, 2004 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
- Major Professor: Stephen P. Long
- Dissertation: " Computational Approaches to Guiding Biotechnological Improvements in Crop Photosynthetic Efficiency "
Career Summary
08/99 – 05/04 PhD Candidate, Physiological and Molecular Plant Biology, UIUC, (Prof Stephen P. Long, supervisor)
09/96 - 6/99 Master Study
- Photosynthesis Research Unit Institue of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Prof QiDe Zhang, supervisor)
- 09/96 - 06/99 Supported by Research Assistantship, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Steve P. Long
Contact information for Xinguang Zhu
Department of Physiological Molecular Plant Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
379 ERML, MC-051
1201 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-6317
Fax: (217) 244-7563 c/o Dr. Steve Long
Email: Zhu3@uiuc.edu