Yang-Chun Yong, Ph.D., Professor
Dean, Biofuels Institute
Vice dean, School of Environment and Safety Engineering
Jiangsu University, China
ycyong@ujs.edu.cn
tps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yang_Chun_Yong
Education:
2009, Ph.D., Biochemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China
2004, B.S., Bioengineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Working experience:
2012 -Present, Professor, Jiangsu University, China
2010-2012, Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2009-2010, Assistant Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Main Research Interests:
1. Electron based biorefinery—eBiorefinery: To Power and Feed the World with Waste! (Microbial fuel cell (extracellular electron transfer mechanism; nanostructured electrode; electrochemical active biofilm); Microbial electrosynthesis (CO2 capture & transformation); Biomineralization).
2. Intelligent Microbiology—iMicrobe: To Delight and Reprogram the Life with Microbe! (Intelligent microbe & microbial intelligence).
3. Biosensors (Whole cell biosensors for high-throughput, high sensitive, high selective detection/quantification of pollutants & toxins).
Awards and Professional Services:
4. Associate editor for “Frontiers in Microbiology”,
3. Editorial member for “Bioprocess and Biosystem Engineering”, “Bioresources and Bioprocessing”
3. Guest editor for “The Scientific World Journal”, “Frontiers in Microbiology”, “Process Biochemistry”
2. Reviewer for over 50 SCI cited journals (Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Biosensor & Bioelectronics, Environmental Science and Technology, etc.)
1. “Distinguished Young Scholar Program” of Jiangsu Province, China; 2016
Selected Publications
1. Yang-Yang Yu#, Yan-Zhai Wang#, Zhen Fang, Yu-Tong Shi, Qian-Wen Cheng, Yu-Xuan Chen, Weidong Shi*, Yang-Chun Yong*. 2020. Single cell electron collector for highly efficient wiring-up electronic abiotic/biotic interface. Nature Commnications. 11, 4087. IF: 12.1
2. Yang-Chun Yong, Yang-Yang Yu, Xinhai Zhang, Hao Song*. 2014. Highly active bidirectional electron transfer by self-assembled reductive graphene oxide hybridized electroactive biofilm. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. 53: 4480-4483. IF: 12.9
3. Yang-ChunYong, Xiao-Chen Dong, M. B. Chan-Park, Hao Song*, Peng Chen*. 2012. Macroporous and Monolithic Anode Based on Polyaniline Hybridized Three-Dimensional Graphene for High-Performance Microbial Fuel Cells. ACS Nano，6: 2394-2400. IF: 14.5
4. Bifu Luo#, Yan‐Zhai Wang#, Di Li, Hongqiang Shen, Li‐Xia Xu, Zhen Fang, Zhenglong Xia, Jianlin Ren, Weidong Shi*, Yang‐Chun Yong*, 2021. A periplasmic photosensitized biohybrid system for solar hydrogen production. Advanced Energy Materials, 11, 2100256. IF: 29.1
5.Hongqiang Shen#,Yan-Zhai Wang#, Guiwu Liu, Longhua Li, Rong Xia, Bifu Luo, Jixiang Wang, Di Suo, Weidong Shi*, Yang-Chun Yong*. 2020. A whole-cell inorganic-biohybrid system integrated by graphene oxide for boosting solar hydrogen production. ACS Catalysis, 10, 13290-13295. IF: 12.3
6. Jing Liu, Yang-Chun Yong (共同一作),Chang-Ming Li*, Hao Song*. 2012. Activation Enhancement of Citric Acid Cycle to Promote Bioelectrocatalytic Activity of arcA Knockout Escherichia coli Toward High-Performance Microbial Fuel Cell. ACS Catalysis, 2: 1749-1752. IF: 12.3
7. Yuan Yang, Yang-Yang Yu, Yan-Zhai Wang, Chun-Lian Zhang, Jing-Xian Wang, Zhen Fang, Huoyang Lv, Jian-Jiang Zhong, Yang-Chun Yong*. 2017. Amplification of electrochemical signal by a whole-cell redox reactivation module for ultrasensitive detection of pyocyanin. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 98:338-344. IF: 10.2
8. De-Zhen Sun, Yang-Yang Yu, Rong-Rong Xie, Chun-Lian Zhang, Yuan Yang, Dan-Dan Zhai, Guodong Yang, Lei Liu, Yang-Chun Yong*. 2017. In-situ growth of graphene/polyaniline for synergistic improvement of extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 87: 195-202. IF: 10.2
9. Yuan Yang, Yang-Yang Yu, Yu-Tong Shi, Jamile Mohammadi Moradian, Yang-Chun Yong*. 2019. In Vivo Two-Way Redox Cycling System for Independent Duplexed Electrochemical Signal Amplification. Analytical Chemistry, 91: 4939-4942. IF: 6.7
10. Rong-Wei Si, Yuan Yang, Yangyang Yu, Song Han, Chun-Lian Zhang, De-Zhen Sun, Dan-Dan Zhai, Xiang Liu, Yang-Chun Yong*. 2016. Wiring Bacterial Electron Flow for Sensitive Whole-Cell Amperometric Detection of Riboflavin, Analytical Chemistry, 88: 11222-11228. IF: 6.7
Contacts: E-mail: ycyong@ujs.edu.cn; +86-511-8878 6532
