Name: Xiao-bo Zeng

Subjects：Biopharmaceutical Engineering

Department:  School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

College appointment:  Associate Professor

Email: zengxb@whu.edu.cn

Telephone: +86 27 6875 9939

◆Background:

·Education:

Aug 1997- Jun 2002  Ph.D in Food Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Sep 1993- Jun 1997 Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

·Professional Experience:

Aug 2002- Jul 2004, Postdoctoral research work, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Aug 2007- Aug 2008, Study in Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Mar 2015-Aug 2015 and Nov 2015-Feb 2016, Study in Department of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine, Augusta University, US

◆Teaching:

Teaching the courses of Fermentation Engineering and Food Safety for undergraduate student.

◆Research interests:

Main research focus on polarity proteins of epithelial cells and their functions on tumorigenesis.

◆Publications:

Zeng, X.B., D.P. Small, and W.K. Wan, Statistical optimization of culture conditions for bacterial cellulose production by Acetobacter xylinum BPR 2001 from maple syrup. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2011. 85(3): 506-513.

Zeng, X., J. Liu, J. Chen, Q. Wang, Z. Li, and H. Wang, Screening of the common culture conditions affecting crystallinity of bacterial cellulose. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2011, 38(12):1993-9.

Zeng, X.B., H.Y. Wang, L.Y. He, Y.C. Lin, and Z.T. Li, Medium optimization of carbon and nitrogen sources for the production of eucalyptene A and xyloketal A from Xylaria sp. 2508 using response surface methodology. Process Biochemistry, 2006. 41(2): p. 293-298.