Ningyi Zhou

Distinguished Professor

  • Tel: +86-21-34204135
  • Email: ningyi.zhou@sjtu.edu.cn

Education and Research Experience

  • Professor Ning-Yi Zhou received his Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from Wuhan University and PhD in Microbiology from Imperial College London (with Prof. David Leak).
  • Following postdoctoral training at Imperial College (with Prof. David Leak)and University of Wales, Bangor( with Prof. Peter Williams), Prof. Zhou established his own laboratory in Wuhan Institute of Virology of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • He then joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a distinguished professor.
  • Over the last two decades, his research has been focusing on the genetics and biochemistry of microbial catabolism of aromatics (more recently of pharmaceuticals and plant toxins),as well as the application of synthetic biology in pollutants control, publishing more than 80 papers in this field.
  • Currently, he serves an editor for “Applied and Environmental Microbiology”(https://journals.asm.org/journal/aem) (2016-2026). (updated on 26th March, 2023)

Selected Publications

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    Yin CF, Nie Y, Li T, Zhou NY*. 2024. AlmA involved in the long-chain n-alkane degradation pathway in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 is a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.  90(1):e0162523. doi: 10.1128/aem.01625-23. 

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    Li  T, Xu J, Brower  AL, Xu ZJ, Xu Y, Spain JC*, Zhou NY*. 2023. Molecular Basis and Evolutionary Origin of 1-Nitronaphthalene Catabolism in Sphingobium sp. strain JS3065. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 89:e01728-22

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    Li T, Xu ZJ, and Zhou NY*. 2023. Aerobic Degradation of the Antidiabetic Drug Metformin by Aminobacter sp. Strain NyZ550. Environ. Sci. Technol.  57 (3), 1510-1519  DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07669

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    Zhang ST, Li T, Deng SK, Spain JC, Zhou NY*. 2023. A cytochrome P450 system initiates 4-nitroanisole degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain JS3073. J Hazard Mater. 458:131886. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131886

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    Gu Y, Li T, Zhou NY*. 2023. Redundant and scattered genetic determinants for coumarin biodegradation in Pseudomonas sp. strain NyZ480.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 89(10):e0110923. doi: 10.1128/aem.01109-23.

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    Pan P,  Gu Y, Sun DL, Wu QL, Zhou NY*. 2023. Microbial Diversity Biased Estimation Caused by Intragenomic Heterogeneity and Interspecific Conservation of 16S rRNA Genes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 89(5):e0210822. doi: 10.1128/aem.02108-22

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    Qi X, Ji M, Yin CF, Zhou NY*, Liu Y*. 2023. Glacier as a source of novel polyethylene terephthalate hydrolases. Environ Microbiol 25(12):2822-2833. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16516. 

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    Yin CF, Xu Y, Li T, Zhou NY*. 2022. Wide distribution of the sad gene cluster for sub-terminal oxidation in alkane utilizers. Environ. Microbiol. 24(12):6307-6319

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    Guo Y, Li DF, Ji HN, Zheng JT*, Zhou NY*. 2021. Hexachlorobenzene monooxygenase substrate selectivity and catalysis: structural and biochemical insights. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 87: e01965-20. 

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    Li T, Gao YZ, Xu J, Zhang ST, Guo Y, Spain JC, Zhou NY*. 2021. A recently assembled degradation pathway for 2,3-dichloronitrobenzene in Diaphorobacter sp.strain JS3051. mBio 12:e02231-21.