ZHENG Ping, Ph.D. Investigator, TIB, Tianjin, China Tel: 0086-22-84861994 Fax: 0086-22-84861943 E-mail:zheng_p(AT)tib.cas.cn

Education

1989-1993  Shandong University, Department of Microbiology, Jinan, China, Bachelor

1993-1996  Shandong University, Department of Microbiology, Jinan, China, Master

2001-2006  Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (former GBF), Braunschweig, Germany, Biotechnology/Molecular Biology, PhD

2007-2008  Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (former GBF), Braunschweig, Germany, Post-doctoral.

Professional Experience

1996-2000  Shandong Institute of Light Industry, Jinan, China, Lecturer

2000-2005  German Research Center for Biotechnology(GBF), Braunschweig, Germany, Visiting scholar

2008-          Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China, Associate professor

Awards

“Guanghua Scholarship” of Shandong University;

Woman pacesetter of Tianjin Municipal Commission of Science and Technology, 2012.

Research Interest

Microbial metabolic engineering assisted with systems biology toolboxes. Highlyinterestto establish key technologies for construction ofefficient microbial cell factories with focus onproduction of bulk chemicals and high value-added fine chemicals.

Selected Publications

1.        Zhang L, Chen J, Chen N, SunJ, ZhengP*, Ma Y.Cloning of two 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase isozymesHemA and HemO from Rhodopseudomonas palustriswith favorable characteristics for 5-aminolevulinic acidproduction. Biotechnology Letters. 2013, 35(5):763-768

2.        Geng F, Chen Z, Zheng P, Sun J, Zeng AP. Exploring the allosteric mechanism of dihydrodipicolinate synthase by reverse engineering of the allosteric inhibitor binding sites and its application for lysine production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol.2013, 97:1963–1971

3.        Chen L, Chen Z, Zheng P, Sun J, Zeng AP. Study and reengineering of the binding sites and allosteric regulation of biosynthetic threonine deaminase by isoleucine and valine in Escherichia coli.Appl Microbiol Biotechnol.2013, 97:2939–2949.

4.        Zheng P, Sun J, Geffers R, Zeng AP. Functional characterization of the gene PA2384 in large-scale gene regulation in response to iron starvation in pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Biotechnol 2007, 132(4):342-52.

5.        Zheng P, Sun J, van den Heuvel J, Zeng AP. Discovery and investigation of a new, second triose phosphate isomerase in klebsiella pneumoniae. J Biotechnol 2006, 125(4):462-73.

6.        Zheng P, Wereath K, Sun J, van den Heuvel J, Zeng AP. Overexpression of genes of the dha regulon and its effects on cell growth, glycerol fermentation to 1,3-propanediol and plasmid stability in klebsiella pneumoniae. Process Biochemistry2006, 41(10):2160-9.