Yonghua Wang
 
time: 2017-06-16

Personal Information

Name:Yong-Hua Wang
Title:Professor

School of Food Science and Engineering
 Tel:020-87113842
 Fax:0086-20-87113842
 E-mail:
yonghw@scut.edu.cn

Education Background
1999-2002, Ph.D in Fermentation Engineering, College of Food and Biological Engineering, SCUT, China

1996-1999 MS Program in Fermentation Engineering, College of Food and Biological Engineering, Light Industry College of Dalian, China

1992-1996, BS in Biology,Shan Xi University, China
Employment Summary
Director, 01/2014- present , Research Centre of Lipid Science and Tecchnology, SCUT

Visiting professor,11/2013-12/2013,  Structure biology, Technical university of Munich,

Vice dean, 01/2013--present, School of Light Industry and Food Science, SCUT

Professor,09/2010--present, School of Light Industry and Food Science,SCUT,Biochemistry, enzyme engineering and lipid biocatalysis

Visiting scholar,10/2009-10/2010, Molecular biology and structure biology,Harvard Medical School

Associate professor,05/2005-09/2010, College of Light Industry and Food Science,SCUT, Biochemistry,  enzyme engineering and lipid biocatalysis

Postdoctoral Fellow, 09/2002-05/2005,Biochemistry and molecular biology, Sun Yat-San University

Field of Research

Discovery of novel enzymes and their potential application; Structure and function of Enzymes by NMR, x-ray etc.; Molecular enzyme evolution; Discovery of anti-stress factors (e.g. small heat shock protein) and their application in protecting enzyme stability; Enzymes as Catalysts for industrial Biotechnology; Structured lipids by enzymatic modification and their biological activity; Characterization and fingerprint of lipid profiles from different sources, lipid separation and studies on its toxicity and functional properties.

Current Research Projects

1.Guangdong Special Supporting Programmes for Leaders of Scientific and Technological Innovation.  Research and development of a new type of lipase. 2016.1-2019.12

2.Chinese National Natural Science Foundation.Study on the regulation mechanism of the micro phospholipid molecules in the lipid system of phospholipase ultra. 2015.1-2018.12

3.Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong ProvinceDevelopment of the partial glycerol lipase from marine microorganisms. 2015.1-2017.12

4.Chinese National High-Tech Research and Development Programme (863 Program). The research and development of marine microbial lipase for lipid conversion. 2014.1-2016.12

5.Enterprise cooperation project. Vegetable oil pre production sample of diacylglycerol. 2014.1-2014.12

6.Programme for High level Talents of Guangdong Province. Study on the synthesis of diacylglycerol lipase molecular model based on catalytic mechanism. 2014.1-2016.12

7.Chinese Outstanding Youth Science Programmes of National Natural Science Foundation.Enzyme engineering. 2013.1-2015.12

Publications (* as corresponding author)

76 papers were published (as first author or corresponding/co-corresponding author);10 papers were published in journals with impact factor higher than 4.0, and 1 paper was published with IF=11.238;7 of Chinese invention patents have been authorized; Two textbooks were edited and published, and one of them, Food Analysis won the first prize of Excellent Textbook for Light Industry.

(The Publication List can be found in personal lab website: http://www.bio-lipase.cn)

Professional Activities

Referee for Journals, such asMolecular Biotechnology, Process Biochemistry, European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, Food Chemistry, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, PLOS ONE,Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, etc.