2018年获天津大学博士学位并任职于天津大学生物安全战略研究中心，从事微生物合成生物学及生物安全研究。自然科学研究聚焦以蓝细菌、大肠杆菌、乳酸菌为底盘的生物技术、非生物胁迫机制解析、二氧化碳转化、生物修复、生物医学工程等。在Science Advances、Cell Reports、ACS Nano、Chemical Engineering Journal、Metabolic Engineering、Biotechnology Advances等期刊发表论文70余篇。生物安全研究聚焦生物安全战略、生物产业链战略、两用生物技术、能源安全、环境安全等。担任 Discover Applied Sciences及Blue Biotechnology编委、Green Carbon青年编委、Frontiers in Plant Science评审编辑及Microorganisms客座编辑等。担任中国医药生物技术协会生物安全专委会常务委员，入选天津大学北洋学者·青年骨干教师、天津市青年科技工作者协会会员代表、天津市可再生能源学会碳中和专委会委员。累计主持国家自然科学基金项目2项、国家重点研发计划子课题2项。

• 生物安全：生物安全战略、生物产业链战略、两用生物技术、能源安全、环境安全等.
• 合成生物学：以蓝细菌、大肠杆菌、乳酸菌为底盘的生物技术、非生物胁迫机制解析、二氧化碳转化、生物修复、生物医学工程等。

• 北洋学者·青年骨干教师

• Tao Sun.Toolboxes for cyanobacteria: Recent advances and future direction.Biotechnology Adv....2018
• Shubin Li and Tao Sun.Development and optimization of genetic toolboxes for a fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973.Metabolic Enginee....2018
• Yuqing Zhou and Tao Sun.Development of a New Biocontainment Strategy in Model Cyanobacterium Synechococcus Strains.ACS Synthetic Bio....2019
• Tao Sun and Yingying Zhang.Cyanobacteria-Based Bio-Oxygen Pump Promoting Hypoxia-Resistant Photodynamic Therapy.Frontiers in Bioe....2020
• A transporter Slr1512 involved in bicarbonate and pH-dependent acclimation mechanism to high light stress in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.Biochimica et Bio....2021
• Deciphering and engineering photosynthetic cyanobacteria for heavy metal bioremediation.Science of The To....2021
• Development of a N-Acetylneuraminic Acid-Based Sensing and Responding Switch for Orthogonal Gene Regulation in Cyanobacterial Synechococcus Strains.ACS Synthetic Bio....2021
• Meihui Cui, Tao Sun and Shubin Li.NIR light-responsive bacteria with live bio-glue coatings for precise colonization in the gut.Cell Reports.2021
• Tao Sun.Challenges and recent progress in the governance of biosecurity risks in the era of synthetic biology.Journal of Biosaf....2022
• Light-Sensitive Lactococcus lactis for Microbe–Gut–Brain Axis Regulating via Upconversion Optogenetic Micro-Nano System.ACS Nano.2022