Xiao Wenhai
School

School of Life Sciences

Professional Title

Professor

Contact Information

18002007081

022-27403888

wenhai.xiao@tju.edu.cn

Room B902,Tiannan Building, Tianjin Univeristy, Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin

Brief Introduction

Dr. Wenhai Xiao is an associated professor in the School of Chemical Engineering & Technology at Tianjin University. He received his B.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering from Tianjin University in China in 2004 and 2010, respectively. Dr. Xiao has authored and co-authored over 15 research articles and over 10 patents. He focused on heterologous production of natural products in microbial cell factories by metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, which has been published in top journal, such as science, PNAS, Metabolich Engineering et al. To date, total citations has exceed 700.

Education Background
  • Visiting student| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US| Chemical Engineering| 2010
  • Doctor| Tianjin University| Pharmaceutical Engineering| 2010
  • Bachelor| Tianjin University| Pharmaceutical Engineering| 2004
Research Interests
  • microbial production of natural products by metabolic engineering and synthetic biology
  • synergy between metabolic engineering and protein engineering
Professional Membership
  • Member of Specialized Committee of Pharmaceutical Engineering Society of Chinese Pharmaceutical Association
Positions & Employments
  • 2017.6-2019.12

     School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University | associated professor 
  • 2015.1-2017.6

     SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University | Professor 
  • 2012.10-2014.12

     Manus Biosynthesis. Inc, Boston, US | Senior Scientist 
  • 2011.1-2012.9

     CABIO Biotech(Wuhan) Co., Ltd | Engineer in-Chief of Bioprocess 
Academic Achievements