PERSONAL
l Cheng Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor
l Address：Guangzhou 510006, PR China
l Tel.：020-31065837
EDUCATION
l Ph.D., Dept. Environmental & Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2014. Advisor: Prof. Weixiang Wu
l M.S., Dept. Environment & Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China, 2010. Advisor: Prof. Kui Hong
l B.S., Dept. Environment & Plant Protection, Hainan University, Haikou, China, 2007.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
l Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, 2018-now
l Postdoctoral researcher, MPI for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, 2015-2017, Advisor: Prof. Rudolf Amann
RESEARCH INTEREST
1. Microbial-driven element cycle in estuarine and coastal waters;
2. Omics and bioinformatics;
3. Molecular mechanism of antibiotic resistance transmission in environmental ecosystems.
RESEARCH GRANDS
l National Natural Science Foundation of China, 52070196,Novel N2O production pathways and their related functional microbial communities during composting of animal manure，2021-2024.
l National Natural Science Foundation of China, 32000070, Key Nitrogen Transformation Process by Microorganisms Attached to Suspended Particulate Matter with Different Particle Sizes in Estuaries and the Involved Mechanisms，2021-2023.
l Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, 2019A1515011406, Contributions of denitrification and anammox to nitrogen removal in suspended particulate matter of Pearl River Estuary in summer and the Involved Mechanisms, 2019-2022.
PUBLICATION
l Cheng Wang; Da Dong; P. J. Strong; Weijing Zhu; Zhuang Ma; Yong Qin; Weixiang Wu*. Microbial phylogeny determines transcriptional response of resistome to dynamic composting processes, Microbiome, 2017, 5, 103. (IF = 11.607)
l Cheng Wang; Haohao Lu; Da Dong; Hui Deng; P. J. Strong; Hailong Wang; Weixiang Wu*. Insight into the effects of biochar on manure composting: evidence supporting the relationship between N2O emission and denitrifying community. Environmental Science & Technology, 2013, 47, 7341–7349. (IF = 7.864)
l Cheng Wang; Qiaoping Tu; Da Dong; P. J. Strong; Hailong Wang; Bin sun; Weixiang Wu*. Spectroscopic evidence for biochar amendment promoting humic acid synthesis and intensifing humification during composting. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014, 280, 409–416. (IF = 9.038)
l Cheng Wang; Da Dong; Haoshu Wang; Karin Muller; Yong Qin; Hailong Wang; Weixiang Wu*. Metagenomic analysis of microbial consortia enriched from compost: new insights into the role of Actinobacteria in lignocellulose decomposition, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2016, 9, 22. (IF = 4.815)
l Cheng Wang; Xiaohui Guo; Hui Deng; Da Dong; Qiaoping Tu; Weixiang Wu*. New insights into the structure and dynamics of actinomycetal community during manure composting. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014, 98, 3327-3337. (IF = 3.53)
l Cheng Wang; Xiaoxiong Xu; Zhi Qu; Hailong Wang; Haipeng Lin; Qingyi Xie; Jisheng Ruan; Kui Hong*. Micromonospora rhizosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2011, 61, 320-324. (IF = 2.166)
l Qiong Nan#; Cheng Wang#; Hao Wang; Qianqian Yi; Biqing Liang; Jun Xu; Weixiang Wu*. Biochar drives microbially-mediated rice production by increasing soil carbon. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 387, 121680 (#co-first author). (IF = 9.038)
l Qiong Nan#; Cheng Wang#; Qianqian Yi; Lu Zhang; Fan Ping; Janice E. Thies; Weixiang Wu*. Biochar amendment pyrolysed with rice straw increases rice production and mitigates methane emission over successive three years. Waste Management. 2020, 118, 1-8 (#co-first author). (IF = 5.448)
l Xiaoli Yu; Xueqin Yang; Yongjie Wu; Yisheng Peng; Tony Yang; Fanshu Xiao; Qiuping Zhong; Kui Xu; Longfei Shu; Qiang He; Yun Tian; Qingyun Yan; Cheng Wang*; Bo Wu*; Zhili He*. Sonneratia apetala introduction alters methane cycling microbial communities and increases methane emissions in mangrove ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020, 144, 107775. (IF = 5.795)
l Zhuang Wei; Yu Xiaoli; Hu ruiwen; Liu xingyu; Zheng Xiafei; Xiao Fanshu; Peng Yisheng; He Qiang; Tian Yun; Yang Tony; Wang Shanquan; Shu Longfei; Yan Qingyun; Wang Cheng*; He Zhili*. Diversity, function and assembly of mangrove root-associated microbial communities at a continuous fine-scale. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2020, 6: 52. (IF = 7.067)
l Yijing Shi; David C. Queller; Yuehui Tian; Siyi Zhang; Qingyun Yan; Zhili He; Zhenzhen He; Chenyuan Wu; Cheng Wang*; Longfei Shu*. The ecology and evolution of amoeba-bacteria interactions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021. 87, e01866-01820. (IF = 4.016)
l Da Dong#, Cheng Wang#, Lukas Van Zwieten, Hailong Wang, Peikun Jiang, Minmin Zhou, Weixiang Wu*. An effective biochar-based slow-release fertilizer for reducing nitrogen loss in paddy fields. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2020, 20, 3027-3040 (#co-first author). (IF = 2.763)
l Weijing Zhu#; Cheng Wang#; Jaclyn Hill; Yangyang He; Bangyi Tao; Zhihua Mao; Weixiang Wu*. A missing link in the estuarine nitrogen cycle?: Coupled nitrification-denitrification mediated by suspended particulate matter. Scientific Report, 2018, 8, 2282 (#co-first author). (IF = 3.998)
l Guibing Zhu*; Xiaomin Wang; Ting Yang; Jianqiang Su; Yu Qin; Shanyun Wang; Michael Gillings; Cheng Wang; Feng Ju; Bangrui Lan; Chunlei Liu; Hu Li; Xi-En Long; Xuming Wang; Mike S. M. Jetten; Zifa Wang*; Yong-Guan Zhu*. Air pollution could drive global dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes. The ISME Journal, 2020. doi.org/10.1038/ s41396-020-00780-2. (IF = 9.18)
l Jing Zhu; Qian Wang; Mengdong Yuan; Giin-Yu Amy Tan; Faqian Sun; Cheng Wang; Weixiang Wu*; Po-Heng Lee. Microbiology and potential applications of aerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification (AME-D) process: A review. Water Research, 2016, 90, 203-215. (IF = 9.13)
l Weijing Zhu; Cheng Wang; Faqian Sun; Liancheng Zhao; Wenjie Dou; Weixiang Wu*. Overall bacterial community composition and abundance of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in a typical macrotidal estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017, 09, 062. (IF = 4.049)