Ph.D. in Ecology
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Advised by Prof. Ye Deng · Beijing, China
CV & Experience
Microbial ecologist and bioinformatics researcher with a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. I develop reproducible computational approaches for studying microbial interactions, with a focus on ecological networks, metagenomics, metabolic complementarity, and quorum sensing.
Download latest CV · Updated September 2026
Education
Visiting Ph.D. Student
KU Leuven
Co-supervised by Dr. Karoline Faust · Leuven, Belgium
B.Sc. in Biological Sciences
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Research Experience
Q-SCOPE Development
RCEES, CAS & KU Leuven · Beijing, China & Leuven, Belgium
- Developed Q-SCOPE (Quorum-Sensing Communication Link Predictor), a containerized web application that retains profile-level evidence, applies versioned component criteria to assign quorum-sensing sending and receiving potential, and predicts pathway-specific potential communication links.
- Manuscript in submission: Q-SCOPE profiles quorum-sensing components and capabilities to predict potential communication links in microbial communities.
Metabolic Complementarity Network Modeling
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing, China
- Developed a metagenomics workflow combining co-occurrence and metabolic complementarity networks to identify microbial interactions in thermophilic communities.
- Revealed that high temperatures strengthen metabolic cooperation, particularly between distantly related microbes and species with large differences in genome size.
- The work resulted in first-author papers in Nature Communications and iMeta.
Scientific Training
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences & RCEES, CAS · Beijing, China
- Completed foundational training in microbial ecology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and biostatistics.
- Participated in projects involving 16S rRNA gene sequencing, molecular ecological network analysis, and metagenomic sequencing data analysis.
Honors & Awards
Grand Award, President Scholarship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China National Scholarship for Doctoral Students
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
CSC Scholarship
China Scholarship Council
Outstanding Contribution in Scientific Innovation
Wiley China Excellent Author Program
Special Prize Scholarship
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
First Prize Scholarship (four consecutive awards)
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Skills & Expertise
Molecular biology
DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis, aseptic technique, and microbial culturing
Bioinformatics
Amplicon and shotgun metagenomics; quality control, read assembly, genome binning, and reproducible workflow development; Galaxy, DMAP, and iNAP
Computing & visualization
Linux, Shell/Bash, Python, R, Cytoscape, Gephi, statistical visualization, AI tools, and prompt engineering
Languages
Mandarin Chinese (native) and English (fluent)