Education and Work Experience

2001-2011, Nanjing University, B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.

2012-2014, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, postdoc

2014-2016, Leiden University, postdoc

2016-present, an Associate Professor of Systematic Microbial Engineering Research Group, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Processes, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her current research interests include biobased chemicals and microbial metabolic engineering. She has published several SCI papers in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biotechnology for Biofuels, Journal of Experimental Botany, etc.

Selected Publications

(1) Lijuan Liu; Wenzhi Bao; Xiao Men; Haibo Zhang*; Engineering for life in toxicity: key to industrializing microbial synthesis of high energy density fuels, Engineering Microbiology, 2022, 2.

(2) Tong Wu; Jinfeng Liu; Meijie Li; Ge Zhang; Lijuan Liu; Xing Li; Xiao Men*; Mo Xian*; Haibo Zhang*; Improvement of sabinene tolerance of Escherichia coli using adaptive laboratory evolution and omics technologies, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2020, 13: 79.

(3) Ji-ming Wang#; Chao-ming Wang#; Xiao Men; Tong-qin Yue; Catherine Madzak; Xiao-hua Xiang; Hai-ying Xiang; Hai-bo Zhang; Construction of Arming Yarrowia lipolytica Surface-displaying Soybean Seed Coat Peroxidase for Use as Whole-cell Biocatalyst, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2020, 135: 109498.

(4) Xiao Men; Fan Wang; Guo-Qiang Chen; Hai-Bo Zhang*; Mo Xian*; Biosynthesis of natural rubber: current state and perspectives, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018, 20(1): 50.

(5) Changqing Liu; Xiao Men; Hailin Chen; Meijie Li; Zhaorui Ding; Guoqiang Chen; Fan Wang; Haobao Liu; Qian Wang; Youshuang Zhu; Haibo Zhang*; Mo Xian*; Asystematic optimization of styrene biosynthesis in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2018, 11: 14.

(6) Xiao Men; Jianxin Shi; Wanqi Liang; Qianfei Zhang; Gaibin Lian; Sheng Quan; Lu Zhu; Zhijing Luo; Mingjiao Chen; Dabing Zhang*; Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acyltransferase 3 (OsGPAT3) is required for anther development and male fertility in rice, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2017, 68(3): 513-526.