Yongyu Zhang

Title: Professor, Marine Biology and Carbon Sequestration Group

Tel.: +86-532-80662680

Email: zhangyy@qibebt.ac.cn

Address: 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, China, 266101

Biography

Zhang Yongyu received a PhD in 2009 from Xiamen University, China. He visited the University of Maryland, USA during 2006-2007. He worked at Institute of Urban Environment (IUE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from 2009 to 2014 before joining Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), CAS. He is currently a professor and the leader of Marine Biology and Carbon Sequestration Group. He has published more than 80 papers in the research field of marine microbial ecology,  algae-bacteria-virus interactions and  biologically-driven oceanic carbon cycle.

Research Interests

1.  Marine microbial ecology

2. Interactions between marine algae, bacteria and viruses

3.  Biologically-driven carbon sequestration in the Ocean

4.  Viral ecology and phage therapy

Selected publications

1. Yang LQ, He XT, Ru SG, Zhang YY*.  Herbicide leakage into seawater impacts primary productivity and zooplankton globally. Nature Communications, 2024. 15:1783.

2. Nair S, Zhang ZH, Li HM, Zhao HS, Shen H, Gao SJ, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*.  Inherent tendency of Synechocccus and heterotrophic bacteria for  mutualism on long-term coexistence despite environmental interference. Science Advances, 2022. 8, eabf4792

3. Zhang YY, He PM, et al. Ulva prolifera Green Tide Outbreaks and Their Environmental Impact in the Yellow Sea, China.  National Science Review,  2019, 6:825-838.

4. Zhao HS, Zhang ZH*, Nair S, Li HM, He C, Shi Q, Zheng Q, Cai RH, Luo GM, Xie SC, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*,  Overlooked vital role of persistent algae-bacteria interaction in ocean  recalcitrant carbon sequestration and its response to ocean warming, Global Change Biology, 2024. DOI:10.1111/gcb.17570

5. Zhao JL, Nair S, Zhang ZH, Wang ZM, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*.  Macroalgal virosphere assists with host-microbiome equilibrium  regulation and affects prokaryotes in surrounding marine environments.  The ISME Journal, 2024.18(1), wrae083

6. Zhang ZH, Li DH, Xie RZ, Guo RY, Nair S, Han H, Zhang GJ, Zhao Q, Zhang LH, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*. Plastoquinone synthesis inhibition by tetrabromo biphenydiol as a widespread algicidal mechanism of marine bacteria. The ISME Journal, 2023, 17(11)：1979-1992.

7. Zhang YY*,  Nair S*,   Zhang ZH, Zhao JL, Zhao HS, Lu LF, Chang LR, Jiao NZ.   Adverse environmental perturbations may threaten kelp farming  sustainability by exacerbating Enterobacterales diseases.  Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, DOI:10.1021/acs.est.3c09921.

8. Xiong TQ, Li HM, Yue YF, Hu YB, Zhai WD, Xue L, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*. Legacy effects of late macroalgal blooms on dissolved inorganic carbon pool through alkalinity enhancement in coastal ocean.  Environmental Science & Technology,  2023, 57:2186-2196

9. Li HM, Feng XT, Xiong TQ, He C, Wu WC, Shi Q, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*.  Green tides significantly alter the molecular composition and  properties of coastal DOC and perfom dissolved carbon sequestration.  Environmental Science & Technology,  2023. 57,770-779

10. Li HM, Feng XT, Xiong TQ, Shao W, Wu WC, Zhang YY*.  Particulate organic carbon released during macroalgal growth has significant carbon sequestration potential in the ocean.   Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57(48): 19723-19731.

11. Li HM, Zhang ZH, Xiong TQ, Tang KX, He C, Shi Q, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*. Carbon sequestration in the form of recalcitrant DOC in seaweed (kelp) farming environment. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022. 56, 9112-9122

12. Chen J, Li HM, Zhang ZZ, He C, Shi Q, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*.   DOC dynamics and bacterial community succession during long-term   degradation of Ulva prolifera and their implications for the legacy   effect of green tides on refractory DOC pool in seawater. Water Research, 2020, 116268.

13.  Yang LQ, Mu SL, Li HM, Zhang ZH, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*,  Terrestrial input  of herbicides has significant impacts on phyto- and bacterioplankton  communities in coastal wateres. Limnology and Oceanography, 2021, 999(11):1-18

14.Gao XY, Xiao YH, Wang ZW, Zhao HS, Yue YF, Nair S, Zhang ZH*, Zhang YY*.  Adaptive traits of Planctomycetota bacteria to thrive in macroalgal  habitats and establish mutually beneficial relationship with macroalgae. Limnology and Oceangraphy Letters, 2024. DOI:10.1002/lol2.10424

15.  Zhang ZH#, Shailesh Nair#, Tang LL, Zhao HS, Hu ZZ, Chen MM, Zhang Y,  Kao SJ, Jiao NZ, Zhang YY*,  Long-term survival of Synechococcus and  heterotrophic bacteria without  external nutrient supply after changes in  their relationship from  antagonism to mutualism. mBio, 2021. 12(4),e01614-21