Song Wang Associate Professor | PhD Supervisor
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Office: Room B408, Huichuan Building, Dongda Road No. 2, Nanjing.
Profile
Dr. Song Wang earned his master’s degree from Ocean University of China in 2015 and completed his Ph.D. at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, in 2018. Following his doctoral studies, he conducted postdoctoral research at the same institution before joining Shenzhen University in 2020. Since March 2024, Dr. Wang has been affiliated with the School of Life Science and Technology at Southeast University.
Research Focus
Microalgal synthetic biology and microalgal biotechnology.
We welcome applications for Master’s, PhD, and postdoctoral positions in synthetic biology.
Selected publications
1. Song Wang*, Zhangli Hu*. The marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum as a versatile bioproduction chassis: Current progress, challenges and perspectives. Plant Communications. 2025. 101519.
2. Song Wang, et al. One-step bioremediation of hypersaline and nutrient-rich food industry process water with a domestic microbial community containing diatom Halamphora coffeaeformis.Water Research. 2024. 254, 121430.
3. Kai Zhang, Shuqin Jiang, Juan Zhang, Jishu Zheng, Ping Li, Song Wang*, Ru Bi, Lihong Gao*. Phycoremediation and valorization of hypersaline pickled mustard wastewater via cultivation of Chaetoceros muelleri.Bioresource Technology. 2024. 393, 130172.
4. Song Wang, et al. Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses revealed regulation mechanism of mixotrophic Cylindrotheca sp. glycerol utilization and biomass promotion. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 2023. 16:84.
5. Song Wang # *, et al. Submerged hollow-fiber-ultrafiltration for harvesting microalgae used for bioremediation of a secondary wastewater. Separation and Purification Technology. 2022. 289, 120744.
6.Song Wang *, et al. Optimization and upgradation of microalgal photosynthesis for carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals[J]. Synthetic Biology Journal，2022，3(5):915-931
7. Song Wang #, et al. A review on the progress, challenges and prospects in commercializing microalgal fucoxanthin. Biotechnology Advances. 2021. 53, 107865.
8. Song Wang *, et al. Comparative lipidomic studies of Scenedesmus sp. (Chlorophyceae) and Cylindrotheca closterium (Bacillariophyceae) reveal their differences in lipid production under nitrogen starvation. Journal of Phycology. 2019. 55(6), 1246-1257.
9. Song Wang *, et al. Changes in the fucoxanthin production and protein profiles in Cylindrotheca closterium in response to blue light-emitting diode light. Microbial Cell Factories. 2018. 17:110.
10. Song Wang *, et al. Pilot-scale production of antibacterial substances by the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin. Algal Research. 2018. 32C, 113-120.
11. Song Wang, et al. Breeding 3 elite strains of Nannochloropsis oceanica by nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis and robust screening. Algal Research. 2016. 19: 104-108.
Ongoing and completed projects
Guangxi Major Science and Technology Project, Sub-project Leader, 2024–2027
National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI, 2025–2027
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation Joint Fund, PI, 2023–2026
Southeast University “Zhishan Young Scholar” Program (Category A), PI, 2025–2027
2024 Open Research Fund Project,Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Pollution Damage and Biological Control for Hualhe River Basin, PI, 2024–2026
Guangdong Provincial Young Innovative Talents Project, PI, 2023–2024
2024 Open Research Fund Project, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, PI, 2024–2025
2021–2022 Open Research Fund Project, Key Laboratory of Mariculture (Ministry of Education), PI, 2021–2023