Personal Information:
Tuo Shi, Ph.D.
Professor of Marine Genomics and Biotechnology
Email: tuoshi AT sdu DOT edu DOT cn
Office: Rm 319, Bld K3
Biography:
Prof. Shi joined SDU in 2020. He earned a Ph.D. in Paul Falkowski's lab at Rutgers University (2006), followed by a two-year Post-doctoral training on Marine Microbial Ecology at UC-Santa Cruz in Jon Zehr's lab. He was elected in an Overseas Outstanding Talents Recruitment Plan and joined the faculty of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science at Xiamen University (2015-2019). Prior to this position, he spent six years (2008-2014) as Principal/Senior Scientist helping two U.S. biotech firms (Algenol Biofuels and Sapphire Energy) commercialize the use of algae to make sustainable biofuels and high-value green chemicals. Prof. Shi holds several U.S. and WIPO patents and his work has been published in top journals including Science, PNAS, ISME J, mBio, Mol Biol & Evol, Mol Ecol Resour, and Microbiome. The broad underlying theme of Prof. Shi's research is to integrate computational and experimental approaches to achieve a comprehensive understanding of how marine microbes affect, and are affected by, diverse oceanic environments, in both ancient and contemporary contexts.
Experiences:
Professor, Shandong University (2020–)
Professor, Xiamen University (2015–2019)
Senior Scientist, Sapphire Energy, Inc., USA (2013–2014)
Principal Scientist, Algenol Biofuels, Inc., USA (2008–2012)
Post-doctoral Scholar, University of California – Santa Cruz (2006–2008) (Advisor: Jonathan P. Zehr)
Ph.D., Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (2000–2006) (Advisor: Paul G. Falkowski)
Research Interests:
Microbially-mediated Key Element Cycles;
Coral Reef Global Change Biology;
Algal Fuels, Chemicals, and Health Products
