Honglong Zhao: Plant Physiology First Author

Honglong Zhao, first author of “Two Major Metabolic Factors for an Efficient NADP-Malate Enzyme Type C4 Photosynthesis”

Current Position: Postdoc in CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, China

Education: PhD in CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, MS in CAS-MPI Partner Institute for Computational Sciences, BS in Huazhong Agricultural University for Agronomy

Non-scientific Interests: Reading, running, badminton, classical music

Brief bio: He studies plant systems biology and works on the mathematical model construction for primary metabolism in C3 and C4 photosynthetic leaves. His goal is to seek out the metabolic targets for genetic engineering to improve photosynthetic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in crops and photosynthetic algae, to seek out the requirements for efficiency system in a complex metabolic network by using computational biology methods.

姓名：赵洪龙

当前职务：中国科学院分子植物科学卓越创新中心博士后

教育经历：华中农业大学获农学学士，中科院-德国马普计算生物学合作伙伴研究所获计算生物学硕士学位，中科院分子植物卓越中心获植物学博士学位

个人爱好：阅读/跑步/羽毛球/古典音乐

简介：其本人主要通过构建计算生物学系统模型及其分析，以研究C₃和C₄光合碳氮代谢高效的必要条件，解析复杂代谢网络中的一般性特征，并试图预测制定全球大气CO₂浓度升高背景下高等植物和光合藻类光合固碳/固氮效率提高的潜在工程策略。