Education

1997, B.Sc., Xiamen University;

2002, PhD., Xiamen University.

Professional Experience

2002-Present, Lecture/ Associate Professor, Xiamen University；

2007-2008, visiting Scholar, The Open University of Hong Kong;

2008-2009, Guest Researcher, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA.

Research Area

Biochemical and molecular biology of marine diatoms, including: Biology of diatom Programmed Cell Death; Molecular mechanism of silicon uptake and bio-silification on diatom; Structural characterization of diatom polysaccharide; Molecular identification and phylogeny of marine phytoplankton; HABs & Phytoplankton physiological ecology; Phytoplankton molecular probes design and application；Microalgal biofuels.

Selected Publications

1. Guangning Wang, Lu Huang, Shanshan zhuang, Fang Han, Qianqian Huang, Mengyuan Hao, Guifang Lin, Longnan Chen, Biying Shen, Feng Li, Xuesong Li, Changping Chen, Yahui Gao, Thomas Mock^*, Junrong Liang^*. Resting cell formation in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. New Phytologist, 2024, 243: 1347–1360.
2.Qi Liu, Rui-Juan Zhang, Lu Huang, Jia-Wei Zhang, Su-Qin Zhuo, Zhen Wang,Yi-Fan Yang, Rediat Abate, Chang-Ping Chen, Ya-Hui Gao^*, Jun-Rong Liang^*. The effect of Ditylum brightwellii (Bacillariophyceae) on colony development of bloom forming species Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) under nutrient-replete condition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021, 167, 112336.
3.Xin-Wei Wang, Lu Huang, Peng-Yu Ji, Chang-Ping Chen, Xue-Song Li, Ya-Hui Gao, Jun-Rong Liang^*. Using a mixture of wastewater and seawater as the growth medium for wastewater treatment and lipid production by the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Bioresource Technology, 2019, 289: 121681.
4.Haihui Fu, Peng Wang, Xiaohui Wu, Xiaoxuan Zhou, Guoli Ji, Yingjia Shen, Yahui Gao, Qingshun Q. Li^*, Jun-Rong Liang^*. Distinct genome-wide alternative polyadenylation during the response to silicon availability in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. The Plant Journal, 2019, 99, 67-80.
5.Qun Lin, Wen-Hao Zhuo, Xin-Wei Wang, Chang-Ping Chen, Ya-Hui Gao, Jun-Rong Liang^*. Effects of fundamental nutrient stresses on the lipid accumulation profiles in two diatom species Thalassiosira weissflogii and Chaetoceros muelleri. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2018, 41(8):1213-1224.
6.Qun Lin, Jun-Rong Liang^*, Qian-Qian Huang, Chun-Shan Luo, Donald M. Anderson, Chris Bowler, Chang-Ping Chen, Xue-Song Li, Ya-Hui Gao. Differential cellular responses associated with oxidative stress and cell fate decision under nitrate and phosphate limitations in Thalassiosira pseudonana: Comparative proteomics, 2017, PLoS ONE, 12(9): e0184849.
7.Xin-Xin Ai, Jun-Rong Liang^*, Ya-Hui Gao, Samuel Chun-Lap Lo, Fred Wang-Fat Lee, Chang-Ping Chen, Chun-Shan Luo, Chao Du, MALDI-TOF MS analysis of the extracellular polysaccharides released by the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana under various nutrient conditions. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2015, 27: 673-684.
8.Xin-Wei Wang, Jun-Rong Liang^*, Chun-Shan Luo, Chang-Ping Chen, Ya-Hui Gao, Biomass, total lipid production, and fatty acid composition of the marine diatom Chaetoceros mulleri in response to different CO2 levels. Bioresource Technology, 2014, 161:124-130.
9.Chun-Shan Luo, Jun-Rong Liang^*, Qun Lin, Caixia Li, Chris Bowler, Donald M. Anderson, Peng Wang, Xin-Wei Wang, Ya-Hui Gao, Cellular responses associated with ROS production and cell fate decision in early stress response to iron limitation in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Journal of Proteome Research, 2014, 13:5510-5523.
10.Chao Du, Jun-Rong Liang^*, Dan-Dan Chen, Bin Xu, Wen-Hao Zhuo, Ya-Hui Gao, Chang-Ping Chen, Chris Bowler, Wen Zhang, iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of the metabolism mechanism associated with silicon response in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Journal of Proteome Research, 2014, 13:720–734.
11.Bin Xu, Chun-Shan Luo, Jun-Rong Liang^*, Dan-Dan Chen, Wen-Hao Zhuo, Ya-Hui Gao, Chang-Ping Chen, Si-Si Song, Cellular metabolic responses of the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries associated with cell wall formation. Marine Genomics, 2014, 16:29-38.
12.Jun-Rong Liang^*, Xin-Xin Ai, Ya-Hui Gao, Chang-Ping Chen, MALDI-TOF MS analysis of the extracellular polysaccharides released by the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2013, 25: 477-484.