Education

1984, B.Sc., Xiamen University;

1987, M.Sc., Xiamen University;

1990, Ph.D., Xiamen University.

Professional Experience

1996-1998, Postdoctoral fellow, Tokyo Gagugei University;

1999-2003, Vice dean, School of Life Sciences, and dean, Cancer Research Center, Xiamen University;

1999-Present, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University.

Research Area

Our researches focus on diatom biology and use of marine algae. We have been studying taxonomy and biodiversity of diatoms and have found 15 new species of diatoms and 150 new record species in China in recent years. More recently, we studied regulation mechanism of valve deformation, programmed cell death, biosilicification, urea cycle, and toxin production of diatom cells, as well as ecology and molecular mechanism of phytoplankton response to environmental changes. We have established a database and automatic recognition system of common phytoplankton species in China. Moreover, we studied use of microalgae as resources of fishery diet, biofuel, nano-material and bioactive products.

Selected Publications

1.Wang K, Chen BH, Gao YH^*, Lin H^*, 2021. Harmful algal blooms caused by Phaeocystis globosa from 1997 to 2018 in Chinese coastal waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173: 112949.
2.Patil V, Abate R, Yang YF, Zhang JW, Lin HN, Chen CP, Liang JR, Sun L, Li XS, Gao YH^*, 2020. Allelopathic effect of Pyropia haitanensis (Rhodophyta) on the bloom-forming Skeletonema costatum (Bacillariophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology, 32:1275–1286.
3.Wu WW, Lin HN, Patil V, Kociolek JP, Sun L,　Li XS,　Liang JR, Chen CP^*, Gao YH^*. 2020. A new marine epiphytic diatom species, Halamphora yundangensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), from Yundang Lake, Southeast coast of China. Phytotaxa, 450 (2)：209-218.
4.Li L, Chen CP ^*, Zhang JW, Liang JR, Gao YH^*. 2020. Morphology and occurrence of two epibiotic marine gomphonemoid diatoms in China. Nova Hedwigia, 111 (3-4): 271–285.
5.Wang XW, Fu FX, Qu PP, Kling JD, Jiang HB, Gao YH^*, Hutchins DA^*, 2019. How will the key marine calcifier Emiliania huxleyi respond to a warmer and more thermally variable ocean? Biogeosciences, 16:4393–4409