2003.09 – 2009.09 Ph.D. Xiamen University, Botany
2007.09 – 2009.05 Visiting graduate student in Botany, UC Davis
1999.09 – 2003.06 B.S. Xiamen University, Biology

2015.04 – present Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2015.12 – 2017.03 Visiting scholar, University of Southern California
2009.11 – 2015.03 Research assistant, Fudan University

Physiological and ecological response of marine diazotrophs to global change
Molecular ecology of marine phytoplankton

Zhu Zhu, Feixue Fu, Pingping Qu, Esther Wing Kwan Mak, Haibo Jiang, Ruifeng Zhang, Zhuoyi Zhu, Kunshan Gao, David A. Hutchins* (2020) Interactions between ultraviolet radiation exposure and phosphorus limitation in the marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria Trichodesmium and Crocosphaera. Limnology and Oceanography 65: 363-1376.

Haibo Jiang, Feixue Fu, Sara Rivero-Calle, Naomi M. Levine, Sergio A. Sanudo-Wilhelmy, Ping-Ping Qu, Xin-Wei Wang, Paulina Pinedo-Gonzalez, Zhu Zhu, David A. Hutchins* (2018) Ocean warming alleviates iron limitation of marine nitrogen fixation. Nature Climate Change 8:709.

Zhu Zhu, Luoyan Zhang, Lexuan Gao, Shaoqing Tang, Yao Zhao, Ji Yang* (2016) Local habitat condition rather than geographic distance determines the genetic structure of Tamarix chinensis populations in Yellow River Delta, China. Tree Genetics & Genomes 12:14.

Zhu Zhu, Chengchuan Zhou, Ji Yang* (2015) Molecular phenotypes associated with anomalous stamen development in Alternanthera philoxeroides. Frontiers in Plant Science 6:242.

Lexuan Gao, Shaoqing Tang, Liqiong Zhuge, Ming Nie, Zhu Zhu*, Bo Li, Ji Yang (2012) Spatial genetic structure in natural populations of Phragmites australis in a mosaic of saline habitats in the Yellow River Delta, China. PloS ONE 7: e43334. (*Corresponding author)

Zhu Zhu, Juan Chen, Hailei Zheng* (2012) Physiological and proteomic characterization of salt tolerance in a mangrove plant, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam.. Tree Physiology 32:1378-1388.

Zhu Zhu, Ruifeng Zhang, Tingwu Liu, Hailei Zheng* (2011) Solute accumulation and osmotic adjustment characteristics of a mangrove plant Avicennia marina under NaCl-induced salinity stress. Botanica Marina 54:335-341.

Zhu Zhu, Zhenming Pei, Hailei Zheng* (2011) Effect of salinity on osmotic adjustment characteristics of Kandelia candel. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 58: 226-232.

Elias Bassil, Masa-aki Ohto, Tomoya Esumi, Hiromi Tajima, Zhu Zhu, Olivier Cagnac, Mar Belmonte, Zvi Peleg, Toshio Yamaguchi, Eduardo Blumwald* (2011) The Arabidopsis intracellular Na+/H+ antiporters NHX5 and NHX6 are endosome associated and necessary for plant growth and development. Plant Cell 23:224-239.

Marine Ecology
Biological Oceanography