Dr. Qi Zhao is a associate professor in State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems and College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University. She obtained her PhD (2010) in Lanzhou University, China, and had worked in Lanzhou University where she has remained successively as a postdoctor and a lecturer. 

Dr. Qi Zhao has been concerned on plant and microbiology interaction. She has published more than 10 papaers in international journals including Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, and International Journal of Molecular Sciences etc.

Address: 768 West Jiayuguan Road, Lanzhou 730020, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems,

College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, 

Lanzhou University

Telphone: +86 931-8913447

Email:qzhao@lzu.edu.cn

RESEARCH GRANTS:

Gansu Province Science and Technology Foudation for Youths (145RJYA238). Jul. 2014 – Jun. 2015

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31501994). Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2018

The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. (lzujbky-2014-80, Jan. 2014 – Jun. 2015; lzujbky-2017-1, Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2018)

Gansu province natural science foundation (17JR5RA211). Sep. 2017 – Sep. 2019

EDUCATION:

2005-2010   Ph.D., Pratacultural Science, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University,P. R. China.  

Supervisor: Professor Li-Zhe An

1999-2003   B.Sc., Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, P. R. China

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Jan. 2017- Present: Lecturer, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology,

Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Aug. 2013-Dec. 2016: Postdoctor, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology,

Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS (2010- Present):   

Qi Zhao, Yong-Na Wu, Qin Fan, Qing-Qing Han, Paul W Paré, Rui Xu, Yin-Quan Wang, Suo-Min Wang, Jin-Lin Zhang*. Improved growth and metabolites accumulation in Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. by inoculation of Bacillus  amyloliquefaciens GB03. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2016, 64: 8103-8108. 

Qi Zhao, Hui-Ru Li, Qing-Qing Han, Ao-Lei He, Cong-Yuan Nie, Suo-Min Wang and Jin-Lin Zhang*. Altererythrobacter soli sp. nov., isolated from desert sand sample. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2017, 67: 454-459. 

Qi Zhao, Yu Bai, Gaosen Zhang, Shan Zhu, Hongmei Sheng, Yaxuan Sun & Lizhe An*. Chryseobacterium xinjiangense sp. nov., isolated from alpine permafrost. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2011, 61, 1397-1401.

Liang Ge, Qi Zhao, Hongmei Sheng, Jianmin Wu & Lizhe An*. Epilithonimonas psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from alpine permafrost. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2015, 65, 3777-3781. 

Ying Sun, Qi Zhao, Dejuan Zhi, Zining Wang, Yajun Wang, Qinjian Xie, Zhengrong Wu, Xin Wang, Yang Li, Lan Yu, Hui Yang, Jianping Zhou, Hongyu Li*. Sporosarcina terrae sp. nov., isolated from the orchard soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2017, 67: 2104-2108. 

Ao-Lei He, Shu-Qi Niu, Qi Zhao, Yong-Sheng Li, Jing-Yi Gou, Hui-Juan Gao, Sheng-Zhou Suo, Jin-Lin Zhang* (2018) Induced salt tolerance of perennial ryegrass by a novel bacterium strain from the rhizosphere of a desert shrub Haloxylon ammodendron. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19: 469.

Hui-Juan Gao, Xin-Pei Lü, Ling Zhang, Yan Qiao, Qi Zhao, Yong-Ping Wang, Meng-Fei Li, Jin-Lin Zhang* (2018) Transcriptomic profiling and physiological analysis of Haloxylon ammodendron in response to osmotic stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19: 84.

Qing-Qing Han, Yong-Na Wu, Hui-Juan Gao, Rui Xu, Paul W. Paré, Hua-Zhong Shi, Qi Zhao, Hui-Ru Li, Sardar Ali Khan, Yin-Quan Wang, Suo-Min Wang, Jin-Lin Zhang*. Improved Salt Tolerance of Medicinal Plant Codonopsis pilosula by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GB03. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2017, 39: 35. 

An-Yu Su, Shu-Qi Niu, Yuan-Zheng Liu, Ao-Lei He, Qi Zhao, Qing-Qing Han, Xin-Pei Lü, Paul W. Paré, Sardar Ali Khan, Jin-Lin Zhang* (2017) Synergy effects of beneficial soil bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (GB03) and water retaining agent on drought tolerance of perennial ryegrass. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18: 2651.

Yong-Na Wu, Yu-Lan Feng, Paul W. Paré., Ying-Long Chen, Rui Xu, Shan Wu, Suo-Min Wang, Qi Zhao, Hui-Ru Li, Yin-Quan Wang, Jin-Lin Zhang*. Beneficial soil microbe Bacillus subtilis (GB03) promotes seed germination, growth and photosynthesis in Codonopsis pilosula. Crop & Pasture Science, 2016, 67(1): 91-98. 

Ying Sun, Zhaohui Guo, Qi Zhao, Qiyu Gao, Qinjian Xie, Rui Yang, Ronghui Liu, Zhengrong Wu, Peng Chen, Yang Li, Xin Wang, Hongyu Li*. Paenibacillus ripae sp. nov., isolated from bank side soil, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2015, 65: 4757-4762. 

Shan Zhu, Qi Zhao, Gaosen Zhang, Zhonghao Jiang, Hongmei Sheng, Huyuan Feng, Lizhe An*. Paracoccus tibetensis sp. nov., isolated from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau permafrost. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2013, 63: 1902-1905. 

Ruoyu Wang, Guangpeng Wang, Qi Zhao, Yu Zhang, Lizhe An*, Yun Wang*. Expression, purification and characterization of the Lily symptomless virus coat protein from Lanzhou Isolate. Virology Journal, 2010, 7: 34.

R Wang, G Wang, Q Zhao, Y Zhu, J Zhan, Z Xie, L An, Y Wang*. Molecular and Cytopathologic evidences for a mixed infection of multiple viruses on Lanzhou lily (Lilium davidii var. unicolor) in Northwestern China. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2010, 117(4): 145-149.