CHEN Shaolin

　　Title: Director and Professor

　　Address: Biomass Energy Center for Arid and Semi-arid Lands, Northwest A & F University, 22 Xinong Road, C120 Science Building, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China

　　Tel: 86-29-87081021

　　Email: slc1916@nwsuaf.edu.cn

　　Education Background:

　　1992-1997  Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University

　　1983-1986  M.S. in Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Peking University

　　1979-1983  B.S. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Peking University

　　Working Experiences:

　　2014-present  Director, Biomass Energy Center for Arid and Semi-arid Lands, Northwest A&F University

　　2013-present  Professor, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University

　　2007-2013  Bioenery Specialist, Energy Biosciences Institute, Berkley, CA, USA

　　2005-2006  Research Associate, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA, USA

　　2000- 2004  Research Associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

　　1998-1999  Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

　　Research Interests:

　　We focus on regulatory mechanisms underlying biogenesis of plant cell wall and enzymatic hydrolysis of plant cell wall polysaccharides for sugar fermentation and conversion to bio-products. Our goals include (1) engineering crops in arid and semi-arid regions for improved stress tolerance and thus enhanced biomass productivity and (2) engineering filamentous fungi for improved cellulase productivity and for enhanced efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of plant cell wall polysaccharides for the production of biofuels and bio-products.