LEI Xingen

　　Title: Professor

　　Address:College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14850 USA

　　Tel:  001-607-2544703

　　Email: xl20@cornell.edu

　　Education Background:

　　1993      Ph.D.     Michigan State University, USA

　　1985      M.Sc.     Sichuan Agricultural University, China

　　1982      B.Sc.      Hunan Agricultural University, China

　　Working Experiences:

　　2006- present        Professor, Cornell University

　　2000-2006            Associate Professor, Cornell University

　　1995-2000           Assistant Professor, Cornell University

　　1993-1995           Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, USA

　　Research Interests:

　　Lei pioneered the application of gene-knockout models to study nutritional genomics, and revealed dual roles of selenium in oxidative stress and in diabetes. Lei’s creative research developed a new generation of bacterial phytases that are used worldwide by the feed industry. Lei is exploring the nutritional, health, and environmental values of defatted microalgae from the biofuel production as a new generation of food and feed protein. Lei is an international leader of the HarvestPlus program for the global fight against micronutrient deficiencies in humans and brought the program to China. Lei has served on panels for NIH and USDA, many other scientific committees, and Editorial Boards for a number of scientific journals including Journal of Nutrition (Associate Editor) and Annual Review of Animal Biosciences.