2004.09-2010.12 Ph.D. Zhejiang University, China.
2000.09-2004.06 B.S. Anhui University, China.

2022.01-present Associate Professor, School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
2015.04-present Assistant/Associate Professor, Polar Research Institute of China.
2011.10-2015.03 Postdoctoral fellow/Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University.

1. Bioprospecting and Application of Polar Microbial Enzymes
2. Response and Adaptation of Polar Microorganisms to Climate Change

1. The National Natural Science Foundation, Stereoselective catalytic mechanism of β-1,3-galactosidase in Marinomonas from Arctic and its ecological significance, 2021/01-2024/12, Principal Investigator.
2. A sub project of National key research and development program, Development and application potential evaluation of new biological products from polar microorganism, 2018/08-2021/12, Principal Investigator.
3. The National Natural Science Foundation, Substrate recongnition mechanism of an NAD(P)+-dependent glucose dehydrogenase, 2013/01-2015/12, Principal Investigator.

1. Wang Y, Wang P, Cao HY, Ding HT, Su HN, Liu SC, Liu G, Zhang X, Li CY, Peng M, Li F, Li S, Chen Y, Chen XL, Zhang YZ. Structure of Vibrio collagenase VhaC provides insight into the mechanism of bacterial collagenolysis. Nat Commun. 2022 13(1):566.
2. Zhang, Y.; Ding, H. T.; Jiang, W. X.; Zhang, X.; Cao, H. Y.; Wang, J. P.; Li, C. Y.; Huang, F.; Zhang, X. Y.; Chen, X. L.; Zhang, Y. Z.; Li, P. Y. Active site architecture of an acetyl xylan esterase indicates a novel cold adaptation strategy. J. Biol. Chem. 2021, 100841.
3. Xu, F.; Chen, X.; Sun, X.; Dong, F.; Li, C.; Li, P..; Ding, H.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, P. Structural and molecular basis for the substrate positioning mechanism of a new PL7 subfamily alginate lyase from the Arctic. J. Biol. Chem. 2020, jbc. RA120. 015106.
4. Tang, B.; Yang, J.; Chen, X.; Wang, P.; Zhao, H.; Su, H.; Li, C.; Yu, Y.; Zhong, S.; Wang, L.; Lidbury, I.; Ding, H.; Wang, M.; McMinn, A.; Zhang, X.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y. A predator-prey interaction between a marine Pseudoalteromonas sp. and Gram-positive bacteria. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 285. 3.
5. Liu, K.; Ding, H.; Yu, Y.; Chen, B. A Cold-Adapted Chitinase-Producing Bacterium from Antarctica and Its Potential in Biocontrol of Plant Pathogenic Fungi. Mar. Drugs 2019, 17, 695.
6. Ding, H.; Luo, W.; Yu, Y.; Chen, B. Construction of a Robust Cofactor Self-Sufficient Bienzyme Biocatalytic System for Dye Decolorization and its Mathematical Modeling. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 6104.
7. Ding, H.; Zhou, L.; Zeng, Q.; Yu, Y.; Chen, B. Heterologous expression of a thermostable β-1,3-galactosidase and its potential in synthesis of galactooligosaccharides. Mar. Drugs 2018, 16, 415.
8. Ding, H.; Zeng, Q.; Zhou, L.; Yu, Y.; Chen, B. Biochemical and structural insights into a novel thermostable β-1, 3-galactosidase from Marinomonas sp. BSi20414. Mar. Drugs 2017, 15, 13.