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

Physiological and ecological response of marine diazotrophs to global change

Molecular ecology of marine phytoplankton

2023.01 – present   Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2015.04 – 2022.12 Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2015.12 – 2017.03   Visiting scholar, University of Southern California 

2009.11 – 2015.03 Research assistant, Fudan University

Jinnan Wu, Zhu Zhu*, Joanna J. Waniek, Mingyang Niu, Yuntao Wang, Zhaoru Zhang, Meng Zhou, Ruifeng Zhang* (2023) The biogeography and co-occurrence network patterns of bacteria and microeukaryotes in the estuarine and coastal waters. Marine Environmental Research, 105873. 

Xinjun Jiang，Zhu Zhu*，Jinnan Wu，Ergang Lian, Dongyan Liu, Shouye Yang，Ruifeng Zhang (2022) Bacterial and protistan community variation across the Changjiang Estuary to the ocean with multiple environmental gradients. Microorganism 10:991.

Zhu Zhu*, Meng Rui, Walker O. Smith Jr., Hai Doan-Nhu, Lam Nguyen-Ngoc, Xinjun Jiang (2021) Bacterial composition associated with giant colonies of the harmful algal species Phaeocystis globosa. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:737484. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.737484

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