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Marine Biotechnology, Bioprocessing, Biorefinery, Plant Cell Culture, Fermentation, Sponge, Actinoba
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Biography

PProf WEI ZHANG, a Biochemical Engineer since 1989, is a globally recognized leader with research and teaching expertise in industry and marine biotechnology. He is a pioneer and the R&D leader in driving the establishment of the Australian third-generation marine bioproducts industry.

He obtained his PhD from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS in 1994, and did his Postdocs at University of Tokyo, Adelaide University and Cambridge University. He joined Flinders University in 1998. Since 2000, he has secured many national and international grants over A$50 million, culminating in a $270m Marine Bioproduct Cooperative Research Centre (MBCRC) grant as Bid Lead. He founded the Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development and became its inaugural Director in 2009. He has published 280+ refereed Journal papers, eight Journal special issues, and two edited books. He is an editorial member of four Journals- Marine Biotechnology, Journal of Applied Phycology, Marine Life Science and Technology, Biofuels; and Specialty-Chief Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science (Marine Biotechnology and Bioproducts). He is the Editor of the Springer-Nature Book Series “Advances in Marine Bioprocesses and Bioproducts”. He has organised and chaired 30+ international conferences and sessions. He won several important awards including "South Australia Young Tall Poppy Science Award" in 2008, and “Finalist of Australian Eureka Prizes for Leadership in Science and Innovation” in 2022. He is the Inaugural President of the Australia-New Zealand Marine Biotechnology Society and Chair of the Marine Biotechnology Subcommittee, Australia National Marine Science Committee. He serves as a Board member for Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Society and BioMarine. He has driven many national and international partnerships across governments, universities, industries, professional societies and communities. He has highly accomplished entrepreneurial skills to drive translational research toward industry outcomes and impacts. He is currently Research Director of MBCRC, an Australian national research for industry flagship to drive innovation for growing Australian third-generation high-value marine bioproducts industry.

Activities

Employment (10)

Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre: Adelaide, SA, AU

2021-07-01 to present | Research Director
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Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2010-07-01 to present | Professor, Director of Flinders Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development (Biotechnology)
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Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics: Dalian, Liaoning, CN

2000-01-01 to present | Adjunct Professor (Biotechnology)
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Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2007-07-01 to 2010-07-01 | Associate Professor, Head of Molecular Bioprocessing Laboratory, CRC for Bioproducts (Biotechnology)
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Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

2003-07-01 to 2007-07-01 | Senior Lecturer, Head of Plant Cell Culture Laboratory, CRC for Bioproducts (Biotechnology)
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Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

1999-07-01 to 2003-07-01 | Lecturer B, Head of Plant Cell Culture Laboratory, CRC for Bioproducts (Biotechnology)
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Flinders University: Adelaide, SA, AU

1998-04-01 to 1999-07-01 | ARC Research Fellow (Biotechnology)
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University of Adelaide: Adelaide, SA, AU

1997-04-11 to 1998-04-01 | ARC Research Fellow (Chemical Engineering)
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University of Tokyo: Tokyo, JP

1996-01-01 to 1997-04-01 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemistry and Biotechnology)
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Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics: Dalian, Liaoning, CN

1994-08-01 to 1995-12-31 | Assistant/Associate Research Professor (Biochemical Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Tokyo: Tokyo, JP

1996-01-01 to 1997-04-01 | Postdoctoral fellow (Chemistry and Biotechnology)
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Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics: Dalian, Liaoning, CN

1989-09-01 to 1994-08-01 | PhD (Biochemical Engineering)
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University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Beijing, Beijing, CN

1989-09-01 to 1990-07-01 | MS (Biological Sciences)
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Dalian University of Technology: Dalian, Liaoning, CN

1985-09-01 to 1989-07-01 | BE (Chemical Engineering)
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Journal of applied phycology. (1)
Review activity for Marine biotechnology. (2)