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Shandong University: Qingdao, Shandong, CN

2019-09-09 to present | Professor (Environmental Science and technology)
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Zhen Yan

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2017-09-01 to 2019-08-01 | postdoc
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Zhen Yan

Pennsylvania State University: University Park, PA, US

2014-05-01 to 2017-08-01 | postdoc
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Zhen Yan

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Tokyo: Tokyo, JP

2010-09-01 to 2014-05-01 | Ph.D.
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Zhen Yan

Works (28)

Light-Independent Fe3O4–Methanosarcina acetivorans Biohybrid Enhances Nitrogen Fixation and Methanogenesis

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2025-02-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiao-Yu Liu; Jing-Ya Ma; Mei-Yan Liu; Jian-Lu Duan; Yue Wang; Xiao-Dong Sun; Chengcheng Ding; Li-Juan Feng; Zhen Yan; Xian-Zheng Yuan
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Molecular Basis of Thioredoxin-Dependent Arsenic Transformation in Methanogenic Archaea

Environmental Science & Technology
2025-01-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Yanping Liang; Yunfeng Yan; Lulu Shi; Mingyu Wang; Xianzheng Yuan; Shuguang Wang; Li Ye; Zhen Yan
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In-situ construction of biomineralized cadmium sulfide-Rhodopseudomonas palustris hybrid system: Mechanism of synergistic light utilization

Chemosphere
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Su-Fang Xing; Hui-Fang Tian; Zhen Yan; Zhe Wang; Chao Song; Shu-Guang Wang
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Chemical Dynamics of Selenium Nanoparticles in Archaeal Systems

ACS Nano
2024-06-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiao-Yu Liu; Jing-Ya Ma; Yue Wang; Jian-Lu Duan; Li-Juan Feng; Fan-Ping Zhu; Xiao-Dong Sun; Zhen Yan; Xian-Zheng Yuan
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Reply to Chadwick et al.: Data, not definitions, drive conclusions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-05-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Yan; James G. Ferry
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Escalating Photobiological Hydrogen Production Using Engineered Selenium Nanoparticles

ACS ES&T Engineering
2024-03-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Siyuan Li; Yaxin Luo; Jiazhe Chen; Zhirui Shi; Chuyan Tang; Yameng Zhao; Jianming Yang; Zhen Yan
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Response to Comment on "Humic acid-dependent respiratory growth of Methanosarcina acetivorans involves pyrroloquinoline quinone" by Yuanxu Song et al.

2024-01-30 | Other
Contributors: Zhen Yan; Yuanxu Song; Rui Huang; Ling Li; Mingyu Wang; Shuguang Wang; James G. Ferry
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A hybrid photocatalytic system enables direct glucose utilization for methanogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-01-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Jing-Ya Ma; Zhen Yan; Xiao-Dong Sun; Yu-Qian Jiang; Jian-Lu Duan; Li-Juan Feng; Fan-Ping Zhu; Xiao-Yu Liu; Peng-Fei Xia; Xian-Zheng Yuan
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Unveiling the Biochar-Respiratory Growth of Methanosarcina acetivorans Involving Extracellular Polymeric Substances

Microbial Ecology
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Rui Huang; Chuyan Tang; Yameng Zhao; Lina Liu; Jiazhe Chen; Zhirui Shi; Zhen Yan
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Glutamic Acid Enhances the Corrosion Inhibition of Polyaspartic Acid on Q235 Carbon Steel

ACS Omega
2023-10-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Shichu Gong; Yutong Li; Hongyi Li; Lin He; Zhen Yan; Shuguang Wang; Xiaomin Sun; Chao Song
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Biochar-immobilized Bacillus megaterium enhances Cd immobilization in soil and promotes Brassica chinensis growth

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Wen-Yu Qi; Hui Chen; Zhe Wang; Su-Fang Xing; Chao Song; Zhen Yan; Shu-Guang Wang
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Self-purification of actual wastewater via microbial-synergy driving of catalyst-surface microelectronic field: A pilot-scale study

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Xueci Xing; Lai Lyu; Zhen Yan; Han Zhang; Tong Li; Muen Han; Zesong Li; Fagen Zhang; Zhu Wang; Shuguang Wang et al.
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Stability and biomineralization of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles biosynthesized by the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris under light

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Su-Fang Xing; Hui-Fang Tian; Zhen Yan; Chao Song; Shu-Guang Wang
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Respiration-driven methanotrophic growth of diverse marine methanogens

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-09-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Yan; Kaifeng Du; Yunfeng Yan; Rui Huang; Fanping Zhu; Xianzheng Yuan; Shuguang Wang; James G. Ferry
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Toward Understanding the Ecophysiology of Freshwater and Marine Cyanobacteria under Different Salinities

ACS ES&T Water
2023-09-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Huiting Chen; Jinyu Chen; Ranran Huang; Chao Song; Shuguang Wang; Zhen Yan
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Enhanced inhibition of HEDP on SRB-mediated corrosion with D-phenylalanine

Environmental Research
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Hongyi Li; Zhengyan Kang; Kaixin Zhang; Shichu Gong; Xinxin Zhao; Zhen Yan; Shuguang Wang; Chao Song
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Unraveling quinoproteins-based extracellular electron transport in humus-dependent respiratory growth of Methanosarcina acetivorans

2022-04-19 | Preprint
Contributors: Yuanxu Song; Ling Li; Kaifeng Du; Fanping Zhu; Chao Song; Xian-Zheng Yuan; Mingyu Wang; Shuguang Wang; James G. Ferry; Zhen Yan
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Nano zero-valent iron harms methanogenic archaea by interfering with energy conservation and methanogenesis

Environmental Science: Nano
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuanxu Song; Liangfeng Duan; Kaifeng Du; Chao Song; Shan Zhao; Xianzheng Yuan; Shuguang Wang; Zhen Yan
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Selenium nanoparticles ameliorate Brassica napus L. cadmium toxicity by inhibiting the respiratory burst and scavenging reactive oxygen species

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Wen-Yu Qi; Qiang Li; Hui Chen; Jun Liu; Su-Fang Xing; Meng Xu; Zhen Yan; Chao Song; Shu-Guang Wang
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Establishment of a resource recycling strategy by optimizing isobutanol production in engineered cyanobacteria using high salinity stress

Biotechnology for Biofuels
2021-08-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiao-Xi Wu; Jian-Wei Li; Su-Fang Xing; Hui-Ting Chen; Chao Song; Shu-Guang Wang; Zhen Yan
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Identifying dynamic, partially occupied residues using anomalous scattering

Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
2019-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Serena Rocchio; Ramona Duman; Kamel El Omari; Vitaliy Mykhaylyk; Christian Orr; Zhen Yan; Loïc Salmon; Armin Wagner; James C. A. Bardwell; Scott Horowitz
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Chaperone OsmY facilitates the biogenesis of a major family of autotransporters

Molecular Microbiology
2019-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0950-382X
Part of ISSN: 1365-2958
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Zhen Yan

Electron Bifurcation and Confurcation in Methanogenesis and Reverse Methanogenesis

Frontiers in Microbiology
2018-06-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-302X
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Zhen Yan

A biochemical framework for anaerobic oxidation of methane driven by Fe(III)-dependent respiration.

Nature communications
2018-04-24 | Journal article
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Zhen Yan

A Ferredoxin- and F420H2-Dependent, Electron-Bifurcating, Heterodisulfide Reductase with Homologs in the Domains Bacteria and Archaea.

mBio
2017-02-07 | Journal article
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Zhen Yan

Crystal structures of archaeal 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductases from Sulfolobus tokodaii

Scientific Reports
2016-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Zhen Yan

Four Cys residues in heterodimeric 2-oxoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase are required for CoA-dependent oxidative decarboxylation but not for a non-oxidative decarboxylation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics
2014-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1570-9639
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Zhen Yan

Sulfolobus tokodaii ST2133 is characterized as a thioredoxin reductase-like ferredoxin:NADP+ oxidoreductase

Extremophiles
2014-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1431-0651
Part of ISSN: 1433-4909
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Zhen Yan

Peer review (19 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

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Review activity for Microbial cell factories (2)