Jizhong Zhou
University of Oklahoma, USA
Biography
Jizhong Zhou is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor, Presidential Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology and Director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma (OU) Norman, OK, an Adjunct Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and an Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. His expertise is in microbial ecology and genomics with current research focused on: (i) molecular community ecology and metagenomics, particularly of terrestrial soils and groundwater ecosystems important to climate changes and environmental remediation, (ii) experimental evolution and functional genomics of microorganisms important to environment and bio-energy, (iii) pioneering development of high throughput metagenomic technologies, particularly functional gene arrays for biogeochemical, environmental, and ecological applications, and (iv) theoretical ecology, particularly network ecology.
Abstract
Abstract : Functional genomics analysis of Clostridium cellulolyticum for lignocellulose bioconversion