Shi-Hong Zhang

Jilin University, China

Prof. Zhang is a pioneer in Extreme-Environmental Fungal identification and applications in soil bioremediation by using halophilic fungi; also, he focuses on molecular genetic research in therice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, the halophilic fungus Aspergillus glaucus CCHA, and the thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus W9, and is committed to promoting sustainable agricultural development through his research. His team is among the pioneers who used beneficial extreme-environmental fungi for soil remediation and environmental management. By efficiently utilizing the effect of saline-alkaline fungi on soil ecological restoration and exerting the integrated effect of saline-alkaline microorganisms and agricultural organic wastes, the problems of serious lack of beneficial fungi in saline-alkali soil have been solved. After decades of efforts, the experimental area in Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei and Inner Mongolia reached more than 40,000 mu in 13 counties and cities, which has achieved tremendous economic, environmental and social benefits. From 2006-2016, Prof. Zhang has been the chairman of Science Committee of College of Plant Sciences at Jilin University, China. Since 2020, he joined in the Shenyang Agricultural University and set up a research center for extreme-environmental microorganisms. Prof. Zhang has more than 30 years of experience working in the field of plant protection, microbiology and environment protection. Till now, he has over 150 publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, book chaptersin his research fields, and was the co-inventor of 40 granted Invention Patents of China, most of which are useful for crop resistant improvement against bio- or abio-stress.Prof. Zhang is a pioneer in Extreme-Environmental Fungal identification and applications in soil bioremediation by using halophilic fungi; also, he focuses on molecular genetic research in therice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, the halophilic fungus Aspergillus glaucus CCHA, and the thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus W9, and is committed to promoting sustainable agricultural development through his research. His team is among the pioneers who used beneficial extreme-environmental fungi for soil remediation and environmental management. By efficiently utilizing the effect of saline-alkaline fungi on soil ecological restoration and exerting the integrated effect of saline-alkaline microorganisms and agricultural organic wastes, the problems of serious lack of beneficial fungi in saline-alkali soil have been solved. After decades of efforts, the experimental area in Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei and Inner Mongolia reached more than 40,000 mu in 13 counties and cities, which has achieved tremendous economic, environmental and social benefits. From 2006-2016, Prof. Zhang has been the chairman of Science Committee of College of Plant Sciences at Jilin University, China. Since 2020, he joined in the Shenyang Agricultural University and set up a research center for extreme-environmental microorganisms. Prof. Zhang has more than 30 years of experience working in the field of plant protection, microbiology and environment protection. Till now, he has over 150 publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, book chaptersin his research fields, and was the co-inventor of 40 granted Invention Patents of China, most of which are useful for crop resistant improvement against bio- or abio-stress.