[1] Identification of microbial strains or enzymes that can transform persistent organic pollutants like PAHs and PFASs.

[2] Investigating the biodegradation of organic pollutants in soil microcosm experiments sheds light on the crucial role of soil microbial communities in determining pollutant fate.

[3] Unveiling real-time responses of soil microbial communities to organic pollution, with the goal of identifying specialized communities for long-term monitoring or bioremediation of pollution.

09/2008-07/2011: Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences

09/2003-07/ 2006: Huazhong Agricultural University, M.S. Microbiology

09/1999-07/2003: Huazhong Agricultural University, B.S. Environmental Sciences

09/2011- present: Institute of Soil Science, CAS. Assistant professor, Associate professor

10/2019 -09/2020: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Visting schloar

1.         J Zeng, RN Wu, TT Peng, QG Li, Q Wang, YC Wu, X Song, XG Lin. 2023. Low-temperature thermally enhanced bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil: Effects on fate, toxicity and bacterial communities. Environmental Pollution, 335, 122247.

2.         J Zeng, YJ Li, YL Dai, QH Zhu, YC Wu, XG Lin. 2023. Soil drying legacy does not affect phenanthrene fate in soil but modifies bacterial community response. Environmental Pollution, 331, 121909.

3.         J Zeng, YJ Li, YL Dai, YC Wu, XG Lin, Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon structure on PAH mineralization and toxicity to soil microorganisms after oxidative bioremediation by laccase, Environmental Pollution. 2021, 287(15) :117581

4.         J Zeng, QH Zhu, YC Wu, J Shan, R Ji, XG Lin, Oxidation of benzo[a]pyrene by laccase in soil enhances bound residue formation and reduces disturbance to soil bacterial community composition, Environmental Pollution. 2018, 462-469

5.         J Zeng, XJ Liu, L Song, XG Lin, HY Zhang, CC Shen, HY Chu, Nitrogen fertilization directly affects soil bacterial diversity and indirectly affects bacterial community composition, Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2016, 41-49

6.         J Zeng, XG Lin, J Zhang, H Zhu, H Chen, MH Wong, Successive transformation of benzo[a]pyrene by the laccase of Trametes versicolor and the pyrene-degrading Mycobacterium strains, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2013, 97: 3183-3194

7.         J Zeng, XG Lin, J Zhang, XZ Li, MH Wong, Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the bacterial laccase CueO from E. coli, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2011, 1841-1849

8.         J Zeng, QH Zhu, YJ Li, YL Dai, YC Wu, YH Sun, LY Miu, H Chen, XG Lin, Isolation of diverse pyrene-degrading bacteria via introducing readily utilized phenanthrene, Chemosphere. 2019, 534-540

9.         J Zeng, QH Zhu, YC Wu, H Chen, XG Lin, Characterization of a polycyclic aromatic ring-hydroxylation dioxygenase from Mycobacterium sp. NJS-P, Chemosphere. 2017, 185:67-74

10.     J Zeng, QH Zhu, YC Wu, XG Lin, Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using Bacillus subtilis CotA with high laccase activity and copper independence, Chemosphere. 2016, 148:1-7

11.     J Zeng, XG Lin, J Zhang, XZ Li, Isolation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons degrading Mycobacterium spp. and the degradation in soil, Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2010, 718-723

12.     J Zeng,  YC Wu, XG Lin, Advances in microbial remediation of soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Acta Microbiologica Sinica. 2020, 60(2): 2804-2815

13.     ZD Du, YL Dai, YJ Li, YC Wu, XG Lin, XH Ye, J Zeng*, Bioaugmentation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contaminated soil with Pleurotus ostreatus and Sphingobium sp. NS7 and their synergistic effect, Microbiology China, 2021, 48 (12), 4530-4540.

14.     TT Peng, XJ Xiang, YZ Feng, SY He, YC Wu, F Zhang, J Zeng*, XG Lin, Magnetic nanoparticle-mediated isolation and degradation characterization of a PCB-degrading strain, Microbiology China, 2023, 50 (9), 3371-3783.