General
He obtained his PhD in 1997 in the Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS. He is now severing as the vice head of State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, vice editor in chief of Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, council member of the Society of Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed of China, the Society of Ichthyology of China. He is now in the editor board of Aquaculture Nutrition, Freshwater Fisheries (of China), Journal of Fishery Sciences of China. He has got the Award for the Youth of Science and Technology of Hubei Province in 1997, Second Award of Natural Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2nd participator) in 1998, Third Award of Natural Science of China by the Ministry of Science and Technology Committee (4th participator) in 1999, First Award of Advanced Science and Technology of Hubei Province (in charge) in 2003, Second Award of Advanced Science and Technology of China (2nd participator) in 2005, National selection for “Million and Billion Excellent Scientists of New Century” in 2006, the Award for the Youth of Science and Technology of China in 2007.


Research Areas

Nutrition, feed and feeding of aquaculture animals

Education

D.Sc. 1993-1997: Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS, Wuhan, P.R. China

M.Sc. 1989-1992: Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS, Wuhan, P.R. China

B.Sc. 1985-1989: Department of Biology, Anhui University, Hefei, P.R.China


Experience

Publications

1.       Han D., Shan X., Zhang W., Chen Y., Wang Q., Li Z., Zhang G., Xu P., Li J., Xie S., Mai K., Tang Q. and De Silva S.S. 2016. A revisit to fishmeal usage and associated consequences in Chinese aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculture 0, 1–15 doi: 10.1111/raq.12183

2.       Chen C., Zhu W., Wu F., Liu M., Tan Q.,* Han D., Xie S. and Liang X., Quantifying the dietary potassium requirement of subadult grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Aquaculture Nutrition（doi:10.1111/anu.12279）

3.       Shao L., Zhu X., Yang Y., Jin J., Liu H., Han D.* and Xie S. 2016. Effects of dietary vitamin A on growth, hematology, digestion and lipometabolism of on-growing gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio var. CAS III). Aquaculture, 460:83-89.

4.       Zhu L., Han D., Zhu X., Yang Y., Jin J., Liu H. and Xie S*. Dietary selenium requirement for on-growing gibel carp（Carassius auratus gibelio var. CAS III）. Aquaculture Research (doi:10.1111/are.13118).

5.       Ye W., Han D., Zhu X., Yang Y., Jin J. and Xie S.,*. Comparative study on dietary protein requirements for juvenile and pre-adult gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio var. CAS III). Aquaculture Nutrition (DOI: 10.1111/anu.12442)

6.       Li X., Zhu X., Han D., Yang Y., Jin J. and Xie S.,* 2016. Carbohydrate utilization by herbivorous and omnivorous freshwater fish species: a comparative study on gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio. var CAS III) and grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Aquaculture Research, 47:128-139.

7.       Liu H., Jin J., Zhu X., Han D.,Yang Y. and Xie S.*Effect of substitution of dietary fish meal by soybean meal on different sizes of gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio): digestive enzyme gene expressions and activities, and intestinal and hepatic histology.  Aquaculture Nutrition （doi:10.1111/anu.12375）

8.       Liu H., Zhu X., Yang Y., Han D., Jin J. and Xie S.*, 2016. Effect of substitution of dietary fish meal by soybean meal on different sizes of gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio): nutrient digestibility, growth performance, body composition and morphometry. Aquaculture Nutrition, 22:142-157.

9.       Liu H., Yan Q., Jin J., Yang Y., Han D., Zhu X. and Xie S.*,2016 .Effect of dietary cottonseed meal on growth performance, physiological responses and gossypol accumulation of pre-adult grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idellus. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 34: 992-1003.

10.    Yang B., Wang C., Hu H., Tu Y., Han D.,* Zhu X., Jin J., Yang Y. and Xie S., 2015. Repeated handling compromises the immune suppression and improves the disease resistance in overwintering channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). Fish & Shellfish Immunology 47, 418-428.

11.    Yang B., Wang C., Hu H., Tu Y., Han D.,* Zhu X., Jin J., Yang Y. and Xie S., 2015. Effects of repeated handling and air exposure on the immune response and the disease resistance of gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) over winter. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 47:933-941.

12.    Wang Q., L. Cheng, J. Liu, Z. Li, S. Xie, S. S. De Silva, 2015. Freshwater aquaculture in PR China: trends and prospects. Review in Aquaculture, 5:1-20.

13.    Zhou L., Han D., Zhu, X., Yang Y., Jin J. and Xie S.*, Effects of total replacement of fish oil by pork lard or rapeseed oil and recovery by a fish oil finishing diet on growth, health and fish quality of gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). Aquaculture Research (doi:10.1111/are 12748) （online: 9 APR 2015  ）

14.    Wang C., Han D., Zhu X., Jin J., Yang Y. and Xie S.*, 2015. Responses to fishmeal and soybean meal-based diets by three kinds of larval carps of different food habits. Aquaculture Nutrition 21:552-568.

15.    Tu Y., Xie S., Han D., Yang Y., Jin J. and Zhu X.*, 2015. Growth performance, digestive enzyme, transaminase and GH－IGF-I axis gene responsiveness to different dietary protein levels in broodstock allogenogynetic gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) CAS III. Aquaculture. 446:290-297.

16.    Tu Y., Xie S., Han D., Yang Y., Jin J. and Zhu X.*, 2015. Dietary arginine requirement for gibel carp (Carassis auratus gibelio var. CAS III) reduces with fish size from 50 g to 150 g associated with modulation of genes involved in TOR signaling pathway. Aquaculture. 449: 37–47.

17.    Chen Y., Zhu X., Yang Y., Han D., Jin J., and Xie S. 2014. Effect of dietary lysozyme on growth, immune response, intestine microbiota, intestine morphology and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophilia in gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). Aquaculture Nutrition, 20:229-241.

18.     Chen Y., Zhu X., Yang Y., Han D., Jin J., and Xie S. 2014. Effect of dietary chitosan on growth performance, haematology, immune response, intestine morphology, intestine microbiota and disease resistance in gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). Aquaculture Nutrition, 20:532-546.

19.    Gong W., Lei W., Zhu X., Yang Y., Han D., and Xie S. 2014. Dietary myo-inositol requirement for juvenile gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). Aquaculture Nutrition, 20:514-519.

20.    Huang Y., Han D., Xiao X., Zhu X., Yang Y., Jin J., Chen Y., and Xie S. 2014. Effect of dietary aflatoxin B1 on growth, fecundity and tissue accumulation in gibel carp during the stage of gonad development. Aquaculture, 428–429:236-242.

21.    Xiao X., Han D., Zhu X., Yang Y., Xie S., and Huang Y. 2014. Effect of dietary cornstarch levels on growth performance, enzyme activity and hepatopancreas histology of juvenile red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii (Girard). Aquaculture, 426–427:112-119.

22.    Yan Q., Zhu X., Yang Y., Han D., and Xie S. 2014. Feasibility of partial replacement of fishmeal with proteins from different sources in diets of Korean rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli). J. Ocean Univ. China, 13:1054-1060.

23.    Zhao S., Han D., Zhu X., Jin J., Yang Y., and Xie S. 2014. Effects of feeding frequency and dietary protein levels on juvenile allogynogenetic gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) var. CAS III: growth, feed utilization and serum free essential amino acids dynamics. Aquaculture Research,47:290-303.

24.    Zhou J., Han D., Jin J., Xie S., Yang Y., and Zhu X. 2014. Compared to fish oil alone, a corn and fish oil mixture decreases the lipid requirement of a freshwater fish species, Carassius auratus gibelio. Aquaculture, 428: 272-279.

 

 


Research Interests

Nutrition and energetics of aquatic animals

Feeding technology

Comparative physiological ecology of aquatic animals

Nutrition and fish quality