生物炼制、木质素生物转化、过程强化

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1. Resources Chemicals and Materials青年编委

2. 中国化工学会、中国化学会、美国化学工程师协会（AIChE）会员

在Biotechnology Advances、Green Chemistry、Bioresoure Technology、ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering等期刊发表论文30余篇，参与撰写英文专著5部，授权/申请专利6项。

研究成果获中国石油和化学工业联合会科技进步奖1项，入选美国能源部生物能源创新中心研究亮点。

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1. Zhi-Min Zhao#, Zhi-Hua Liu#, Tongtong Zhang, Rongqian Meng, Zhiqun Gong, Yibing Li, Jing Hu, Arthur J. Ragauskas*, Bing-Zhi Li*, Ying-Jin Yuan. Unleashing the capacity of Rhodococcus for converting lignin into lipids. Biotechnology Advances, 2024, 70, 108274.

2. Zhi-Min Zhao, Shuyang Zhang, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Zhi-Hua Liu, William K. Ledford, S. Michael Kilbey II, Bing-Zhi Li, Arthur J. Ragauskas*. Elucidating the mechanisms of enhanced lignin bioconversion by an alkali sterilization strategy. Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 4697-4709. (Cover Story, Research Highlight of CBI, U.S. DOE)

3. Zhi-Min Zhao, Xianzhi Meng, Brent Scheidemantle, Yunqiao Pu, Zhi-Hua Liu, Bing-Zhi Li, Charles E. Wyman, Charles M. Cai, Arthur J. Ragauskas*. Co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation tailoring lignin chemistry and enhancing lignin bioconversion. Bioresource Technology, 2022, 347, 126367.

4. Zhi-Min Zhao, Xianzhi Meng, Manjula Senanayake, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, Yunqiao Pu, Mi Li, Litong Ma, Jifei Xu, Arthur J. Ragauskas*. Enhancing lignin dispersion and bioconversion by eliminating thermal sterilization. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 3245-3254.

5. Zhi-Min Zhao, Lan Wang*, Hong-Zhang Chen. Physical structure changes of solid medium by steam explosion sterilization. Bioresource Technology, 2016, 203, 204-210.

6. Zhi-Min Zhao, Lan Wang*, Hong-Zhang Chen. A novel steam explosion sterilization improving solid-state fermentation performance. Bioresource Technology, 2015, 192, 547-555.

7. Zhi-Min Zhao, Zhi-Hua Liu, Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Jifei Xu, Joshua S. Yuan, Arthur J. Ragauskas*. Emerging strategies for modifying lignin chemistry to enhance biological lignin valorization. ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 5423-5432.

8. Zhi-Min Zhao, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu*, Mi Li, Yibing Li, Yihan Zhang, Arthur J. Ragauskas*. Bioconversion of homogeneous linear C-lignin to polyhydroxyalkanoates. Biomacromolecules, 2023, 24, 9, 3996-4004.

9. Chonglei Li, Zhiguo Liu, Ji Zhao, Zhi-Min Zhao*. Mechanisms and strategies for regulating sporulation and germination of Bacillus subtilis to enhance probiotic effects. Industrial Crops and Products, 2024, 220, 119178.

10. Chonglei Li,# Xiaoyu Du,# Zhi-Hua Liu, Bing-Zhi Li, Xianzhi Meng, Ji Zhao, Zhi-Min Zhao*, Arthur J. Ragauskas*. Steam explosion pretreatment coupling high-temperature short-time sterilization facilitating cellulose degradation and sporulation-regulatory gene expression in high-solid fermentation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023, 232, 123475.