2024–2025
Research assistant, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Curriculum Vitae
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2020–2024
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Bergen, NorwaySupervisor: Prof. Ruth-Anne SandaaProject: Uncovering key players for regulation of phytoplankton function and structure: lessons to be learned from algal virus-haptophyte coexistenceInvestigated the infection cycles of marine giant viruses infecting haptophytes, combining cultivation and infection experiments with electron microscopy, proteomics and comparative genomics. Developed and optimized virion concentration and purification procedures and prepared samples for structural studies of PkV RF02.
2018–2020
Postdoctoral researcher, China University of Geosciences, BeijingSupervisor: Prof. Hailiang DongProject: Viral impacts on biogeochemical cycling
Education
2009–2017
Ph.D., Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyThesis: Isolation and characterization of Sulfolobus ellipsoid virus 1 (SEV1) from a hot spring in Costa RicaSupervisor: Prof. Li Huang
2005–2009
B.Sc. in Biological Sciences and B.A. in English, Shandong Agricultural University
Research funding
2018–2024
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, First-Class FundingProject title: Interaction among virus, dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and iron-rich clay mineral nontronite NAu-2Role: Principal investigator
2020–2022
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists FundProject Title: The effect of clays and clay minerals on element cycling by adsorbing virusesRole: Principal investigator
2021–2023
Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject title: The mechanism of host cell lysis by archaeal viruses in extreme environments and its phylogenetic and ecological distributionRole: Task leader
2021–2023
CSP New Investigator project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome InstituteProject title: Metatranscriptomic analysis of the different steps in a giant virus-algae infectionRole: Co-principal investigator
Publications
*Co-first authors; #Corresponding authors.
- Zhang H*, Wang H*#, Li Y, Fan Y, Zhang Z, Chen H, Song K, Huang L#, Zhu P#. (2025). Insights into the spool-like architecture and infection strategy of an enveloped archaeal virus. Science Advances, 11(29): eadv7326. Animation and press coverage →
- Wang H#, Meng L, Otaegi-Ugartemendia S, Condezo GN, Blanc-Mathieu R, Stokke R, Langvad MR, Brandt D, Kalinowski J, Dahle H, San Martín C, Ogata H, Sandaa RA#. (2025). Haptophyte-infecting viruses change the genome condensing proteins of dinoflagellates. Communications Biology, 8(1): 510. Behind the paper story
- Zhang X*, Wang H*, Liu Y, Dong H#. (2025). Effect of clay mineral on bacteria–virus interactions and the fate of microbial biomass carbon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 394: 383–392.
- Zhang G*, Guo Z*, Liu S, Yang Q, Yuan Y, Guo K, Wang W, Wang H, Feng J, Chen W#, Sun Y#, Wang S#. (2025). Bacteriophage application in inhibiting corrosion-producing bacteria. BMC Microbiology, 25(1): 241.
- Liu Y, Zhang Z, Jiao N, Zhu YG, Zhang R, Dominguez-Huerta G, Wang H, Feng M, Wen R, Ji M, Zheng Q, Liu P#, Yao T. (2025). Diverse novel RNA viruses in the cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau. National Science Review, 12(11): nwaf361.
- Zhang X, Liu Y, Guo D, Dong H#, Wang H#. (2023). Effects of clay minerals on biogeochemical significance of viruses: A review. Chinese Science Bulletin, 68(1): 87–99. (In Chinese)
- Sandaa RA#, Saltvedt MR, Dahle H, Wang H, Våge S, Blanc-Mathieu R, Steen IH, Grimsley N, Edvardsen B, Ogata H, Lawrence J. (2022). Adaptive evolution of viruses infecting marine microalgae (haptophytes), from acute infections to stable coexistence. Biological Reviews, 97(1): 179–194.
- Huang L#, Wang H, ICTV Report Consortium. (2021). ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ovaliviridae. Journal of General Virology, 102(3): 001546.
- Zhang J, Zheng X, Wang H, Jiang H, Dong H, Huang L#. (2020). Novel Sulfolobus fuselloviruses with extensive genomic variations. Journal of Virology, 94(4): e01624-19.
- Wang H*, Guo Z*, Feng H, Chen Y, Chen X, Li Z, Hernández-Ascencio W, Dai X, Zhang Z, Zheng X, Mora-López M, Fu Y, Zhang C, Zhu P#, Huang L#. (2018). Novel Sulfolobus virus with an exceptional capsid architecture. Journal of Virology, 92(5): e01727-17.
- Dai X, Wang H, Zhang Z, Li K, Zhang X, Mora-López M, Jiang C, Liu C, Wang L, Zhu Y, Hernández-Ascencio W, Dong Z, Huang L#. (2016). Genome sequencing of Sulfolobus sp. A20 from Costa Rica and comparative analyses of the putative pathways of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur metabolism in various Sulfolobus strains. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7: 1902.
- Wang H, Peng N, Shah SA, Huang L#, She Q#. (2015). Archaeal extrachromosomal genetic elements. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 79(1): 117–152.
- Xiang X*, Huang X*, Wang H*, Huang L#. (2015). pTC plasmids from Sulfolobus species in the geothermal area of Tengchong, China: genomic conservation and naturally-occurring variations as a result of transposition by mobile genetic elements. Life, 5(1): 506–520.
- Zheng X, Liu H, Song L, Zhang L, Wang H, Dai X, Huang L#. (2015). Phaeocystidibacter marisrubri sp. nov., a member of the family Cryomorphaceae isolated from Red Sea sediment. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(7): 2199–2203.
- Song L*, Wang H*, Wang S, Zhang H, Cong H, Huang L#, Tien P#. (2014). Self-assembled bionanoparticles based on the Sulfolobus tengchongensis spindle-shaped virus 1 (STSV1) coat protein as a prospective bioscaffold for nanotechnological applications. Extremophiles, 18(4): 745–754.
- Erdmann S*, Chen B*, Huang X, Deng L, Liu C, Shah SA, Le Moine Bauer S, Sobrino CL, Wang H, Wei Y, She Q, Garrett RA, Huang L#, Lin L#. (2014). A novel single-tailed fusiform Sulfolobus virus STSV2 infecting model Sulfolobus species. Extremophiles, 18(1): 51–60.
- Song L, Wang H, Wang S, Zhang H, Cong H, Tien P#. (2014). Memory effect of reversibly thermoswitchable self-assembly-competent recombinant TMV coat protein with multi-binding moieties with potential applications in nanoparticle purification. Journal of Materials Science, 49(7): 2693–2704.
Conferences and reports
2025
6th Ringberg Symposium on Giant Virus Biology, Tegernsee, GermanyInvited talk: A putative genome delivery system in a marine giant virus revealed by cryo-electron tomography
2025
The 3rd Academic Salon on Earth and Ocean Atmospheric Sciences, Guangzhou, ChinaInvited talk: The genome delivery system of a marine giant virus
2025
13th Academic Symposium on Geomicrobiology of the Chinese Society for Microbiology, Mianyang, ChinaOral presentation: The cellular reprogramming potential of two marine giant viruses
2025
Academic Symposium on Microbial Virology-2025, Guangzhou, ChinaOral presentation: A spool-like architecture of an enveloped archaeal virus and its infection strategy
2025
The 5th International Conference of Geobiology, Wuhan, ChinaOral presentation: Effect of clay mineral on bacteria–virus interactions and the fate of microbial biomass carbon
2024
Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaInvited talk: Infection strategies revealed by three marine giant viruses
2023
5th Ringberg Symposium on Giant Virus Biology, Tegernsee, GermanyInvited talk: A novel architecture of the marine giant virus PkV RF01 and its assembly in the host cell
2023
Confect 2023, Marine Microbial Virus Ecology and EvolutionOral presentation: Infection cycles of marine giant viruses Haptolina ericina virus RF02 and Prymnesium kappa virus RF02
2022
Viruses of Microbes 2022, Guimarães, PortugalPoster: Genomes of two giant viruses and their capacity in the infection cycles
2021
10th Aquatic Virus Workshop, onlinePoster: Genome analysis of Haptolina ericina virus RF02 and the Prymnesium kappa virus RF02 shed light on the interaction between giant viruses and hosts in the sea
2016
11th International Congress on Extremophiles, Kyoto, JapanPoster: Identification and characterization of a Sulfolobus ellipsoid virus
2014
China Young Scientist Forum (a U.S.–China people-to-people exchange forum for early-career researchers organized under China MOST/ U.S. Department of State framework)Theme: Virus–host interactions in geothermal hot-spring ecosystems
2011
The 1st Conference on Geomicrobial Ecotoxicology, Wuhan, ChinaReport: Diversity of archaeal viruses in acidic hot springs
Teaching experience
Courses
2024–present
Guest Lecturer, Marine Viral Ecology; Frontiers in Environmental Virology, Shenzhen University, ChinaServed as the instructor for the module on “Marine phytoplankton viruses”, covering viral diversity, infection mechanisms, and ecological functions.
2022
Invited participant, Current Geobiological Topics (BIO318), University of Bergen, NorwayInvited by Prof. Ida Helene Steen to assist students interested in archaeal viruses during literature discussion sessions.Curated and provided relevant review and research articles for students.Engaged in discussion, provided feedback on student presentations, and addressed key research questions.
2021
Guest lecturer, General Microbiology (BIO214), University of Bergen, NorwayDelivered a lecture entitled “Introduction to Archaeal Viruses”Provided students with an overview of archaeal viruses including morphology, diversity, survival strategies under harsh conditions and ecological significance.
2018
Organizer and Instructor, Research Training Seminar: “Literature Review”, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, ChinaDesigned and taught a training course for graduate students on literature retrieval, critical reading and writing scientific reviews.Provided hands-on guidance in database searching, citation management and research organization.
Textbooks and educational resources development
2025
Marine Viral Ecology. Associate editor (Science Press, in preparation; expected publication in 2027)
2021
Encyclopedia of China, Third Edition. Contributing Author. (Encyclopedia of China publishing house)
Supervision
2020–2024
Ph.D. student supervision, co-supervisorXiaowen Zhang, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, ChinaResearch topic: The effect of clays and clay minerals on element cycling by adsorbing virusesFunded by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
2021–2024
Master’s student supervision, co-supervisorYan Liu, School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, ChinaResearch topic: Effect of a phage on reducing iron-rich clay mineral NAu-2 by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteriaFunded by the first class support of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
2018–2020
Undergraduate mentoring. Mentored 2 undergraduate students, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Academic service
2025
Expert member, Virology Subgroup, Ministry of Education's Key Discipline Teaching Resource Development Project (China)
2025
Session organizer, 13th Academic Symposium on Geomicrobiology of the Chinese Society for Microbiology
2022–present
Member of the Ovaliviridae Study Group, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, ICTV. https://ictv.global/study-groups
2022–present
Reviewer for the ISME Journal, ISME Communications, Frontiers in Microbiology, Extremophiles.
Fellowships and awards
2023
Fellowship of Overseas Research Grant, Research Council of Norway (RCN)Research visit to Carmen San Martín’s laboratory at Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain, for structural studies of marine giant viruses.Research topic: A novel architecture of the marine giant virus PkV RF01 and its assembly in the host cell revealed by cryo-ET and FIB-SEM
2021
Erasmus travel grant (Spain)
2016
National Scholarship for Doctoral Students
2016
Merit student, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2014
Third Class Award in State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011
Third Class Award in State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Field work
2018
Expedition of Tibet geothermal systems, China, work package leader
2015
Sample collection in Tibet geothermal systems, China
2011
Tengchong PIRE (U.S.–China project), research participantPerformed hot spring sample collection and concentration and established enrichment cultures for virus isolation and characterization.
Service and outreach
2020
Illustrating COVID-19: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Science Press. Chapter author.
2017
Leopold, A. Round River (Chinese edition: 《环河》). Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. Sole translator (English-Chinese translation).Selected for 13th Five-Year National Key Publication Plan (2016), China Outstanding Popular Science Book List (Quarterly Selection, 2018), Baidao Recommended Reads-New Knowledge category (2023), Baidao Nature Museum Annual Book List (2023).
2020–present
Guest editor and reviewer, DUKU (读库).
2011–2015
Research mentor, Beijing Youth Science and Technology Club/ High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China (RDFZ)
2014
10th Public Science Day, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of SciencesPublic outreach talk: Miracles of Life: Extreme Microorganisms
2013
Diagnosed phage contamination in fermentation of Shenzhou Biology & Technology Co., Ltd., a supplier of skin care products.
2012–present
Translator and guest editor in the Science Publishing Section, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. Participate in the translation project “Nature: The Living Record of Science” (A Chinese-British project to translation of classic articles published in Nature).
2010
Volunteer science demonstrator, National Science Popularization Day (China)Delivered interactive outreach demonstrations for the public and youth (DNA ethanol precipitation); the activity was covered by CCTV-1 News Broadcast.