生物质能源与资源利用研究团队负责人为孙建中教授，现有专职研究人员17人，其中教授/研究员4人，副研究员2人，博士生导师4人，硕士生导师9人。
主要研究领域:
1、生物过程工程仿生及生物质能源产品
白蚁等消化木质纤维素类自然生物系统的生物过程仿生研究；极端/肠道微生物等生物资源及其在木质纤维素生物降解中高效利用的研究；高效生物质预处理技术研究；新型发酵仿生生物反应器研究及多样化生物质能源产品开发。
2、草本能源植物与产业化种植技术
草本能源植物新品种选育技术研究（有性杂交和多倍体育种）；外源嗜热木质纤维素酶能源植物转基因研究；农作物秸秆高值化转化利用关键技术研究；抗盐碱能源草选育及分子机理研究；植物内生菌及微生物肥料产业化应用技术。
3、基因工程与分子酶工程
嗜热木质纤维素酶基因克隆、序列优化及高效表达研究；非理性设计原位定向进化技术研究；新型热激表达系统（pHsh）及其应用技术；酶的理性设计及分子改造；高密度发酵技术生产酶制剂核心技术；纤维素乙醇高温发酵技术研究。
4、环境生物电化学
环境微生物胞外电子传递机制及调控机理研究；高效微生物燃料电池及其对环境污染物/废弃物的高效处理及能源化利用；新型难降解环境污染的生物电化学降解机制及强化研究。
5、新型生物基及纤维素复合材料
木质纤维素生物基材料开发的基础理论和核心技术研究：包括环保型木质纤维素增强聚合物基复合材料，纤维素保温泡沫复合板材，新型纤维素基储能、抗菌、吸附材料，木质纤维素基水凝胶，功能性纳米纤维素及其它环境友好型生物基材料；基于木质纤维素等原料的3D打印材料及关键技术研究。
孙建中教授
E-mail：jzsun1002@ujs.edu.cn
电话：0511-88796122
Biomass resource and its recycling, reusing, and recovering Research Team
This research team is coordinated by professor, Dr. Jianzhong Sun, There are a total of 17 faculty members in this team that consists of 4 full professors, 2 associate professors, as well as other 11 professionals. This team has also employed 13 adjunct faculty professors who are very famous in the area of bioenergy.
Research scope:
1. Nature-inspired Technology for Biomass Conversion
Interested in biomimetic/nature-inspired technologies from wood-feeding animals (e.g. termites, cow) or other biological conversion systems for efficient biomass conversion towards high value-added biorefinery products; exploring valuable extremophile bacteria and gut symbionts identified from wood-feeding animals for efficient biomass conversion, novel biomass pretreatment technology, and the breakthrough technology in bioreactor designs with biomimetic processing.
2. Grassy Energy Crops and Cultivation Technology
Interested in cultivar development (cross breeding/polyploidy breeding) for energy crops, such as Miscanthus, Pennisetum Purpureum and hybrid Pennisetum; Genetic transformation of grassy energy plants with exogenous thermophilic lignocellulosic enzyme genes; Key techniques of high-value added products from agricultural residues; Development of salt-resistant grassy energy crops and their resistance mechanism; Plant endophytes and their industrial applications as microbial fertilizers.
3. Gene Engineering/Enzymatic Engineering
Interested in screening novel gene sequences for biomass degradation; Cloning and sequence optimization of thermophilic lignocellulose enzyme genes and their high-efficiency expression; Non-rational design and in situ directed evolution technology and its applications in high-throughput screening of mutant genes; Refining pHsh-heat shock expression system and its application; Developing biological safety high-density fermentation technology for high enzymes production.
4. Environmental Bioelectrochemistry
Interested in the mechanism of extracellular electron transfer and its manipulation, microbial fuel cell and its energy harvesting technology from organic pollutants, and biodegradation of emerging new pollutants, bio-sensing environmental monitoring.
5. Bio-based Materials and Fiber Composites
Interested in developing advanced functional bio-based materials, including eco-friendly lignocellulose/polymer composites, thermal insulation lignocellulose composite foams, cellulose-based materials for energy storage, anti-bacteria, and adsorption, lignocellulose hydrogels, functional nano-lignocellulose particles, 3D printing materials developed from biomass and other advanced bio-based materials.
Contact:Prof. Jianzhong Sun
E-mail: jzsun1002@ujs.edu.cn
Tel: +86-511-8879-6122
