Colleges & Faculties

I. Personal information

Guoqing Zhang, native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province, Ph.D., Professor.

Member of the Communist Party of China and China Democratic League, Master and Doctoral Supervisor.National Excellent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Tutor, Beijing Science and Technology Nova,Position Expert of Beijing Edible Fungi Innovation Team under Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System.Director of Chinese Society of Agricultural Biotechnology, Executive Director of Microbiology Technology Branch of Chinese Society of Agricultural Biotechnology,Director of Beijing Agricultural Society, Director of Beijing Society for Microbiology, Director of Beijing Edible Fungi Association, Member of Changping District Committee of China Democratic League.Editorial Board Member of Agriculture-Basel, Horticulturae, Microbiology Bulletin, Young Editorial Board Member of Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology.

Graduated from Department of Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University in 2008 with a Doctor of Science degree.Postdoctoral research at Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences from 2008 to 2010.Engaged in teaching and research work at Beijing University of Agriculture since 2010.

II. Research interests

Edible and medicinal fungi biology and cultivation technology.

III. Research Projects

Presided over 1 project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 projects of Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 1 Beijing Science and Technology Nova Project, and a number of provincial and ministerial projects from Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Beijing Municipal Agriculture Committee.

IV. Major Achievements

Made achievements in bioactive components of edible and medicinal fungi, lignocellulose degradation mechanism during short-term stacking of wood chip raw materials, and cultivation technology promotion of rare edible fungi.Published more than 40 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author in journals such as Bioresource Technology, Science of the Total Environment, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules and Applied Soil Ecology.Authorized 8 national invention patents.Awarded High-quality Undergraduate Courses, Courseware, Teaching Plans and Professional Course Main Teachers in Beijing Universities.Guided discipline competitions and won more than 20 provincial and ministerial and above awards, including 2 national third prizes and 1 Beijing special prize in the "Challenge Cup" Competition.

Representative papers

1. Zhang WW, Guo YX, Chen QJ, Wang YY, Wang QY, Yang YR,Zhang GQ*(Corresponding author). Metagenomic insights into the lignocellulose degradation mechanism during short-term composting of peach sawdust: Core microbial community and carbohydrate-active enzyme profile analysis.Environmental Technology & Innovation. 2025, 37: 103959.(Q1, IF = 6.7)

2. Zhang J, Zou YJ, Wang SL, Zhang WW, Chen QJ, Wang QY, Guan TK, Zhang JY, Zhao MR,Zhang GQ*. The inoculation ofBacillus paralicheniformisandStreptomyces thermoviolaceusenhances the lignocellulose degradation and microbial communities during spent mushroom substrate composting.Environmental Research. 2024, 263: 120157.(Q1, IF = 7.7)

3. Wei J, Wang YX, Guan TK, Wang QY, Zhang J, Zhang JY, Wang JL, Chen QJ,Zhang GQ*. Bacterial communities during composting cultivation of oyster mushroomPleurotus floridanususing broken eggs as the nitrogen source and study of agronomic and nutritional properties.Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024, 14: 1274032. (Q1, IF = 4.0)

4. Wang QY, Zhao MR, Wang YY, Xie ZF, Zhao SY, You SN, Chen QJ, Zhang WW, Qin Y,Zhang GQ*. Microbial Inoculation during the Short-Term Composting Process Enhances the Nutritional and Functional Properties of Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus). Life. 2024, 14, 201.(Q1, IF = 3.2)

5. Guan TK, Wang QY, Li JS, Yan HW, Chen QJ, Sun J, Liu CJ, Han YY, Zou YJ,Zhang GQ*. Biochar immobilized plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria enhanced the physicochemical properties, agronomic characters and microbial communities during lettuce seedling.Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023, 14: 1218205. (Q1, IF = 5.2)

6. Zhang WW, Zheng XJ, Chen XD, Jiang XZ, Wang HX,Zhang GQ*. Lead detoxification of edible fungiAuricularia auriculaandPleurotus ostreatus: the purification of the chelation substances and their effects on rats.Frontiers in Nutrition. 2023, 10: 1162110. (Q2, IF = 5.0)

7. Wang QY, Zhao MR, Wang JQ, Hu BY, Chen QJ, Qin Y,Zhang GQ*. Effects of microbial inoculants on agronomic characters, physicochemical properties and nutritional qualities of lettuce and celery in hydroponic cultivation.Scientia Horticulturae, 2023, 320: 112202. (Q1, IF = 4.3)

8. Guo YX, Yang YR, Qin Y, Guan TK, Yang QZ, Wang YX, Tang S,Zhang GQ*, Chen QJ*. Nutritional qualities and antioxidant activity ofPleurotus floridanusgrown on composted peach sawdust substrate with different composting time.Biotechnology Applied Biochemistry. 2023, 70: 210-220. (Q3, IF = 2.724)

9. Yang YR, Guo YX, Wang QY, Hu BY, Tian SY, Yang QZ, Cheng ZA, Chen QJ*,Zhang GQ*. Impacts of composting duration on physicochemical properties and microbial communities during short-term composting for the substrate for oyster mushrooms.Science of the Total Environment. 2022, 847: 157673. (Q1, IF = 10.753)

10. Xu SY, Wei JK, Xue FY, Li WC, Guan TK, Hu BY, Chen QJ, Han YY, Liu CJ,Zhang GQ*. Microbial inoculation influences microbial communities and physicochemical properties during lettuce seedling using composted spent mushroom substrate.Applied Soil Ecology. 2022, 174: 104418. (Q1, IF = 5.509)

11. Guo YX#, Chen QJ#, Qin Y, Yang YR, Yang QZ, Wang YX, Cheng ZA, Cao N,Zhang GQ*. Succession of the microbial communities and function prediction during short-term peach sawdust-based composting.Bioresource Technology. 2021, 332, 125079. (Q1, IF = 11.889)

12. Sun Y, Liu ZL, Hu BY, Chen QJ, Yang AZ, Wang QY, Li XF, Zhang JY,Zhang GQ*, Zhao YC*. Purification and Characterization of a Thermo- and pH-Stable Laccase From the Litter-Decomposing FungusGymnopus luxuriansand Laccase Mediator Systems for Dye Decolorization.Frontiers in Microbiology.2021, 12: 672620. (Q1, IF = 6.064)

13. Hao JZ, Zhang WW, Wang HX, Ziya N, Luo Y, Jia P,Zhang GQ*,Ng TB*. Purification and properties of a laccase from the mushroomAgaricus sinodeliciosus.Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. 2021, 68(2): 297-306. (Q3,IF = 2.724)

V. Contact information

Postal address: College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7, Beinong Road, Huilongguan, Changping, Beijing, 102206

Email: zhanggqbua@163.com