Research and application on the microbiome of humans and the environment, the microbial metabolism, regulation, and chemotaxis mechanisms of recalcitrant and emerging pollutants.

2025-present：Professor, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity and Innovative Utilization,  Institute of Microbiology,  Chinese Academy of Sciences            

2013-2019: Director-General of Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2001-2024: Principle Investigator and  director of  Environmental Microbiology/Biotechnology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1998-2001& 1995-1996: Postdoctoral and Guest Scientist, Institute of Microbiology, University of Muenster, Germany

1997-1998: Postdoctoral, Biology Department of James Madison University, Virginia, USA

1996-1997: AIST fellow at National Institute of Bioscience and Human-technology (currently National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Tsukuba, Japan

1991-1995: Assistant and Associate Professor，Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China            

[1] Yu Y., Wang Y. J., Zhang J., Li S. C., Wang Y. L., You X., Chen X., Du M. X., Xie L. S., Liu S. J.*, The gut commensal attenuates indole-AhR signaling and restores ASD-like behaviors with BTBR mice, Frontiers in microbiology, 16 (2025).
[2] Wu T., Guo S. Z., Zhang Y., Zhao X. Z., Ran C. G., Liu F. L., Wang R. H., Li D. F., Zhu H. Z., Jiang C. Y., Shen X. H., Liu S. J.*, The engineering of TBBPA-degrading synthetic microbiomes with integrated strategies, Npj Biofilms Microbi, 11 (2025).
[3] Huang Y., Li X. T., Jiang Z., Liang Z. L., Liu W., Liu Z. H., Li L. Z., Yang Z. N., Zhang G. Q., Yin H. Q., Liang J. L., Zhou N., Liu S. J.*, Jiang C. Y., Mineral types dominate microbiomes and biogeochemical cycling in acid mine drainage, Water Res., 278 (2025).
[4] Abdugheni R., Liu S. J.*, Potential pitfalls in claiming novel taxa, Imeta, 4 (2025).
[5] Wei Z. Y., Feng M., Zhang D. X., Jiang C. Y., Deng Y., Wang Z. J., Feng K., Song Y., Zhou N., Wang Y. L., Liu S. J.*, Deep insights into the assembly mechanisms, co-occurrence patterns, and functional roles of microbial community in wastewater treatment plants, Environ. Res., 263 (2024).
[6] Sun X. W., Huang H. J., Wang X. M., Wei R. Q., Niu H. Y., Chen H. Y., Luo M., Abdugheni R., Wang Y. L., Liu F. L., Jiang H., Liu C., Liu S. J.*, Christensenella strain resources, genomic/metabolomic profiling, and association with host at species level, Gut Microbes, 16 (2024).
[7] Qin Y. L., Liang Z. L., Ai G. M., Liu W. F., Tao Y., Jiang C. Y., Liu S. J.*, Li D. F., Heterotrophic nitrification by Alcaligenes faecalis links organic and inorganic nitrogen metabolism, ISME J., 18 (2024).
[8] Liu Z. S., Wang K. H., Han Q., Jiang C. Y., Liu S. J.*, Li D. F., sp. SJ10-10 encodes a not-yet-reported chromate reductase and the classical Rieske dioxygenases to simultaneously degrade PAH and reduce chromate, J. Hazard. Mater., 475 (2024).
[9] Liu C., Du M. X., Xie L. S., Wang W. Z., Chen B. S., Yun C. Y., Sun X. W., Luo X., Jiang Y., Wang K., Jiang M. Z., Qiao S. S., Sun M., Cui B. J., Huang H. J., Qu S. P., Li C. K., Wu D. L., Wang L. S., Jiang C. T., Liu H. W., Liu S. J.*, Gut commensal modulates host metabolism via acylated secondary bile acids, Nat Microbiol, 9 (2024).
[10] Huang H. J., Liu C., Sun X. W., Wei R. Q., Liu L. W., Chen H. Y., Abdugheni R., Wang C. Y., Wang X. M., Jiang H., Niu H. Y., Feng L. J., He J. H., Jiang Y., Zhao Y., Wang Y. L., Shu Q., Bi M. X., Zhang L., Liu B., Liu S. J.*, The rheumatoid arthritis gut microbial biobank reveals core microbial species that associate and effect on host inflammation and autoimmune responses, Imeta, 3 (2024).
[11] Wu T., Guo S. Z., Zhu H. Z., Yan L., Liu Z. P., Li D. F., Jiang C. Y., Corvini P. F. X., Shen X. H., Liu S. J.*, The sulfonamide-resistance dihydropteroate synthase gene is crucial for efficient biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole by species, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 107, 5813-5827 (2023).
[12] Li X. T., Huang Z. S., Huang Y., Jiang Z., Liang Z. L., Yin H. Q., Zhang G. J., Jia Y., Deng Y., Liu S. J.*, Jiang C. Y., Responses of microbial community to geochemical parameters on vertical depth in bioheap system of low-grade copper sulfide, Sci. Total Environ., 869 (2023).
[13] Guo L., Wang Y. H., Cui R., Huang Z., Hong Y., Qian J. W., Ni B., Xu A. M., Jiang C. Y., Zhulin I. B., Liu S. J.*, Li D. F., Attractant and repellent induce opposing changes in the four-helix bundle ligand-binding domain of a bacterial chemoreceptor, PLoS Biol., 21 (2023).
[14] Chen H. H., Wang Y. X., Li D. F., Liu C., Bi S. Y., Jiang C. Y., Liu S. J.*, Chemoreceptors from the commensal gut bind to mucin and trigger chemotaxis, Environ. Microbiol., 25 (2023) 1329-1343.
[15] Yang Z. N., Liu Z. S., Wang K. H., Liang Z. L., Abdugheni R., Huang Y., Wang R. H., Ma H. L., Wang X. K., Yang M. L., Zhang B. G., Li D. F., Jiang C. Y., Corvini P. F. X., Liu S. J.*, Soil microbiomes divergently respond to heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated industrial sites, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 10 (2022).
[16] Qiao S. S., Liu C., Sun L., Wang T., Dai H. Q., Wang K., Bao L., Li H. T., Wang W. Z., Liu S. J.*, Liu H. W., Gut Parabacteroides merdae protects against cardiovascular damage by enhancing branched-chain amino acid catabolism, Nat Metab, 4, 1271 (2022).
[17] Jiang M. Z., Zhu H. Z., Zhou N., Liu C., Jiang C. Y., Wang Y., Liu S. J.*, Droplet microfluidics-based high-throughput bacterial cultivation for validation of taxon pairs in microbial co-occurrence networks, Scientific reports, 12, 18145, (2022).
[18] Abdugheni R., Wang W. Z., Wang Y. J., Du M. X., Liu F. L., Zhou N., Jiang C. Y., Wang C. Y., Wu L. H., Ma J. C., Liu C., Liu S. J.*, Metabolite profiling of human-originated Lachnospiraceae at the strain level, Imeta, 1 (2022).
[19] Zhu H. Z., Zhang Z. F., Zhou N., Jiang C. Y., Wang B. J., Cai L., Wang H. M., Liu S. J.*, Bacteria and Metabolic Potential in Karst Caves Revealed by Intensive Bacterial Cultivation and Genome Assembly (vol 87, e02440-20, 2021), Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 87 (2021).
[20] Song Y., Jiang C. Y., Liang Z. L., Zhu H. Z., Jiang Y., Yin Y., Qin Y. L., Huang H. J., Wang B. J., Wei Z. Y., Cheng R. X., Liu Z. P., Liu Y., Jin T., Wang A. J., Liu S. J.*, Candidatus Kaistella beijingensis sp. nov., Isolated from a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant, Is Involved in Sludge Foaming, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 87 (2021).
[21] Liu C., Du M. X., Abuduaini R., Yu H. Y., Li D. H., Wang Y. J., Zhou N., Jiang M. Z., Niu P. X., Han S. S., Chen H. H., Shi W. Y., Wu L., Xin Y. H., Ma J., Zhou Y., Jiang C. Y., Liu H. W., Liu S. J.*, Enlightening the taxonomy darkness of human gut microbiomes with a cultured biobank, Microbiome, 9, 119 (2021).
[22] Huang Y., Xu D. K., Huang L. Y., Lou Y. T., Muhadesi J. B., Qian H. C., Zhou E. Z., Wang B. J., Li X. T., Jiang Z., Liu S. J.*, Zhang D. W., Jiang C. Y., Responses of soil microbiome to steel corrosion, Npj Biofilms Microbi, 7 (2021).
[23] Wang Y. H., Chen H. H., Huang Z., Li X. J., Zhou N., Liu C., Jiang C. Y., Li D. F., Liu S. J.*, PapA, a peptidoglycan-associated protein, interacts with OmpC and maintains cell envelope integrity, Environ. Microbiol., (2020).
[24] Wang P., Li L. Z., Qin Y. L., Liang Z. L., Li X. T., Yin H. Q., Liu L. J., Liu S. J.*, Jiang C. Y., Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals the Metabolism and Evolution of the Thermophilic Archaeal Genus Metallosphaera, Frontiers in microbiology, 11 (2020) 1192.
[25] Song Y., Jiang C. Y., Liang Z. L., Wang B. J., Jiang Y., Yin Y., Zhu H. Z., Qin Y. L., Cheng R. X., Liu Z. P., Liu Y., Jin T., Corvini P. F., Rabaey K., Wang A. J., Liu S. J.*, Casimicrobium huifangae gen. nov., sp. nov., a Ubiquitous "Most-Wanted" Core Bacterial Taxon from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants, Appl Environ Microbiol, 86 (2020).
[26] Liu C., Zhou N., Du M. X., Sun Y. T., Wang K., Wang Y. J., Li D. H., Yu H. Y., Song Y., Bai B. B., Xin Y., Wu L., Jiang C. Y., Feng J., Xiang H., Zhou Y., Ma J., Wang J., Liu H. W., Liu S. J.*, The Mouse Gut Microbial Biobank expands the coverage of cultured bacteria, Nat. Commun., 11 (2020) 79.

2015 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) “Excellent Young Investigator” 

2010 National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker

2005 Government's special allowance