Binbin Chen, PhD/Postdoc, Associate Professor, Master Supervisor. The Dean of Department of Biology of the College in Wenzhou University, the winner of Wenzhou "Science and Technology Innovation Youth Top Talent", Wenzhou University ERKN young scholar, and the member of the Zhejiang Ecological Society of Young workers Committee; Presided over or participated in the projects including National Natural Science Foundation, National Key Research & Development Plan, Guangdong Science and Technology Plan project, China Postdoctoral Science Fund and other projects; have published more than 50 academic papers, applied for 10 invention patents, participated in the compilation of 5 enterprise standards and 2 books.

Research subject:

Algal physiological metabolism and its interaction with environment, macroalgae hormone metabolism mechanism, economic algal germplasm preservation and seedling breeding, macroalgae carbon sink and resource utilization, etc.

Some academic papers:

Luo L, Zuo X, Guo L, Pang G, Ma Z, Wu M* and Chen B* (2023) Effects of exogenous hormones on the regeneration of juveniles from Sargassum fusiforme holdfasts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:1072391.

Chen B#, Gu Z^#, Wu M, Ma Z*, Lim Hooi Ren*, Khoo Kuan Shiong*, Show Pau Loke*. (2022) Advancement pathway of biochar resources from macroalgae biomass: A review. Biomass and Bioenergy, 167:106650.

Tian S, Chen B*, Wu M, Cao C, Gu Z, Zheng T, Zou D, Ma Z*. (2022) Are there environmental benefits derived from coastal aquaculture of Sargassum fusiforme? Aquaculture, 562(1):738909.

Cao C#, Zhang T#, Wu M, Chen B*, Ma Z*. (2022) Differential growth and physiological responses of Sargassum fusiforme and epiphytic Ulva lactuca to culture densities and interspecific competition. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 56:102671.

Xu L, Luo L, Zuo X, Cao C, Lin L, Zheng H, Ma Z, Chen B*, Wu M* (2022) Effects of temperature and irradiance on the regeneration of juveniles from the holdfasts of Sargassum fusiforme, a commercial seaweed. Aquaculture, 557:738317.

Tian S, Zheng T, Wu M, Cao C, Xu L, Gu Z, Chen B*, Ma Z*. (2022) Differences of photosynthesis and nutrient utilization in Sargassum fusiforme and its main epiphyte, Ulva lactuca. Aquaculture Research, 53(8):3176-3187.

Xu L, Lin L, Luo L, Zuo X, Cao C, Jin X, Jin A, Ma Z, Chen B*, Wu M*. (2022) Organic acid treatment for removal of epiphytic Ulva L. attached to Sargassum fusiforme seedlings. Aquaculture, 547:737533.

Zhang T, Hong M, Wu M, Chen B*, Ma Z*. (2020). Oxidative stress responses to cadmium in the seedlings of a commercial seaweed Sargassum fusiforme. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 39(10):147-154.

Hong M, Ma Z, Wang X, Shen Y, Mo Z, Wu M, Chen B*, Zhang T. (2020) Effects of light intensity and ammonium stress on photosynthesis in Sargassum fusiforme seedlings. Chemosphere, 273:128605.

Chen B, Xia J, Zou D, Zhang X. 2019. Responses to ocean acidification and diurnal temperature variation in a commercially farmed seaweed. European Journal of Phycology, 1-9.

Chen B, Zou D, Ma Z, Yu P, Wu M. 2019. Effects of light intensity on the photosynthetic responses of Sargassum fusiforme seedlings to future CO₂ rising. Aquaculture Research, 50(1):116-125.

Chen B, Zou D, Du H, Ji Z. 2018. Carbon and nitrogen accumulation in the economic seaweed Gracilaria lemaneiformis affected by ocean acidification and increasing temperature. Aquaculture. 482:176-182.

Chen B, Zou D, Yang Y. 2017. Increased iron availability resulting from increased CO₂ enhances carbon and nitrogen metabolism in the economical marine red macroalga Pyropia haitanensis (Rhodophyta). Chemosphere. 173:444-451.

Chen B, Zou D, Ma J. 2016. Interactive effects of elevated CO₂ and nitrogen-phosphorus supply on the physiological properties of Pyropia haitanensis (Bangiales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology. 28(2):1235-1243.

Chen B, Zou D*, Jiang H. 2015. Elevated CO₂ exacerbates competition for growth and photosynthesis between Gracilaria lemaneiformis and Ulva lactuca. Aquaculture. 443:49-55.

Research Projects:

1. "Study on the breeding of holdfast seedlings of Sargassum fusiforme based on hormone regulation", Wenzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (2022-2025). Project leader.

2. "Important cultured algae germplasm creation and efficient propagation" of the Key special project "Blue Granary Science and Technology Innovation", National Key Research & Development Plan of China (2018-2022). The main participant of the project.

3. "Studies on mechanistic responses of photosynthetic activities in Sargassum fusiforme under dinoflagellate red-tide stresses", the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2019-2022). The main participant of the project.

4. "Studies on the changes and mechanisms of interspecific competition in economical marine macroalgae impacted by ocean acidification", the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2018-2020). Project leader.

5. "Study on variation of quality characters of Porphyra haitanensis in coastal area of Guangdong Province", the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (2017-2018). Project leader.

6. "Studies on interspecific competitions in economic macroalgae in responses to ocean acidification", the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016-2017). Project leader.

7. "Research and development of experimental ecology and cultivation techniques of young sporophytes of macroalga Sargassum fusiforme", the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2016-2018). The main participant of the project.

Academic award:

"Innovation and application of key technologies for quality breeding, scientific cultivation and high-value development of economic seaweed Sargassum fusiforme", the First Prize of China Invention Association Invention Innovation Award (4/6).

Major courses undertaken:

Plant Physiology (Biological Science undergraduate)

Molecular Biology of the Cell (Biotechnology International Biology undergraduate)

Aquatic Ecotoxicology (master)

E-mail: bbch@wzu.edu.cn