Education

2008.09-2012.06  Bachelor, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China. Major: Jin Shanbao Experimental Class (Plant Production).

2012.08-2015.06  M.S., School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China. Major: Pharmaceutical Science.

2013.03-2015.05  Joint M.S., Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Research field: Metabolic Engineering.

2015.08-2021.06  Ph.D., School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China. Major: Fermentation Engineering.

2018.12-2019.11  Joint Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, USA. Research field: Metabolic Engineering.

Professional Experience

2021.08-now  Lecture, School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.

2021.10-now  Postdoctor, School of Food & Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.

Scientific Research Field

Metabolic Engineering

Fermentation Engineering

Biocatalysis and enzyme engineering

Social academic post and honor

Teaching Courses

Microbiology (& Experiments)

Genetics

Genetic Engineering (& Experiments)

Metabolic Engineering

Published papers

[1] Lei Sun, Xiaoju Zhang, Yanzheng Zhou, Zhen Peng, Fengjie Cui, Qiang Zhou, Zaiwei Man, Jing Guo, and Wenjing Sun*. Can cadmium-contaminated rice be used to produce food additive sodium erythorbate? Food Chemistry, 2025, 462: 140923.

[2] Lei Sun, Wenqi Yang, Lulu Li, Daming Wang, Xinyi Zan, Fengjie Cui, Xianghui Qi, Ling Sun, and Wenjing Sun. Characterization and Transcriptional Regulation of the 2-Ketogluconate Utilization Operon in Pseudomonas plecoglossicida. Microorganisms. 2024; 12(12):2530.

[3] Wenjing Sun, Qiannan Zhang, Lulu Li, Mengxin Qu, Xinyi Zan, Fengjie Cui, Qiang Zhou, Daming Wang*, Lei Sun*. The Functional Characterization of the 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydratase Operon in 2-Ketogluconic Acid Industrial Producing Strain Pseudomonas plecoglossicida JUIM01. Foods. 2024; 13(21):3444.

[4] Daming Wang, Xi Chen, Hao Guo, Qinghong Wang, Lei Sun*, Wen-Jing Sun*. Exploring the response mechanism of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida to high-temperature stress by transcriptomic analyses for 2-keto gluconic acid production. Food Bioscience, 2024, 62: 105063.

[5] Ling Sun*, Lei Yang, Xialiang Ding, Shiyi Chen, Lei Sun*, Henghao Gu, Yazhen Wang, Suyang Li, Ziwei Chen, Wenjing Sun, Luning Zhao, Afira Nayab. Effects of fermentation conditions on molecular weight, production, and physicochemical properties of gellan gum. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024, 279(Part 3): 135304.

[6] Lei Sun#, Daming Wang#, Wenjing Sun*, Xiaofei Zhang, Fengjie Cui, Chang Su, Xiaomei Zhang, Guoqiang Xu, Jinsong Shi, Zhenghong Xu*. Characterization of a transcriptional regulator PtxS from Pseudomonas plecoglossicida for regulating 2-ketogluconic acid metabolism. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021, 174: 330-338.

[7] Angela Zhang, Lei Sun, Yuanyuan Bai, Hai Yu, John B. McArthur, Xi Chen, Shota Atsumi*. Microbial production of human milk oligosaccharide lactodifucotetraose. Metabolic Engineering, 2021, 66: 12-20.

[8] Lei Sun#, Daming Wang#, Wenjing Sun*, Xiaoyong He, Fengjie Cui, Xiaomei Zhang, Jinsong Gong, Jinsong Shi, Zhenghong Xu*. A 2-ketogluconate kinase KguK in Pseudomonas plecoglossicida JUIM01: Enzymatic characterization and its role in 2-keto-D-gluconic acid metabolism. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 165(Part B): 2640-2648.

[9] Lei Sun#, Daming Wang#, Wenjing Sun*, Fengjie Cui, Jinsong Gong, Xiaomei Zhang, Jinsong Shi, Zhenghong Xu*. Two-stage semi-continuous 2-keto-gluconic acid (2KGA) production by Pseudomonas plecoglossicida JUIM01 from rice starch hydrolysate. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020, 8: 120.

[10] Daming Wang#, Lei Sun#, Wenjing Sun*, Fengjie Cui, Jinsong Gong, Xiaomei Zhang, Jinsong Shi, Zhenghong Xu*. A membrane-bound gluconate dehydrogenase from 2-keto-D-gluconic acid industrial producing strain Pseudomonas plecoglossicida JUIM01: Purification, characterization, and gene identification. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2019, 188: 897-913.

[11] Lei Sun, Wenjing Sun*, Daming Wang, Fengjie Cui, Xianghui Qi, Zhenghong Xu*. A novel 2-keto-D-gluconic acid high-producing strain Arthrobacter globiformis JUIM02. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2018, 185: 947-957.

[12] Daming Wang#, Lei Sun#, Wenjing Sun*, Fengjie Cui, Jinsong Gong, Xiaomei Zhang, Jinsong Shi, Zhenghong Xu*. Purification, characterization and gene identification of a membrane-bound glucose dehydrogenase from 2-keto-D-gluconic acid industrial producing strain Pseudomonas plecoglossicida JUIM01. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2018, 118(Part A): 534-541.

[13] Lei Sun#, Fan Yang#, Hongbing Sun, Taicheng Zhu, Xinghua Li, Yin Li, Zhenghong Xu*, Yanping Zhang*. Synthetic pathway optimization for improved 1,2,4-butanetriol production, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2016, 43: 67-78.

[14] Lei Sun#, Fan Yang#, Taicheng Zhu, Xinghua Li, Hongbing Sun, Yin Li, Zhenghong Xu*, Yanping Zhang*. Optimization of 1,2,4-butanetriol synthetic pathway in Escherichia coli. Chinese Journal of Biotechnology, 2016, 32(1): 51-63. (In Chinese)

Main Scientific Research Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China (32201995)

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20220526)

Patents

Applied for 10 Chinese invention patents, 4 of them have been authorized.

Scientific Research Achievements and Awards

Number of postgraduates under supervision

Number of supervised masters and Ph.D.

Masters: 3

Number of supervised undergraduates

16

The above information updated

March, 2025