EDUCATION
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Microbiology and Cell Science

NANKAI UNIVERSITY, Tianjin, China, Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. C. Bi, J. D Rice, J. F Preston. Complete fermentation of xylose and methylglucuronoxylose derived from methylglucuronoxylan by Enterobacter asburiae strain JDR-1. Applied and Environmental Microbilogy.2009(1)
2. C. Bi, X. Zhang, L. O. Ingram, J. F Preston. Genetic engineering Enterobacter asburiae strain JDR-1 for efficient ethanol production from hemicellulose hydrolysate. Submitted to Applied and Environmental Microbiology
3. C. Bi, X. Zhang, L. O. Ingram, J. F Preston. Genetic engineering of Enterobacter asburiae strain JDR-1 for efficient latic acid production from hemicellulose hydrolysate. Accepted by Biotechnology letters Y. Yuan, C. Bi, Q. Chen. Cytotoxicity of HIV-gp41 segments expressed in E. Coli. Chinese Science Bulletin 2004 (7).
4. Y. Yuan, C. Bi, Q. Chen. Low-temperature induced expression of HIV gp41 gene segments. Virologica Sinica 2004 (2).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Florida Center for Renewal Chemicals and fuels
• American Society for Microbiology