Xiangjie Zhu

XIANGJIE ZHU
Visiting scholar of Michigan State University
Email: xjzhu@msu.edu

  • A. PERSONAL DETAILS
Name Xiang-jie Zhu
Citizenship People’s Republic of China
Date of birth Jan 18, 1982
Marital status Married
Current address 243 Natural Science, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
  • B. EDUCATION

Ph. D – 07/2009 Graduated with a PhD in Economic insect (Honeybee), from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China (Thesis: Study on population genetics of Apis cerana cerana in Fujian province and adjacent regions)
M. A. – 07/2006 Graduated with a Master degree in  (Honeybee) from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China (Thesis: The effect of temperature on the worker and drone’s sealed brood of honeybee)
B. S. – 07/2003 Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bee Science from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

 

  • C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

07/2012 to present Associate Professor, College of Bee Science, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University

08/2009 to 07/2012 Lecturer, College of Bee Science, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University
08/2012 to present Visiting scholar of Michigan State University, USA

 

  • D. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Autecology of honeybee. We have been studying the effect of temperature on eggs and capped broods of honeybee. We made important finding in temperature effect on the mortality, developmental period, and exterior morphology. Especially, we found three dominant phenotypes including newborn vein, protrusion vein and missing vein, in hind wing of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae), during capped broods development after lower temperature treatment. We have reported out  results in “Acta Ecologica Sinica”.
Population genetics of honeybee. We have been studying the genetic diversity and the genetic structure of different populations of Apis cerana cerana, and the genetic differentiation among populations by using morphology, mitochondrion DNA, microsatellite DNA as markers. We have finished a series of studies on Apis cerana cerana from Fujian province. A high degree of genetic difference exists among the honeybees in Fujian. There are 43 new mitochondrial haplotypes in non-coding region between tRNAleuand COII sequence were discovered (Accession Number HM461260-HM461269, HQ186273-HQ186281, JN157775- JN157798).

 

  • E. REAEAECH PROJECTS
Year Project Title Source Amount Position
2010-2013 Genetic differentiation and distribution of Fujian Apis   cerana cerana population Fujian Provincial Department of Science & Technology ￥30,000 Leader

 

  • F. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

07/2012 to present  Associate Professor, College of Bee Science, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University
08/2009-07/2012  Lecturer, College of Bee Science, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University

 

  • G. STUDENT SUPERVISION

Supervise undergraduate (10 students) and postgraduate (2 students) independent research projects.

 

  • H. PUBLICATIONS

1. Zhu XiangJie, Zhou BingFeng, Wang Yue, Wu XianDa, Han Xueqing. Study on morphological genetics analytical method of Apis cerana cerana population. Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology, 2011, 48(1): 202-206.

2. Zhu XiangJie, Zhou BingFeng, Xu XinJian, Zheng XiuJuan, Wang Qing, Yu YingLong, Ju Qian. 2011. Morphometric analysis the population of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Fujian. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2011, 54(5):566-574.

3. Zhu XiangJie, Zhou BingFeng, Wu XianDa, Xu XinJian, Xia XiaoCui. Genetic diversity of Apis cerana cerana in Fujian based on microsatellite markers. Journal of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 2011, 40(4):407-411.

4. Zhu XiangJie, Zhou BingFeng, Wang Yuan, Wu XianDa, Chen XiaoWen, Sun JingJing. Study on the effect of the sample treatment on the morphological characters of honeybee. Apiculture of China, 2011, 62(7-9):24-26.

5. Zhu XiangJie, Zhou BingFeng, Zheng XiuJuan, Wang Qing, Xu XinJian, Ju Qian, Yu YingLong, Xia XiaoCui. Effect of seasonal variations on morphological genetic markers of Apis cerana cerana. Apiculture of China, 2011, 62(1-3):3-6.

6. Zhou BingFeng, Zhu XiangJie, Li Yue. New mutations in hind wing vein of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) induced by lower developmental temperature. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2011, 31(5): 1387-1392.

7. Zhu XiangJie, Zhou BingFeng, Wu XianDa, Xu XinJian, Wang Qing, 2009. Morphometric Genetic Analysis: Population Differentiation of Apis cerana cerana in Longxi Mountain. Journal of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 2009, 38(1):75-78.

8. Zhu XiangJie, Zhou BingFeng, Wu XianDa, Xu XinJian, Wang Qing, Morphometric Genetic Analysis: Population Differentiation of Apis cerana cerana in Damen Island. Apiculture of China, 2009, 60(1):5-7.