Xuejun Zhu

Educational Background

Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2019
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Wyss Institute - 2019
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley - 2017
B.S., Biosciences (DII), Nanjing University, China - 2012

Maximizing Investigators' Research Award for Early Stage Investigators, National Institutes of Health – 2022
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering – 2022

Qian, L., Ouyang, H., Gordils-Valentin, L., Hong, J., Jayaraman, A.*, Zhu, X.* “Identification of Gut Bacterial Enzymes for Keto-Reductive Metabolism of Xenobiotics” ACS Chem. Biol., 2022, 17(7), 1665–1671.
Ouyang, H., Hong, J., Malroy, J., Zhu, X.* "An E. coli-Based Biosynthetic Platform Expands the Structural Diversity of Natural Benzoxazoles" ACS Synth. Biol., 2021, 10(9), 2151–2158
Zhu, X., Shieh, P., Su, M., Bertozzi, C. R., Zhang, W. “A fluorogenic screening platform enables directed evolution of an alkyne biosynthetic tool.” Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 11239-11242.
Zhu, X., Su, M., Manickam, K., Zhang, W. "Bacterial genome mining of enzymatic tools for alkyne biosynthesis." ACS Chem. Biol. 2015, 10, 2785-2793.
Zhu, X., Zhang, W. "Tagging polyketides/non-ribosomal peptides with a clickable functionality and applications." Front. Chem. 2015, 3: 11.
Zhu, X., Liu, J., Zhang, W. “De novo biosynthesis of terminal alkyne-labeled natural products.” Nat. Chem. Biol. 2015, 11, 115-120. (selected as NCB’s greatest hit)