二级教授，博士生导师

国家重大战略项目首席科学家

教育部新世纪优秀人才

湖北省有突出贡献中青年专家

华中卓越学者特聘岗I

副院长、党委委员

2019.01—至今     工业酶产业技术创新战略联盟专家委员会委员
2019.05—至今     长江技术经济学会理事

合成生物学与生物材料，能源生物技术与酶工程，水生生物学。基因编辑技术，合成生物学元件（包括场敏感元件）、细胞工厂、生物智造、生物基材料、生物活材料、生物水泥、生物粘胶、防污减阻材料。生物柴油制备关键技术、工程化及产业化，生物柴油及油脂高值化技术和工程化应用；脂肪酶基因工程、发酵工程、蛋白质工程、结构生物学、酶固定化新技术，以及其在生物能源、保健食品、生物基新材料、手性药物拆分及新型精细化工品合成等领域的应用研发。自然态和胁迫态下水体生态系统结构与功能及其动态演变过程，生态能量学及生产力生态学、精细食物网构建、水体微生物群落结构动态和形成机制以及其在物质循环（特别是有毒物质分解）中的作用、生态毒理学。

主持国家自然科学基金面上项目5项，国家重大战略项目1项（首席科学家）、国家重大战略项目课题1项、专题项目2项，国家863计划重大项目课题1项、重点项目课题3项、专题项目重大课题1项，中国工程院重大咨询研究项目课题1项；参加国家基础科学人才培养基金1项，国家863计划重点、面上项目课题5项，国家“十五”攻关重点项目2项，中国工程院重大咨询研究项目1项（负责实施）；主持其它部门、省、市及企业委托项目30余项。

发表学术论文360余篇，其中SCI收录180篇，累计影响因子500余点，H指数29，同被检索为Hot paper 和 Highly cited paper的论文 3篇；主编/参加编撰教材、专著20部，包括参编英文专著4部，其中2部为英文百科全书；申请国家发明专利18项，授权8项；1项成果选入迎接“十九大”的“砥砺奋进的五年大型成就展”，并被中国革命军事博物馆永久收藏。

获得全国防治SARS指挥部科技攻关组“抗SARS先进个人”称号，获“中华预防医学会科学技术奖”二等奖和“中华医学科技奖”二等奖各1项；获国防科技创新特区生物材料与仿生材料技术主题“防污/减阻技术挑战赛”概念创意类“提名奖”；指导本科生获国际iGEM、Biomed竞赛全球金奖4项、全球银奖3项，全国“挑战杯”大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛二等奖1项，第十二届全国大学生创新创业年会“我最喜爱的项目”、“最佳创意项目”奖，湖北省大学生“挑战杯”竞赛一等奖1项。

获全国大学生创新创业训练计划“优秀指导教师”，宝钢优秀教师奖，湖北省高等学校省级教学成果二等奖1项，校教学成果特等奖1项、校教学质量一等奖、校教学名师，湖北省精品共享课程《普通生物学》负责人，《普通生物学》和《生命科学与人类未来》课程责任教授。

入选国家重大战略项目首席科学家、教育部新世纪优秀人才计划、湖北省杰出青年人才计划、湖北省有突出贡献中青年专家、湛江市产业领军人才计划、华中卓越学者特聘岗I。

1. Jianhua Wang, Kai Li, Yaojia He, Yao Wang, Jinyong Yan*, Li Xu, Xiaotao Han, Yunjun Yan*. Lipase immobilized on a novel rigid−flexible dendrimer-grafted hierarchically porous magnetic microspheres for effective resolution of (R,S)1-phenylethanol. ACS Applied Materials & Interface, 2020, 12(4): 4906-4916; DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19940  (IF=8.758)

2. Kaixin Yang†, Yangge Qiao†, Fei Li, Yun Xu, Yunjun Yan*, Catherine Madzak, Jinyong Yan*.  Subcellular engineering of lipase dependent pathways directed towards lipid related organelles for highly effectively compartmentalized biosynthesis of triacylglycerol derived products in Yarrowia lipolytica. Metabolic Engineering, 2019, 55(2019): 231-238; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2019.08.001  (IF=7.263)

3. Kai Li, Jianhua Wang, Yaojia He, Guli Cui, Miaad A. Abdulrazaq, Yunjun Yan*.   Enhancing enzyme activity and enantioselectivity of Burkholderia cepacia lipase via immobilization on melamine-glutaraldehyde dendrimer modified magnetic nanoparticles. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 351(2018): 258-268  (IF=10.652)

4. Zeng Huiru, Yan Yunjun*, Federica Liberti, Bartocci Pietro*, Francesco Fantozzi. Technical and economic feasibility analysis of an anaerobic digestion plant fed with canteen food wastes. Energy Conversion and Management, 2019, 180 (2019): 938-948  (IF=8.208)

5. Gabriel Murillo, Yaojia He, Yunjun Yan*, Jianzhong Sun*, Pietro Bartocci, Sameh S. Ali, Francesco Fantozzi. Scaled-up biodiesel synthesis from Chinese tallow kernel oil catalyzed by Burkholderia cepacia lipase through ultrasonic assisted technology: A non-edible and alternative source of bioenergy. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2019, 58 (2019):104658; DOI:10. 1016/j.ultsonch.2019. 104658  (IF=6.513)

6. Gabriel Murillo†, Sameh S. Ali*†, Jianzhong Sun*, Yunjun Yan*, Pietro Bartocci, Nessma El-Zawawy, Maha Azab, Yaojia He, Francesco Fantozzi. Ultrasonic emulsification assisted immobilized Burkholderia cepacia lipase catalyzed  transesterification of soybean oil for biodiesel production in a novel reactor design. Renewable Energy, 2019, 135(2019): 1025-1034  (IF=6.274)

7. Muhammad Bilal, Tahir Rasheed, and Hafiz M. N. Iqbal*, Yunjun Yan*.   Peroxidases-assisted removal of environmentally-related hazardous pollutants and their degradation pathways. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 644(2018): 1-13 (indexed as both hot paper and highly cited paper in 2019-2020)  (IF=6.551)

8. Yanyan Zhao, Kun Shi, Yaojia He, Liqiang Xie*, Yunjun Yan*. Impairment of endoplasmic reticulum is an early event leading to β-cell dysfunction induced by Microcystin-LR. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 223 (2017): 587-594  (IF=6.792)

9. Yanyan Zhao, Qingju Xue, Xiaomei Su, Liqiang Xie*, Yunjun Yan*, Lixiao Wang，Steinman, Alan D. First identification of the toxicity of microcystin -LR on pancreatic islet function in humans and the involved potential biomarkers. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50 (6):3137-3144  (IF=7.864)

10. Shuyan Tang, Wang Xi, Zhangyu Cheng, Lei Yin, Ruihao Li, Guozhao Wu, Wangjie Liu, Junjie Xu, Shuaiying Xiang, Yanxiao Zheng, Qian Ge, Kang Ning*, Yunjun Yan*, Yi Zhan*.  A living eukaryotic auto-cementation kit from surface display of silica binding peptides on Yarrowia lipolytica. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2016, 5(12): 1466-1474  (IF=5.571)

11. Yanyan Zhao, Liqiang Xie*, Yunjun Yan*. Microcystin-LR impairs zebrafish reproduction by affecting oogenesis and endocrine system. Chemosphere, 2015, 120 (2015): 115-122  (SCI=5.778)

12. Yunjun Yan*, Xiang Li, Guilong Wang, Xiaohua Gui, Guanlin Li, Feng Su, Xiaofeng Wang, Tao Liu. Biotechnological preparation of biodiesel and its high-valued derivatives: A review. Applied Energy, 2014, 113: 1614-1631 (indexed as both hot paper and highly cited paper in 2014- 2015)  (IF=8.848)

13. Daiming Zha, Li Xu, Zhang Houjin, Yunjun Yan*.  The two-component GacS-GacA system activates lipA translation by RsmE but not RsmA in Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014, 80(21): 6627-6637  (IF=4.016)

14. Liu Tao, Zhao Yuandi, Wang Xiaofeng, Zhao Heyun, Xu Li, Zhang Houjin, Yan Yunjun*.  A novel orientated immobilized lipase on magnetic nanoparticles in reverse micelles systems and its application in the enrichment of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Bioresource Technology, 2013, 132: 99-102  (IF=7.537)

15. Lixiao Wang†, Maozhen Han†, Li Xi, Amjed Ginawi, Kang Ning*, and Yunjun Yan*. Niche and neutrality work differently in microbial communities in fluidic and non-fluidic ecosystems. Microbial Ecology, 2020, 79: 527–538; Doi:10.1007/s00248-019-01439-y  (IF=3.356)