Liuxingzhong

02/1989-07/1992 Ph D in Mycology, China Agricultural University, Beijing. 09/1983-07/1986 MSc in Mycology, China Agricultural University, Beijing. 09/1979-07/1983 BSc in Mycology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi.

01/2020-present Professor at College of Life Science, Nankai University 09/2001-12/2019 Professor/Principle Investigator at the Institute of Microbiology, Director of State Key laboratory of Mycology (2010-2017)/ Academy Key Laboratory of Systemic Mycology & Lichenology (2001-2010), Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS. 01/2001–08/2001 Professor/Principle Investigator at the Institute of Biological Control, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 09/1997–09/1999 Research Associate (postdoc) at the Southern Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, USA. 09/1995-09/1997 Deputy Director of the Institute of Biological Control, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences 11/1995–12/2000 Associate Professor at the Institute of Biological Control, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 06/1993–11/1995 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biological Control, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 06/1988–05/1993 Assistant Professor at the Department of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University. 07/1986–05/1988 Teacher assistant at the Department of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University.

Mission: Fungal evolutionary biology: --where the certain group of fungi originated; how they evolved and why they stay over there / Microbiome: --plant health microbiome and gut microbiome.

Research focus: --Why and how carnivorous fungi eat nematodes / Why and how the soil immune to soybean cyst nematode / Why and how the fungi eat rock / Why the fungus to be farmed by weevil / How to make the soil to be health for plants / What function of gut mycobiome and edible and medicinal fungi.

2014-2024   Executive member, International Mycological Association

2011-2019  Chairman, Asia Mycological Association

2018-2022  Vice president,Chinese Society for Plant Pathology

2011-2014  President, Mycological Association of China

2010-2015  Committee member, Chinese Association for Science and Technology    

2018-present  Editor board member, Persoonia, molecular phylogeny and evolution of fungi

2021-present  Editor board member, All Life

2014-2022  Editor board member, IMA Fungus

2012-present  Editor-in-Chief, Mycology, an international journal of fungal biology