E-mail: huangyuan@njnu.edu.cn 

TEL: (+86) 153-8092-1243

Address: School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China.   

Education

09/2009-06/2014 PhD, Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

09/2005-06/2009 BA, Marine Resources and Environment, Ocean University of China 

Research Projects

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (32371623), 01/2024-12/2027

(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China (32171541), 01/2022-12/2025

(3) National Natural Science Foundation of China (31870444), 01/2019-12/2022

(4) Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST and ISZS (ISZS-YESS Program), 01/2017-12/2019;

(5) National Natural Science Youth Foundation of China (31500373), 01/2016-12/2018;

(6) Natural Science Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20150972), 07/2015-06/2018; 

(7) Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (15KJD180002), 07/2015-07/2017.

Honors and awards

Training Researcher of “Youth Talent Lifting Project” by China Science and Technology Association (2017)

Young Academic Researcher of "Young and Middle-aged Leading Talents Project" by Nanjing Normal University (2018)

Outstanding Young Teachers of “Qinglan Project” by Jiangsu Province in China (2019) 

Chang Long Award by Chinese Zoological Society (2020)

Major Research Achievements 

01    Sun YF, Zhang XX, Zhang L, Huang Y*, Yang Z, Montagnes D. UVB radiation suppresses antigrazer morphological defense in Scenedesmus obliquus by inhibiting algal growth and
carbohydrate-regulated gene expression. Environmental Science & Technology. 2020, 54, 4495-4503

02    Huang Y, Cui GL, Li BP, Zhu XX, Yang Z*. Elevated atmospheric CO2 enhances grazer-induced morphological defense in the freshwater green alga Scenedesmus obliquus. Limnology and
Oceanography, 2018, 63, 1004-1014

03    Huang Y, Nan HH, Zhu XX, Li BP, Zhang Z, Yang Z*. Waterborne copper impairs grazer-induced colony formation and photosynthetic efficiency in Scenedesmus obliquus. Limnology and
Oceanography, 2016, 61, 625-634.

04    Huang Y, Lu N, Yang TT, Akbar S, Sun YF, Gu L, Zhang L, Yang Z*. Food quality and exposure time affect induced defences in Daphnia: based on key morphology, life history traits, and
expression of related genes. Freshwater Biology. 2023, 68, 274-287

05    Huang Y, Lu N, Yang TT, Yang JJ, Gu L, Yang Z*. Transcriptome analysis reveals the molecular basis of anti-predation defence in Daphnia pulex simultaneously responding to
Microcystis aeruginosa. Freshwater Biology, 2023, 68, 1372-1385

06    Lu N, Sun YF, Wei JJ, Gu L, Zhang L, Yang Z, Huang Y*. Toxic Microcystis aeruginosa alters the resource allocation in Daphnia mitsukuri responding to fish predation cues.
Environmental Pollution. 2021, 278, 116918

07    Wei JJ, Li XX, Xu XQ, Xu WJ, Chen YT, Zhang L, Yang Z, Huang Y*. Elevated temperature mitigates the prolonged effect of high nitrogen on Microcystis aeruginosa removal through
mixotrophic Ochromonas gloeopara grazing. Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 820, 153267

08    Hou XY, Huang J, Tang JH, Wang N, Zhang L, Gu L, Sun YF, Yang Z, Huang Y*. Allelopathic inhibition of juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) on the growth and physiological
performance in Microcystis aeruginosa. Journal of Environmental Management, 2019, 232, 382-386

09    Zhu XX, Wang ZS, Zhou QM, Sun YF, Zhang L, Wang J, Yang Z, Huang Y*, Species-specific effects of macrophytes on the anti-grazer morphological defense in Scenedesmus obliquus,
Ecological Indicators, 2021, 120, 106942

10    Sun YF, Chen YT, Wei JJ, Zhang XX, Zhang L, Yang Z, Huang Y*.  Ultraviolet-B radiation stress alters the competitive outcome of algae: Based on analyzing population dynamics and
photosynthesis. Chemosphere, 2021, 272, 129645.