Bo-Zhong Mu

     Dr. Bo-Zhong Mu joined the East China University of Science and Technology as a full professor in the January 2001, where he heads a group in the interdisciplinary area of Microbial Enhance Oil Recovery. These interdisciplinary studies have been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National High-Tech Research and Development Program, the International Joint Research programs, and by the industrial partners of PetroChina and SINOPEC. He has actively joined in the collaborative research with domestic and international communities.

    He once worked at the laboratory for geodrilling fluid chemistry, China Coal Research Institute (Xian) after his graduation from Chengdu University of Technology in 1982 till 1995, where he was involved in studies of complex colloidal systems in geodrilling engineering, and received his M.S. degree in 1989. He studied Applied Chemistry, in particular, the interfacial chemistry of porous media and fundamentals for enhanced oil recovery at the state key laboratory headed by Academician Pingya Luo in theSouthwestPetroleumUniversity. After receiving his Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry in 1998, he moved to the Ocean University of Qingdao for his postdoctoral research, and to theUniversityofWyoming(Wyoming, USA, 1999) for the research in microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR). 

    His Research interests focus on the chemical & biological fundamentals for enhanced oil recovery, including interfacial behavior & microbial transport in porous media, bio-based surfactants & their molecular aggregates, and molecular microbial community & biodegradation in petroleum reservoirs. His interests also lie in the extension of the research to application with industrial partners, covering MEOR, the methanegenic production from residue oil, and CO2 biofixation in situ oil reservoirs. Since joining ECUST in 2001, He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed articles, and was awarded the First Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award in 2008 and the Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2010.

     Teaching duties involve a number of Chemistry and Biotechnology classes at BSc, MSc and PhD levels, including the courses of Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, and Energy Biotechnology.

Relevant Publications

Microbial Surfactants & Bio-based Surfactants:

(1) Zhang Q-Q, Cai B-X, Xu W-J, Gang H-Z, Yang S-Z, Mu B-Z. Rebirth of waste cooking oil to novel bio-based surfacants. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 9971

(2) Gang H-Z, Liu J-F & Mu B-Z. Binding structure and kinetics of surfactin monolayer formed at the air/water interface to counterions: a molecular dynamics simulation study, BBA Biomembranes, 2015, 1848:1955-1962

(3) Zhang Q-Q, Cai B-X, Gang H-Z, Yang S-Z & Mu B-Z. A family of novel bio-based zwitterionic surfactants derived from oleic acid. RSC Adv, 2014,4:38393-38396

(4) She A-Q, Gang H-Z & Mu B-Z. Temperature influence on the structure and interfacial properties of surfactin micelle: a molecular dynamics simulation study. J Phys Chem B,2012,116: 12735-12743

(5) Gang H-Z, Liu J-F & Mu B-Z. Molecular dynamics study of surfactin monolayer at the air/water interface. J Phys Chem B, 2011, 115:12770-12777

(6) Gang H-Z, Liu J-F & Mu B-Z. Interfacial behavior of surfactin at the decane/water interface: a molecular dynamics simulation. J Phys Chem B, 2010, 114: 14947-14954

(7) Gang, H-Z, Liu J-F & Mu B-Z. Molecular dynamics simulation of surfactin derivatives at the decane / water interface at low surface coverage. J Phys Chem B, 2010, 114: 2728-2737

(8) Li Y, Zou A-H, Ye R-Q & Mu B-Z. Counterion-induced changes to the micellization of surfactin-C16 aqueous solution. J Phys Chem B, 2009, 113: 15272-15277

(9) Yang S-Z, Wei D-Z & Mu B-Z. Determination of the structure of the fatty acid chain in a cyclic lipopeptide using GC-MS. J Biochem Biophys Meth,2007,70:519-523

(10) Yang S-Z, Wei D-Z & Mu B-Z. Determination of the amino acid sequence in a cyclic lipopeptide using MS with DHT mechanism. J Biochem Biophys Meth,2006, 68:69-74

Bio-degradation of Hydrocarbons & Bio-fixation of CO2 in Petroleum Reservoirs:

(11) Bian X-Y, Mbadinga S M, Liu Y-F, Yang S-Z, Liu J-F, Ye R-Q, Gu J-D & Mu B-Z. Insights into the anaerobic biodegradation pathway of n-alkanes in oil reservoirs by detection of signature metabolites. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 9801

(12) Lv L, Mbadinga SM, Wang L-Y, Liu J-F, Gu J-D, Mu B-Z, Yang S-Z. Acetoclastic methanogenesis is the dominant biochemical pathway of palmitate degradation in the presence of sulfate. Appl Microbiol Biotech, 2015,99: 7757-7769

(13) Liang B, Wang L-Y Mbadinga S M, Liu J-F, Yang S-Z, Gu J-D, Mu B-Z, Anaerolineaceae and methanosaeta turned to be turned dominant microorganisms in methanogenic alkanes-degrading enrichment culture afterafter 1300 days, Appl Microbiol Biotech Exp, 2015,5:37

(14) Bian X-Y, Mbadinga S M, Yang S-Z, Gu J-D, Ye R-Q & Mu B-Z. Synthesis of anaerobic degradation biomarkers alkyl-, aryl- and cycloalkylsuccinic acids and their mass spectral characteristics, Eur J Mass Spectrom, 2014, 20: 287-297

(15) Mbadinga S M, Li K-P, Zhou L, Wang L-Y, Yang S-Z, Liu J-F, Gu J-D, Mu B-Z. Analysis of alkane-dependent methanogenic community derived from production water of high temperature petroleum reservoir. Appl Microbiol Biotech, 2012, 96:531-42

(16) Wang L-Y, Li W, Mbadinga S M, Liu J-F, Gu G-D & Mu B Z. Microbial community shift correlated with the carbon available enriched from an oily sludge over 500 days of methanogenic incubation. Geomicrobiol J, 2012, 29:716-726

(17) Zhou L, Li K-P, Mbadinga S M, Yang S-Z, Gu J-D, Mu B-Z. Analyses of n-alkanes degrading community dynamics of a high-temperature methanogenic consortium enriched from production water of a petroleum reservoir by a combination of molecular techniques. Ecotoxicology, 2012, 21:1680-1691

(18) Li W, Wang L-Y, Duan R-Y, Liu J-F, Gu G-D & Mu B-Z. Microbial community composition in n-alkanes amended enrichment cultures of nitrate-reducing, sulfate -reducing and methanogenic conditions from production water of a mesophilic petroleum reservoir. IBB, 2012 69: 87-96

(19) Wang L-Y, Mbadinga S M, Zhou L, Liu J-F, Gu G-D & Mu B-Z. Characterization of an alkane-degrading methanogenic enrichment culture from production water of oil reservoir after 274 days of incubation. IBB, 2011,65: 444-450

(20) Mbadinga M, Wang L-Y, Zhou L, Liu J-F, Gu G-D & Mu B-Z. Microbial community in Methanogenic enrichment of production water from oil reservoirs. IBB, 2011,65: 1-13

Molecular Microbial Communities in Petroleum Reservoirs & Enhanced Energy Recovery:

(21) Liu J-F, Sun X-B, Mbadinga SM, Yang G-C, Gu J-D, Mu B-Z. Microbial communities in water samples from oil fields previously subjected to CO2-flooding and thoroughly water-flooding using functional genes as molecular markers with respect to microbial fixation of sequestered CO2. Front Microbiol, 2015,6: 236.

(22) Wang L-Y, Sun X-B, Liu J-F, Gu J-D & Mu B-Z. Comparison of bacterial community in aqueous and oil phases of the water-flooded petroleum reservoir using Pyrosequencing and clone library approaches. Appl Microbiol and Biotech, 2014, 98:4209-4221

(23) Guan J, Zhang B-L, Mbadinga S M, Liu J-F, Gu J-D & Mu B-Z. Functional genes (dsr) approach reveals similar sulphidogenic prokaryotes diversity but different structure in saline waters from corroding high temperature petroleum reservoirs. Appl Microbiol Biotech, 2014, 98, 1871-1882

(24) Wang L-Y, Duan R-Y Liu J-F Yang S-Z, Gu J-D & Mu B-Z. Molecular analysis of the microbial community structures in water-flooding petroleum reservoirs with different temperatures. Biogeosciences, 2012, 9: 4645-4659

(25) Guan J, Xia L-P, Wang L-Y, Liu J-F, Gu G-D & Mu B-Z. Diversity and distribution of sulfate- reducing bacterial communities in four different petroleum reservoirs using 16S rRNA gene from nested PCR and dsrAB gene. IBB ,2013,76:58-66

(26) Feng W-W, Liu J-F, Gu J-D, Mu B-Z. Nitrate-reducing community in production water of three oil reservoirs and their responses to different carbon sources revealed by nitrate-reductase Gene (napA). IBB, 2011,65:1081- 1086

(27) Gang H-Z, Liu M-T & Mu B-Z. Modeling of microorganism transport in a cylindrical pore. J Industrial Microbiol Biotech, 2005,35:495-500

(28) Li H, Yang S-Z, Mu B-Z, et al. Molecular phylogenetic diversity of the microbial community associated with a high-temperature petroleum reservoir at an offshore oilfield. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 2007,60: 74-84

(29) Li H, Yang S-Z, Mu B-Z, et al. Molecular analysis of bacterial community structure in a continental high-temperature and water-flooded petroleum reservoir. FEMS Microbiol Lett , 2006, 257: 92-98

(30) Liu J-F, Ma L-J, Mu B-Z, et al. The field pilot of microbial enhanced oil recovery in a high temperature petroleum reservoir. J Petrol Sci Eng, 2005,48:265-271