Biography

SHEN Wei obtained his PhD in physical chemistry from Tulane University, New Orleans in 2014. From 2015 to 2020, he served as postdoctoral researcher in Michigan State University. He also held appointment as senior scientist at US Department of Energy-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) where he worked on development of Stimulated Raman imaging system to study biomass pretreatment process. In Dec. 2020 he joined Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, CAS as a faculty member. He is currently an associate professor and leads advanced bio-imaging group in Single-Cell Center. Dr. Shen has been recognized with numerous awards, including AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science.

Research Interests

Stimulated Raman Imaging, Cell Sorting, Biofuel

Selected Publications

1. Zhang, J.,Shen, W., Collings, C., Vander Meulen, K. A., Fox, B. G., Vázquez Ramos, L. M., Dumesic, J. A., & Ding, S.-Y. (2021). Visualizing plant cell wall changes proves the superiority of hydrochloric acid over sulfuric acid catalyzed γ-valerolactone pretreatment. Chemical Engineering Journal, 128660.

2. Song, B., Zhao, S.,Shen, W., Collings, C., & Ding, S.-Y. (2020). Direct Measurement of Plant Cellulose Microfibril and Bundles in Native Cell Walls. Frontiers in Plant Science.

3. Shen, W., Collings, C., Li, M., Markovicz, J., Ralph, J., Mansfield, S., & DING, S. (2019). Imaging changes in cell walls of engineered poplar by stimulated Raman scattering and atomic force microscopy. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

4. Park, S., Song, B., Shen, W., & Ding, S. Y. (2019). A mutation in the catalytic domain of cellulose synthase 6 halts its transport to the Golgi apparatus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(21), 6071–6083.

5. Bhalla, A., Bansal, N., Pattathil, S., Li, M., Shen, W., Particka, C. A., … Hegg, E. L. (2018). Engineered Lignin in Poplar Biomass Facilitates Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

6. Song, B., Li, B., Wang, X., Shen, W., Park, S., Collings, C., … Ding, S.-Y. (2018). Real-time imaging reveals that lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase promotes cellulase activity by increasing cellulose accessibility. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11(1), 41.