April. 2020_ March 2023, PhD, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Sept. 2004_ June 2007, PhD, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Sept. 1996_July 1999, MSc, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Sept. 1992_July 1996, BSc, Southwest China Agricultural University, Chongqing, China.

April. 2023_ present, Postdoctoral fellow at Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Dec. 2016_ March 2020, visiting scholar at Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Aug. 2011_ Aug. 2012,  visiting scholar at Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Faculty of Agriculture, Auburn University, USA

Oct. 2008_ present,   associate professor at Department of Ecology, Jinan University, China

Oct. 2001_ Sept. 2008, lecturer at Department of Ecology (Institute of Hydrobiology), Jinan University, China

July 1999_Sept. 2001, teaching and research fellow at Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, China

Peer-reviewed articles：

[1] Xu, Z. N.* (2024) Sex and reproduction: a theoretical analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024, blad109, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad109.

[2] Xu, Z. N.* and Asakawa, S. (2021) A model explaining mRNA level fluctuations based on activity demands and RNA age. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(7): e1009188. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009188

[3] Xu, Z. N.* and Asakawa, S.* (2019) Physiological RNA dynamics in RNA-Seq analysis. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 20(5): 1725-1733. 

[4] Xu, Z. N.* (2017) An evolutionary perspective of the origin of males from unisexual ancestral females. Science China – Life Sciences. 60(1): 102-104.

[5] Xu, Z. N.* and Boyd, C. E. (2016) Reducing the monitoring parameters of fish pond water quality. Aquaculture. 465: 359-366.

[6] Xu, Z. N.*, Lin, X. T., Lin, Q., Yang, Y. F., and Wang, Y. X. (2007) Nitrogen, phosphorus, and energy waste outputs of four marine cage-cultured fish fed with trash fish. Aquaculture. 263(1-4): 130-141.

Peer-reviewed education articles:

[1] Xu, Z. N.*, Liu, M. Z., Wang, Z. K., and Chan, K.* (2018) Exam-time persistence: Evidence for gender differences in risk-taking at a Chinese university. Psychology and Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 55(3): 1-13.

[2]Xu, Z. N.*, Yang, Y. Y., and Huang, B. B. (2017) A teaching approach from the exhaustive search method to the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 45(3): 194–204.

Book

[1] Xu, Z. N.(ed.).（2008）Bioinformatics. Beijing: TsinghuaUniversity Press.

[1] Xu, Z. N., Tu, Q., Lin, X. T., Yu, Y. H., Li, L. Y., He, G. B., Zhong, P., Ye, J. S. (2022) Method for measuring and displaying muscle deformation during locomotion of aquatic animals. Japanese invention patents (P7101424).

[2] Xu, Z. N., Chen, K., Yang, Y. Y., Lin, X. T., Chen, X., Zeng, P., Zhou, C. H., Li, L. Y., Tu, Q. (2020) A production method of animal behavior videos. Chinese invention patents (ZL 201711454321.9)

[3] Xu, Z. N., Zhou, C. H., Lin, X. T., Yang, Y. Y., Zeng, P., Li, L. Y., Tu, Q., Yang, Y. F., Yu, Y. H. (2019) An algae curtain device to improve local environments of marine culture cages. Chinese invention patents (ZL 201810346805.X)

[4] Xu, Z. N., Xia, X. J., Ruan, H. B., Liang, J. X., and Jin, Z. L. (2015) A method to assess the effects of adding pollutants on water environments. Chinese invention patents (ZL 201110214805.2)

[5] Xu, Z. N., Li, J. M., Lin, X. T., and Jin, Z. L. (2013) A method to exam the response of animals to infrared ray. Chinese invention patents (ZL 201010242694.1)

[6] Xu, Z. N., Huang, H. T., Yang, W. J., Liang, H. H., Lin, X. X., Yu, H. N. (2007) A method to remove nitrogen and phosphorus in seawater. Chinese invention patents (ZL 200410077320.3)

Undergraduate student: Animal Behavioural Ecology, Introduction to Bioinformatics 

Postgraduate student: Aquaculture

Journal reviewer：Aquacultural Engineering, Aquaculture Research, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Current Bioinformatics, Current Pharmaceutical Design, Food Control, Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Scientific Reports, The Computer Journal, The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, Water Research

Membership: Member of Professional Committee on Aquatic Animal Behavior of China Society of Fisheries (Oct.2019-present)