Dr. Zhongmin Dong简历_Department of Biology, Saint Mary's UniversityProfessorDr. Zhongmin Dong受邀参会演讲_活动家

Dr. Zhongmin Dong is a full professor of Biology at Saint Mary’s University. Previously he has been a postdoctoral fellow at Queen’s University, and Visiting Scientist at the Leiden University, and the Australian National University. Research area is plant physiology, with an emphasis on plant-microbe interactions. Throughout his research career, work on biological nitrogen fixation has been a consistent theme, beginning with his Ph. D. research project on a symbiosis of sugarcane with diazotrophicus bacteria. His research set the foundation of hydrogen fertilization theory that hydrogen gas released by legume nodules increases the soil fertility. He has been the invited speaker for the International Horticultural Congress in Toronto, Root and Soil Biology Workshop in Canberra, International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation in Beijing, Farmtech Conference in Edmonton, and many universities and research institutions.