Xiaowei Han

Professor, PhD Supervisor

Education and work experience

2020- Professor, PhD Supervisor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

2017-2020 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany

2013-2017 PhD, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology/University of Marburg, Germany

2010-2013 Master, Shandong University, China

2006-2010 Bachelor, Northwest A&F University, China

Xiaowei is from Weifang, Shandong Province, China. He studied plant protection in his bachelor and was trained in the biosynthesis of microbial natural products during his master study. From 2013 to 2020, he did his PhD and postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology. He joined the Tsuda group as professor at the College of Plant Science and Technology (HZAU) in June 2020.

Email: xwhan@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Shiji Hou

Associate Professor, Master Student Supervisor

Education and work experience

2022.01- Associate Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

2021.05-2021.12 Postdoc, ZMBP, University Tuebingen, Germany

2021.02-2021.04 Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research/University of Cologne, Germany

2016.10-2021.01 PhD, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research/University of Cologne, Germany

2013.09-2016.07 Master, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences/University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2009.09-2013.07 Bachelor, China Agricultural University, China

Shiji is from Yantai, Shandong Province, China. She studied the interaction between plants and their beneficial fungi (mycorrhiza fungi) in her bachelor and was trained in the plant-microbe communication and its effect on plant fitness during her PhD and Postdoc. She joined the Tsuda group as associate professor at the College of Plant Science and Technology (HZAU) in January 2022. She is interested into how both plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions impact plant health.

Email: houshiji@mail.hzau.edu.cn