Postdoc Profile: Hui Xu

Hui Xu
xuh15@ecu.edu
Microbiology

Mentors
Dr. MD A. Motaleb

Education
Food Science and Engineering, B.E. Jimei University, Xiamen, China
Microbiology, M.S. Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China
Biology, Ph.D. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Research Summary
Research at ECU is focused on genetics and virulence mechanisms of Borrelia burgdorferi (causing Lyme disease) and Leptospira interrogans (causing Leptospirosis). Under mentoring of Dr. Zhaohui Xu, my Ph.D. training at Bowling Green State University focused on genetic engineering of Thermotoga to utilize cellulose.