Dr Huadong Peng began his tenure as a Senior Research Fellow at the Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) at The University of Queensland in January 2024.
Huadong's research is focused on synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, microbial communities, lipid metabolism, microbial food and industrial biotechnology. He has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship.
He earned his PhD from Monash University in 2018, followed by postdoctoral training at Imperial College London and the Technical University of Denmark until 2023.
Prior to his PhD, Dr Peng obtained a Master’s Degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013 and a Bachelors Degree from China Three Gorges University in 2010. Additionally, he served as a research associate at Novozymes China from November 2013 to January 2015.
Key capabilities
Synthetic Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Microbial Communities
Lipid Metabolism
Microbial Food
Industrial Biotechnology