Research Focus:
Aquatic Genetics and Breeding; Ecotoxicology

Main Honors and Appointments in Professional Committees:

Executive Director and Secretary-General of Jiangxi Zoological Society; Executive Director of Jiangxi Fisheries Society

Education:

2007–2011, Ph.D., Nanchang University

1997–2000, M.S., Nanchang University

1992–1996, B.S., Jiangxi Agricultural University

Work Experience:

2025 – Present, Professor, Nanchang University

2012 – 2025, Associate Professor, Nanchang University

2003 – 2012, Lecturer, Nanchang University

2000 – 2003, Teaching Assistant, Nanchang University

Courses Taught:
Undergraduate Courses: Human and Animal Physiology, Human and Animal Physiology Lab, Animal Physiology, Animal Physiology Lab
Graduate Courses: Resource Animal Science, Aquatic Ecotoxicology

Research Projects (Principal Investigator):

Sub-project “Breeding of New High-Yield and High-Resistance Pengze Crucian Carp Varieties” under the National Key R&D Program “Creation of New High-Yield, High-Resistance, High-Quality Carp and Crucian Carp Germplasm and Cultivation of Breakthrough Varieties” (2023YFD2400201), 2023–2027.

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31360103): Spatiotemporal Distribution Patterns of Fish Diversity in the Lower Reaches of the Ganjiang River and Its Tributaries, 2013–2017.

National Water Pollution Control and Treatment Science and Technology Major Project (2017ZX07301002-005): Validation and Application Technology for Regional Water Quality Criteria in Typical River Basins (Participant), 2016–2020.

Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (530076): Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on the Male Rat Reproductive System.

Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education Project (GJJ10309): Study on mtDNA Genetic Diversity and Resource Assessment of Black Carp and Grass Carp in the Poyang Lake System.

Representative Publications:

Quanling Zhang, Tingting Yu, Zhongwei Wang, Miaomiao Li, Jingen Xu, Xuefeng Liu, Cheng Qian, Zijia Yin, Gang He, Menglei Hu, Binchao Zhang, Jiwei Liu, Zhixin Fu, Shanghong Wang #, Xiaowen Xu #, Chengyu Hu. RBCK1 enhances antiviral response through promoting K63-linked polyubiquitination of IRF7 in Carassius auratus var. Pengze. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2025, 165, 110532.

Hongying Zhang, Yulong Liu, Yukun Huang, Kaiwen Zhao, Tingting Yu, Youjuan Wu, Zijia Yin, Meifeng Li, Dongming Li, Lihua Fan, Xiaowen Xu, Chengyu Hu, and Shanghong Wang #. Abamectin Causes Neurotoxicity in Zebrafish Embryos. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025, 26, 349.

Xue Han, Xiaowen Xu, Tingting Yu, Meifeng Li, Yulong Liu, Jingli Lai, Huiling Mao, Chengyu Hu, and Shanghong Wang #. Diflubenzuron Induces Cardiotoxicity in Zebrafish Embryos. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, 23, 11932.

Shanghong Wang #, Xue Han, Tingting Yu, Yulong Liu, Hongying Zhang, Huiling Mao, Chengyu Hu, Xiaowen Xu. Isoprocarb causes neurotoxicity of zebrafish embryos through oxidative stress-induced apoptosis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022, 242, 113870.

Jihuan Hu, Xiaowen Xu, Shanghong Wang #, Gang Ge #. Ctenopharyngodon idellus DDX41 initiates IFN I and ISG15 expression in response to GCRV infection. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 2020, 106, 149–160.