Education

 Ocean University of China                                                      Qingdao, China

Ph.D. in Aquaculture                                                                         July 2015

Ocean University of China                                                      Qingdao, China

M.S. in Aquaculture                                                                              July 2012

Ocean University of China                                                      Qingdao, China

B.S. in Aquaculture                                                                              July 2009

Research Experience

Nanchang university                                                              Nanchang, China

Associate professor                                                              Dec 2021 – Present

Aquaculture nutrition

Single-cell Genomics

Metagenomics

Metabolomics

Nanchang university                                                              Nanchang, China

Lecturer                                                                                 Jan 2021 – Nov 2021

 Aquaculture nutrition

Single-cell Genomics

 Metagenomics

Metabolomics

University of Idaho                                                                       Moscow, USA

Visiting scholar in lab of Prof. Ronald W. Hardy.                    Nov 2018 – Dec 2020

 Aquaculture nutrition

Single-cell Genomics

Metagenomics

 Metabolomics

Nanchang university                                                              Nanchang, China

Lecturer                                                                                  July 2015 – Oct 2018

 Feed additives

 Bacterial metabolism

Protein source replacement

Nanchang university                                                               Nanchang, China

Postdoctoral Research under Prof. Yulong Yin                       April 2016 – Mar 2022

 Microbiome analysis

 Bacterial metabolism

 Intestinal health

Ocean University of China                                                       Qingdao, China

Doctoral Research under Prof. Shuanglin Dong                      Sep 2012–July 2015

 Molecular immunology

Microbiome analysis

 Proposed statistical methods (Molecular ecological network analysis) to evaluate intestinal microbiota homeostasis

Ocean University of China                                                       Qingdao, China

Master's Research under Prof. Xiangli Tian                                Sep 2009–July 2012

Conventional culture-dependent methods of microbes

 Analyzed seasonal variations in the intestinal microbiota of pond-cultured sea cucumber through DGGE technology

Analyzed the effects of probiotics on the growth, immunity and microbial composition of sea cucumber 

Ocean University of China                                                       Qingdao, China

Undergraduate Research                                        Sep 2005–July 2009

 Researched and wrote "Preliminary study on the tolerance of the Black sea bass under salinity stress and the recovery from freshwater stress"

Publication

1. Wu Qinglian, Xu Xiandong, Li Jianqin, Qiu Han, Huo Huanhuan, Peng Mo, Wen Chungen, Yang Gang*, 2026. Isolation, Identification, and Drug Susceptibility Testing of the Pathogen Causing Perforation Disease in Giant Spiny Frog Tadpoles (Quasipaa spinosa). Microorganisms, 14, 1016. 

2. Xu Jingen, Zhang Song, Shen Kaikai, Zhang Jingjie, Xu Luyao, Du Shiqinag, Li Jiamin, Wen Chungen, Kumar Vikas, Peng Mo, Yang Gang*, 2026. Effects of dietary emodin supplementation on the growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, and intestinal health of Pengze crucian carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze) fed with high plant-protein diets. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13:1802574. 

3. Shen Kaikai, Huang Yongfa, Lu Zhenwei, Li Jianqin, Zhang Jingjie, Luo Ao, Hu Baoqing, Xu Jingen, Li Jiamin, Wen Chungen, Yang Gang*, 2026. Emodin Improved the Hepatic Metabolic Dysfunction Induced by High Plant-Protein Diet in Pengze Crucian Carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze), Aquaculture Nutrition, 2026, 4612787. 

4. Hu Yile , An Jinhua , Qiu Han, Wu Qinglian, Li Jianqing, Yang Gang*, Hu Baoqing, Wen Chungen*, 2026. GSK-3β/β-TrCP Regulates Nrf2-Mediated Oxidative Stress Response in Cristaria plicata. iScience, 113995. 

5. Xiandong Xu, Huiyun Fu, Min Ouyang, Jinhui Du, Yujie Zhang,Yang yang Chen,Jiangfeng Huang, Zhiyong Zhou, Baoqing Hu, Gang Yang*, Chungen Wen*, Description of a pathogenic strain of Aeromonas dhakensis isolated from Ancherythroculter nigrocauda in an inland region of China. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2024, ovae046.

6. Yang Gang*, Zhang Zhen, Kumar Vikash, 2024. Editorial: Functional feed additives and intestinal health in aquatic animals. Frontiers in Physiology, 15, 1385046. 

7. Shen Kaikai, Bao Lixin, Liu Muxin, Lei Wen, Zhou Qin, Ding Jiali, Fang Peng, Hu Baoqing, Wen Chungen, Kumar Vikas, Peng Mo*, Yang Gang*, 2023. Dietary supplementation of β-1, 3-glucan improves the intestinal health of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) by modulating intestinal microbiota and inhibiting inflammatory response. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, 1119902. 

8. Yang Gang, Xiang Yuhan, Wang Shanshan, Tao Yujie, Xie Lichen, Bao Lixin, Shen Kaikai, Li Jiamin, Hu Baoqing, Wen Chungen, Kumar Vikas, Peng Mo*, 2022. Response of Intestinal Microbiota to the Variation in Diets in Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Metabolites. 12, 1115. 

9. Yang Gang, Qiu Huimin, Yu Ruihe, Xiong Liufeng,  Yan Quangen, Wen Chungen, Peng Mo*, 2021. Beneficial effects of β-glucan, inulin and emodin on antioxidant system, inflammatory response, and intestinal barrier functions of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) fed low fish meal diet. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 272, 114798. 

10. Yang Gang, Yu Ruihe, Geng Shiyu, Xiong Liufeng, Yan Quangen, Kumar Vikas, Wen Chungen, Peng Mo*, 2021. Apple polyphenols modulates the antioxidant defense response and attenuated inflammatory response concurrent with hepatoprotective effect on grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) fed low fishmeal diet. Aquaculture, 534, 736284.  

11. Yang Gang, Yu Ruihe, Qiu Huimin, Wu Huadong, Yan Quangen, Chen Wenjing, Ding Liyun, Kumar Vikas, Wen Chungen, Peng Mo*, 2020. Beneficial effects of emodin and curcumin supplementation on antioxidant defense response, inflammatory response, and intestinal barrier of Pengze crucian carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze). Aquaculture Nutrition, 26 (6), 1476-1492. 

12. Yang Gang, Shen Kaikai, Yu Ruihe, Wu Qiong, Yan Quangen, Chen Wenjing, Ding Liyun, Kumar Vikas, Wen Chungen, Peng Mo *, 2020. Probiotic (Bacillus cereus) enhanced growth of Pengze crucian carp concurrent with modulating the antioxidant defense response and exerting beneficial impacts on inflammatory response via Nrf2 activation. Aquaculture, 529, 735691.

13. Yang Gang, Tao Zhiying, Xiao Jun, Tu Guohua, Kajbaf Kimia, Kumar Vikas, Wen Chungen*, 2020. Characterization of the gastrointestinal microbiota in paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). Aquaculture Reports, 17,100402. 

14. Yang Gang, Jiang Wenhao, Chen Yunfei, Hu Yi, Zhou Qiubai, Peng Mo*, Qu Mingren*, Kumar Vikas, 2020. Effect of oil source on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, fatty acid composition, and fillet quality in juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Aquaculture Nutrition, 26 (4), 1186-1197. 

15. Xue Junjing, Shen Kaikai, Hu Yi, Hu Yajun, Kumar Vikas, Yang Gang*, Wen Chungen*, 2020. Effects of dietary Bacillus cereus, B. subtilis, Paracoccus marcusii, and Lactobacillus plantarum supplementation on the growth, immune response, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health of juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus). Aquaculture Reports, 17, 100378. 

16. Yang Gang, Yan Yali, Li Zhang*, Ruan Zheng*, Hu Xiaoqing, Shuo Zhang, Shuo Zhang, 2020. Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Campylobacter infection induce diarrhea in piglets: microbial dysbiosis and intestinal disorder. Animal Nutrition, 6, 362-371. 

17. Romano Nicholas*, Kumar Vikas*, Yang Gang, Kajbaf Kimia, Rubio Marina, Overturf Ken, Brezas Andreas, Hardy Ronald, 2020. Bile acid metabolism in fish: disturbances caused by fishmeal alternatives and some mitigating effects from dietary bile inclusions. Review in Aquaculture,12, 1792-1817. 

18. Yu Ruihe, Cao Hongzhong, Huang Yaying, Peng Mo, Kajbaf Kimia, Kumar Vikas, Tao Zhiying, Yang Gang*, Wen Chungen*, 2020. The effects of partial replacement of fishmeal protein by hydrolyzed feather meal protein in the diet with high inclusion of plant protein on growth performance, fillet quality and physiological parameters of Pengze crucian carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze). Aquaculture Research, 51, 636-647. 

19. Yang Gang, Tian Xiangli*, Dong Shuanglin, 2019. Bacillus cereus and rhubarb regulate the intestinal microbiota of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus Selenka): species-species interaction, network, and stability. Aquaculture, 512, 734282.

20. Peng Mo, Luo Haijiang, Kumar Vikas, Hu Yi, Yang Gang*, 2019. Dysbiosis of intestinal microbiota induced by dietary oxidized fish oil and recovery of diet-induced dysbiosis via taurine supplementation in rice field eel (Monopterus albus). Aquaculture, 512, 734288.

21. Yang Gang, Cao Hongzhong, Jiang Wenhao, Hu Baoqing, Jian Shaoqing, Wen Chungen, Kajbaf Kimia, Kumar Vikas, Tao Zhiying, Peng Mo*, 2019. Dietary supplementation of Bacillus cereus as probiotics in Pengze crucian carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze): Effects on growth performance, fillet quality, serum biochemical parameters and intestinal histology. Aquaculture research, 50 (8), 2207-2217.

22. Cao Hongzhong, Yu Ruihe, Zhang Yingyi, Hu Baoqing, Jian Shaoqing, Wen Chungen, Kajbaf Kimia, Kumar Vikas, Yang Gang*, 2019. Effects of dietary supplementation with β-glucan and Bacillus subtilis on growth, fillet quality, immune capacity, and antioxidant status of Pengze crucian carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze). Aquaculture, 508, 106-122.

23. Peng Mo, Xue Junjing, Hu Yi, Wen Chungen, Hu Baoqing, Jian Shaoqing, Liang Lifeng, Yang Gang*, 2019. Disturbance in the homeostasis of intestinal microbiota by a high-fat diet in the rice field eel (Monopterus albus). Aquaculture 502, 347-355.

24. Yang Gang, Jian Shaoqing, Cao Hongzhong, Wen Chungen, Hu Baoqing, Peng Mo*, Peng Liusheng, Yuan Jianguo, Liang Lifeng, 2019. Changes in microbiota along the intestine of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella): Community, interspecific interactions, and functions. Aquaculture, 489, 151-161.

25. Hu Yi, Yang Gang, Li Zhaolin, Hu Yajun, Zhong Lei, Peng Mo*, 2018. Effect of dietary taurine supplementation on growth, digestive enzyme, immunity and resistant to dry stress of rice filed eel (Monopterus albus) fed low fish meal diets. Aquaculture Research, 49 (5), 2108-2118.

26. Yang Gang, Peng Mo, Tian Xiangli*, Dong Shuanglin, 2017. Molecular ecological network analysis reveals the effects of probiotics and florfenicol on intestinal microbiota homeostasis: An example of sea cucumber. Scientific Reports, 7, 4778.

27. Yang Gang, Tian Xiangli*, Dong Shuanglin, Peng Mo, Wang Dongdong, Zhang Kai, 2016. Effects of dietary rhubarb, Bacillus cereus, yeast polysaccharide, and florfenicol supplementation on growth, intestinal morphology, and immune responses of sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus). Aquaculture International, 24(2): 675-690.

28. Yang Gang, Tian Xiangli*, Dong Shuanglin, Peng Mo, Wang Dongdong, 2015. Effects of dietary Bacillus cereus G19, B. cereus BC-01, and Paracoccus marcusii DB11 supplementation on the growth, immune response, and expression of immune-related genes in coelomocytes and intestine of the sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus Selenka). Fish & shellfish immunology, 45(2): 800-807.

29. Yang Gang, Xu Zhenjiang, Tian Xiangli*, Dong Shuanglin, Peng Mo, 2015. Intestinal microbiota and immune related genes in sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) response to dietary β-glucan supplementation. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 458(1): 98-103.

30. 阳钢, 田相利, 董双林, 彭墨, 王栋栋, 张凯, 2015. 四种不同添加物对仿刺参非特异性免疫力和肠道免疫基因 Aj-p105, Aj-p50, Aj-rel 和 Aj-lys mRNA 表达的影响. 水产学报, 39(5): 638-647.