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Name: Xin DANG （党欣）

E-mail: [email protected]

(i) Academic qualifications:

2019.6-2023.8, PhD, Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong (Prof. ThiyagaRAJAN Vengatesen)
2013.9-2017.6, BSc, Aquaculture, Ocean University of China

(ii) Academic positions:

2026.1-present, Assistant Researcher, HKU-Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-SIRI), The University of Hong Kong
2023.9-present, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Hong Kong (Prof. Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia)
2018.5-2019.5, Research Assistant, Oyster aquaculture and immunology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017.7-2018.4, Research Assistant, Animal physiology, Peking University, China

(iii) Representative publication records (Full Publication Records):

(Summary: Total SCI: 15, Total citation: 200+, H-index=9)

Dang X, Zhang Y, Dupont S. et al., Low pH means more female offspring: A multigenerational plasticity in sex ratio of marine bivalves. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c07808 (IF: 10.8)
Dang X, Lim Y-K, Li Y, et al., Epigenetic-associated phenotypic plasticity of the ocean acidification-acclimated edible oyster in the mariculture environment. Molecular Ecology, 2022, 00, 1-16. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16751 (IF: 6.62)
Dang X, Lee T-H and Thiyagarajan V. Wild oyster population resistance to ocean acidification adversely affected by bacterial infection. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 317, 120813. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120813 (IF: 9.99)
Dang X, ****Huang Q, He Y-Q, et al., Ocean acidification drives gut microbiome changes linked to species-specific immune defence. Aquatic Toxicology, 2023, 256, 106413 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106413 (IF: 5.20)
Dang X, Wong N-K, Xie Y, et al. Autophagy dually induced by AMP surplus and oxidative stress enhances hemocyte survival and bactericidal capacity via AMPK pathway in Crassostrea hongkongensis. Cell Dev. Biol, 2020, 8:411. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00411 (IF: 6.08)
Mao F#, Xiao S#, Dang X# et al., Metabolic Shifts and Muscle Remodeling as Pro-Survival and Energy Compensation Strategies in Photosymbiotic Giant Clams after Bleaching. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00474 (IF: 10.8) (#co-first author)
Lee T, Dang X*, Mumby S. H. et al. Winter mortality syndrome in Hong Kong oyster (Crassostrea hongkongensis): Causes and impacts, Aquaculture, 591,2024,741139. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741139. (*IF: 3.9) (corresponding author)
Lim Y-K, Dang X# and Thiyagarajan V. Transgenerational responses to seawater pH in the edible oyster, with implications for the mariculture of the species under future ocean acidiﬁ Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 782, 146704. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146704 (#co-first author) (Special report from The Academic Times: This seafood delicacy appears fit to withstand ocean acidification. https://academictimes.com/this-seafood-delicacy-appears-fit-to-withstand-ocean-acidification/) (IF: 10.75)
Dang X, Noor Z, He Y-Q, et al., Internal controls for quantitative RT-PCR analysis of gene expression in response to ocean acidification in edible oysters. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2022, 548, 151683. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151683 (IF: 2.48)
Lee T#, Dang X#, He Y-Q et al., Unveiling the impact of warming and high salinity on winter mass mortality in oysters. Aquaculture, 2026, 618, 643760. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2026.743760 (IF: 3.9) (#co-first author)

(iv) Professional awards and activities:

(a) Professional qualifications

Member of Malacological Society of Australasia (MSA), The World Oyster Society (WOS), National Shellfisheries Association, United States (NSA), Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON), International Carbon Ocean Network for Early Career (ICONEC), International Association for Biological Oceanography (IABO)

(b) Awards:
Early Research Career of Malacological Society of Australasia (2024)
“Local Young Talent” award in 17th Deep Sea Biology Symposium, Hong Kong
Professor Brian Morton Postgraduate Prize in Marine Biology in 2023-24
Chief Demonstrator of Teaching Assistant in ENVS1301 Environmental Life Science (HKU, 2022-2023)
Best Presentation Award for Postgraduates at 2 International Symposium on Marine Science and Technology (HKUST, 2022)
Excellent Graduate of Ocean University of China in the Class of 2017
Outstanding Graduate Thesis of Ocean University of China, 2017

(c) Editor and Reviewer for journals:
Editorial Board Member: Discover Animals, Marine Ecology, iMeta
Reviewer: Environmental Science & Technology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Research, Journal of Thermal Biology, Aquaculture, Chemosphere, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Heliyon, Aquaculture Reports

(d) Conferences:
Keynote speaker: Maritime Silk Road International Conference, Xiamen University, November 2025, China
Keynote speaker: Summer School for Postgraduate Students on "Carbon Sink Fisheries" in Guangdong Ocean University, May 2025, China.
Invited talk: International Webinar Series for Young Scholar: Cutting-edge Research on Marine Science and Engineering, June 2024, Hong Kong.
Invited talk: Third International Symposium of the Society for the Study of Evolution, November 2023, online.

(v) Grants (Total ~150k USD):

As Co-PI (140k USD): Nansha District Science and Technology Program in Key Areas, Guangdong, China, 2024 (2024ZD004)
As Co-PI (10k USD): HKU-URC Seed Fund for PI research. “Why do marine bivalves produce more females under stress? Understanding the genetic and environmental regulation of sex determination in changing oceans”. Hong Kong, 2025

(vi) Teaching

Co-Coordinator for BIOL3105 Animal Physiology and Environmental Adaptation (2023-2025)
Chief Demonstrator and Teaching Assistant for ENVS1301 Environmental Life Science (2022–2023)
Teaching Assistant for BIOL2102 Biostatistics, BIOL3217 Food, Environment and Health, ENVS2001 Methods in Environmental Science, BIOL4505 Oyster Aquaculture: Business and Technology.

Contact me: [email protected] | [email protected]

Address: 3S04, School of Biological Sciences, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Bldg, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Rd, Hong Kong SAR

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