Prof. Luo Zhibin gained his PhD in Forest Botany under the supervision of Professor Andrea Polle at the University of Goettingen in Germany in Feburary 2006. Afterwards, as a postdoctor in Goettingen, he focused on research topics about the molecular and physiological acclimation mechanisms of poplars to abiotic and biotic stresses. In September 2008, he was appointed as a full professor in Plant Physiology in Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University of China. In June 2015, He joined in the State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Forestry. At his new position, he established a research group focusing on Tree Stress Physiology and Breeding. Currently, his research interests are to elucidate the molecular and physiological mechanisms of woody plants in response to abiotic and biotic stresses, including heavy metals, nutrient deficiency, salinity, drought and ectomycorrhizal fungi. As the first and/or corresponding author, He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in international journals. The molecular and physiological mechanisms have been elucidated underlying the responses of poplars to heavy metals, nutrient deficiency, salinity and drought by Luo's group. At the same time, a number of transgenic poplars with stronger stress tolerance have been created by Luo's group. He is selected as top highly cited authors (2% top scientists globally) in 2021 and 2022.
Prof. Luo Zhibin has finished more 20 state- and provincial-level projects, which are granted in total ca. 7 million EUROs. Some of the projects in recent years are listed as follows:
Honghao Gan, Jianmin Chu, Wenguang Shi, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2024) Physiological and transcriptomic regulation of Populus simonii fine roots exposed to a heterogeneous phosphorus environment in soil. Environmental and Experimental Botany 219: 105646.
Yao Cheng, Xin Chen, Wenzhe Liu, Lingyu Yang, Jiangting Wu, Yang Wang, Wenjian Yu, Jing Zhou, Payam Fayyaz, Zhi-Bin Luo*, Shurong Deng,*, Wenguang Shi,* (2023) Homolog of Human placenta-specific gene 8, PcPLAC8-10, enhances cadmium uptake by Populus roots. Journal of Hazardous Materials 460:132349.
Zhuorong Li, Shurong Deng, Dongyue Zhu, Jiangting Wu, Jing Zhou, Wenguang Shi, Payam Fayyaz, Zhi-Bin Luo*, Jie Luo* (2023) Proteomic reconfigurations underlying physiological alterations in poplar roots in acclimation to changing nitrogen availability. Environmental and Experimental Botany 211: 105367.
Dongyue Zhu, Zhuorong Li, Shurong Deng, Qifeng Liu, Jiangting Wu, Xin Chen, Yang Wang, Yao Cheng, Lingyu Yang, Mengyan Zhou, Chenlin Jia, Jing Zhou, Wenguang Shi, Payam Fayyaz, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2023) Transcriptomic dissection underlying physiological and anatomical characteristics of poplar wood in response to changes in light intensity and nitrogen availability. Environmental and Experimental Botany 206: 105186.
Hongyan Guo, Qiuping Zhong, Feng Tian, Xingjian Zhou, Xinjian Tan*, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2022) Transcriptome analysis reveals putative induction of floral initiation by old leaves in tea-oil tree (Camellia oleifera 'changlin53'). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23: 13021.
Wenjian Yu, Shurong Deng, Xin Chen, Yao Cheng, Zhuorong Li, Jiangting Wu, Dongyue Zhu, Jing Zhou, Yuan Cao, Payam Fayyaz, Wenguang Shi*, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2022) PcNRAMP1 enhances cadmium uptake and accumulation in Populus × canescens. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23: 7593.
Wenguang Shi*, Jing Li, Donxu Kan, Wenjian Yu, Xin Chen, Yuhong Zhang, Chaofeng Ma, Shurong Deng, Jing Zhou, Payam Fayyaz, Zhi-Bin Luo (2022) Sulfur metabolism, organic acid accumulation and phytohormone regulation are crucial physiological processes modulating the different tolerance to Pb stress of two contrasting poplars. Tree Physiology 42: 1799-1811.
Yan Lu, Shurong Deng, Zhuorong Li, Jiangting Wu, Dongyue Zhu, Wenguang Shi, Jing Zhou, Payam Fayyaz, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2022) Physiological characteristics and transcriptomic dissection in two root segments with contrasting net fluxes of ammonium and nitrate of poplar under low nitrogen availability. Plant & Cell Physiology 63(1): 30-44.
Wenguang Shi, Jing Zhou, Jing Li, Chaofeng Ma, Yuhong Zhang, Shurong Deng, Wenjian Yu, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2021) Lead exposure-induced defence responses result in low lead translocation from the roots to aerial tissues of two contrasting poplar species. Environmental Pollution 271: 116346.
Wenguang Shi, Wenzhe Liu, Chaofeng Ma, Yuhong Zhang, Shen Ding, Wenjian Yu, Shurong Deng, Jing Zhou, Hong Li, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2020) Dissecting microRNA-mRNA regulatory networks underlying sulfur assimilation and cadmium accumulation in poplar leaves. Plant & Cell Physiology 61(9):1614-1630.
Jing Zhou, Yan Lu, Wen-Guang Shi, Shu-Rong Deng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2020) Physiological characteristics and RNA sequencing in two root zones with contrasting nitrate assimilation of Populus × canescens. Tree Physiology 40: 1392-1404.
Yan Lu, Shurong Deng, Zhuorong Li, Jiangting Wu, Qifeng Liu, Wenzhe Liu, Wenjian Yu, Yuhong Zhang, Wenguang Shi, Jing Zhou, Hong Li, Andrea Polle, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2019) Competing Endogenous RNA Networks Underlying Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of Poplar Wood in Acclimation to Low Nitrogen Availability. Plant & Cell Physiology 60(11): 2478-2495.
Wenguang Shi, Yuhong Zhang, Shaoliang Chen, Andrea Polle, Heinz Rennenberg, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2019) Physiological and molecular mechanisms of heavy metal accumulation in non-mycorrhizal versus mycorrhizal plants. Plant, Cell and Environment 42:1087-1103.
Wen-Guang Shi, Wenzhe Liu, Wenjian Yu, Yuhong Zhang, Shen Ding, Hong Li, Tanja Mrak, Hojka Kraigher, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2019) Abscisic acid enhances lead translocation from the roots to the leaves and alleviates its toxicity in Populus × canescens. Journal of Hazardous Materials 362:275-285.
Chaofeng Ma, Yinghao Chen, Shen Ding, Ziliang Li, Wen-Guang Shi, Yi Zhang, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2018) Sulfur nutrition stimulates lead accumulation and alleviates its toxicity in Populus deltoides. Tree Physiology 38:1724-1741.
Yinghao Chen, Thi Hong Nhung Nguyen, Jingjing Qin, Yu Jiao, Ziliang Li, Shen Ding, Yan Lu, Qifeng Liu, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2018) Phosphorus assimilation of Chinese fir from two provenances during acclimation to changing phosphorus availability. Environmental and Experimental Botany 153: 21-34.
Yu Jiao, Yinghao Chen, Chaofeng Ma, Jingjing Qin, Thi Hong Nhung Nguyen, Di Liu, Honghao Gan, Shen Ding, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2018) Phenylalanine as a nitrogen source induces root growth and nitrogen use efficiency in Populus × canescens. Tree Physiology 38: 66-82.
Zhi-Bin Luo*, Jie Luo (2017) Uncovering the physiological mechanisms that allow nitrogen availability to affect drought acclimation in Catalpa bungei. Tree Physiology 37: 1453-1456.
Shen Ding, Chaofeng Ma, Wenguang Shi, Wenzhe Liu, Yan Lu, Qifeng Liu, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2017) Exogenous glutathione enhances cadmium accumulation and alleviates its toxicity in Populus × canescens. Tree Physiology 37: 1697-1712.
Jingbo Jia, Jing Zhou, Wenguang Shi, Xu Cao, Jie Luo, Andrea Polle, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2017) Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals the roles of overlapping heat-/drought responsive genes in poplars exposed to high temperature and drought. Scientific Reports 7:43215.
Zhi-Bin Luo*, Jiali He, Andrea Polle, Heinz Rennenberg (2016) Heavy metal accumulation and signal transduction in herbaceous and woody plants: Paving the way for enhancing phytoremediation efficiency. Biotechnology Advances 34: 1131-1148.
Jie Luo, Wenguang Shi, Hong Li, Dennis Janz, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2016) The conserved salt-responsive genes in the roots of Populus × canescens and Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental and Experimental Botany 129:48-56.
Jingbo Jia, Shaojun Li, Xu Cao, Hong Li, Wenguang Shi, Andrea Polle, Tong-Xian Liu, Changhui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2016) Physiological and transcriptional regulation in poplar roots and leaves during acclimation to high temperature and drought. Physiologia Plantarum 157: 38-53.
Honghao Gan, Yu Jiao, Jingbo Jia, Xinli Wang, Hong Li, Wenguang Shi, Changhui Peng, Andrea Polle, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2016) Phosphorus and nitrogen physiology of two contrasting poplar genotypes when exposed to phosphorus and/or nitrogen starvation. Tree Physiology 36:22-38.
Jie Luo, Jing Zhou, Hong Li, Wenguang Shi, Andrea Polle, Mengzhu Lu, Xiaomei Sun, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2015) Global poplar root and leaf transcriptomes reveal links between growth and stress responses under nitrogen starvation and excess. Tree Physiology 35: 1283-1302.
Jiali He, Hong Li, Chaofeng Ma, Yanli Zhang, Andrea Polle, Heinz Rennenberg, Xingqi Cheng, and Zhi-Bin Luo* (2015) Overexpression of bacterial γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase mediates changes in cadmium influx, allocation, and detoxification in poplar. New Phytologist 205: 240–254 (ESI highly cited paper).
Wen-Guang Shi, Hong Li, Tong-Xian Liu, Andrea Polle, Chang-Hui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2015) Exogenous abscisic acid alleviates zinc uptake and accumulation in Populus × canescens exposed to excess zinc. Plant, Cell and Environment 38: 207–223.
Jiali He, Hong Li, Jie Luo, Chaofeng Ma, Shaojun Li, Long Qu, Ying Gai, Xiangning Jiang, Dennis Janz, Andrea Polle, Melvin Tyree, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2013) A transcriptomic network underlies microstructural and physiological responses to cadmium in Populus × canescens. Plant Physiology 162: 424-439 (ESI highly cited paper).
Zhi-Bin Luo, Dennis Janz, Xiangning Jiang, Cornelia Göbel, Henning Wildhagen, Yupeng Tan, Heinz Rennenberg, Ivo Feussner, Andrea Polle (2009) Upgrading Root Physiology for Stress Tolerance by Ectomycorrhizas: Insights from Metabolite and Transcriptional Profiling into Reprogramming for Stress Anticipation. Plant Physiology 151: 1902-1917.
Zhi-Bin Luo, Andrea Polle (2009) Wood composition and energy content in a poplar short rotation plantation on fertilized agricultural land in a future CO2 atmosphere. Global Change Biology 15: 38-47.
Zhi-Bin Luo, Carlo Calfapietra, Marion Liberloo, Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, Andrea Polle (2006) Carbon partitioning to mobile and structural fractions in poplar wood under elevated CO2 (EUROFACE) and N-fertilization. Global Change Biology 12: 272-283.
Hong Li, Mengchun Li, Jie Luo, Xu Cao, Long Qu, Ying Gai, Xiangning Jiang, Tongxian Liu, Hua Bai, Dennis Janz, Andrea Polle, Changhui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2012) N-fertilization has different effects on the growth, carbon and nitrogen physiology, and wood properties of slow- and fast-growing Populus species. Journal of Experimental Botany 63: 6173-6185.
Jie Luo, Hong Li, Tongxian Liu, Andrea Polle, Changhui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2013) Nitrogen metabolism of two contrasting poplar species during acclimation to limiting nitrogen availability. Journal of Experimental Botany 64: 4207-4224.
Yonglu Ma, Jiali He, Chaofeng Ma, Jie Luo, Hong Li, Tongxian Liu, Andrea Polle, Changhui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2014) Ectomycorrhizas with Paxillus involutus enhance cadmium uptake and tolerance in Populus × canescens. Plant, Cell and Environment 37: 627-642.
Jie Luo, Jingjing Qin, Hong Li, Tongxian Liu, Andrea Polle, Changhui Peng and Zhi-Bin Luo* (2013) Net fluxes of ammonium and nitrate in association with H+ fluxes in fine roots of Populus popularis. Planta 237: 919-931.
Xu Cao, Jingbo Jia, Chao Zhang, Hong Li, Tongxian Liu, Xiangning Jiang, Andrea Polle, Changhui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2014) Anatomical, physiological and transcriptional responses of two contrasting poplar genotypes to drought and re-watering. Physiologia Plantarum 151: 480-494.
Jiali He, Jingjing Qin, Lingyun Long, Yonglu Ma, Hong Li, Ke Li, Xiangning Jiang, Tongxian Liu, Andrea Polle, Zongsuo Liang, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2011) Net cadmium flux and accumulation reveal tissue-specific oxidative stress and detoxification in Populus × canescens. Physiologia Plantarum 143: 50–63.
Zhi-Bin Luo*, Chenhan Wu, Chao Zhang, Hong Li, Ulrike Lipka and Andrea Polle (2014) The role of ectomycorrhizas in heavy metal stress tolerance of host plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany 108: 47-62.
Zhi-Bin Luo*, Yuping Tan, Xiangning Jiang, Cornelia Göbel, Henning Wildhagen, Ivo Feußner, Heinz Rennenberg and Andrea Polle (2011) The ectomycorrhizal fungus (Paxillus involutus) modulates leaf physiology of poplar towards improved salt tolerance. Environmental and Experimental Botany 72: 304-311.
Jiali He, Chaofeng Ma, Yonglu Ma, Hong Li, Jingquan Kang, Tongxian Liu, Andrea Polle, Changhui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2013) Cadmium tolerance in six poplar species. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20:163–174.
Zhi-Bin Luo, Carlo Calfapietra, Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, Marion Liberloo, Andrea Polle (2008) Carbon-based secondary metabolites and internal nitrogen pools in Populus nigra under Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) and N-fertilisation. Plant and Soil 304: 45-57.
Xu Cao, Jingbo Jia, Hong Li, Mengchun Li, Jie Luo, Zongsuo Liang, Tongxian Liu, Weiguo Liu, Changhui Peng, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2012) Photosynthesis, water use efficiency and stable carbon isotope composition are associated with anatomical properties of leaf and xylem in six poplar species. Plant Biology 14: 612-620.
Hong Li, Jing Li, Yalong He, Shaojun Li, Zongsuo Liang, Changhui Peng, Andrea Polle, Zhi-Bin Luo* (2013) Changes in carbon, nutrients and stoichiometric relations under different soil depths, plant tissues and ages in black locust plantations. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 35:2951–2964.
Zheng Y., Zhao* Z., Zhou J., Zhou H., Liang Z. and Zhi-Bin Luo* (2011) The importance of slope aspect and stand age on the photosynthetic carbon fixation capacity of forest: a case study with black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) plantations on the Loess Plateau. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 33: 419-429.
Zhi-Bin Luo*, Ke Li, Xiangning Jiang, Andrea Polle (2009) The ectomycorrhizal fungus (Paxillus involutus) and hydrogels affect performance of Populus euphratica exposed to drought stress. Annals of Forest Science 66: 106.
Zhi-Bin Luo, Rosemarie Langenfeld-Heyser, Carlo Calfapietra, and Andrea Polle (2005) Influence of free air CO2 enrichment (EUROFACE) and nitrogen fertilisation on the anatomy of juvenile wood of three poplar species after coppicing. Trees 19: 109-118.
Huai Chen, Qiuan Zhu, Changhui Peng, Ning Wu, Yanfen Wang, Xiuqin Fang, Yongheng Gao, Dan Zhu, Gang Yang, Jianqing Tian, Xiaoming Kang, Shilong Piao, Hua Ouyang, Wenhua Xiang, Zhi-Bin Luo, Hong Jiang, Xinzhang Song, Yao Zhang, Guirui Yu, Xinquan Zhao, Peng Gong, Tandong Yao, Jianghua Wu (2013) The impacts of climate change and human activities on biogeochemical cycles on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Global Change Biology 19: 2940-2955.
Weifeng Wang, Changhui Peng, Daniel D. Kneeshaw, Guy R. Larocque, and Zhi-Bin Luo (2012) Drought-induced tree mortality: ecological consequences, causes, and modelling. Environmental Reviews 20: 109–121.
Marion Liberloo, Sophie Dillen, Carlo Calfapietra, Sara Marinari, Zhi-Bin Luo, Paolo De Angelis, Reinhart Ceulemans (2005) Elevated CO2 concentration, fertilization and their interaction: growth stimulation in a short-rotation poplar coppice (EUROFACE). Tree Physiology 25: 179-189.
Marion Liberloo, Carlo Calfapietra, Martin Lukac, Douglas Godbold, Zhi-Bin Luo, Andrea Polle, Marcel Hoosbeek, Olevi Kull, Michal Marek, Christine Raines, Gail Taylor, Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, Reinhart Ceulemans (2006) Woody biomass production during the second rotation of a bio-energy Populus plantation increases in a future high CO2 world. Global Change Biology 12: 1094-1106.
