9/2002-12/2006 Graduate Student, Ph.D. School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China
9/1999-8/2002 Graduate Student, M.Sc. College of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China
9/1995-7/2002 Undergraduate Student, B.Sc. Department of Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China

Using genomic, transcriptomic and microarray approaches to investigate the microbial diversity and functional genes involved in bio-geochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and metal elements.
Using metagenomic and high-throughput qPCR to investigate the abundance, distribution and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes, and to discover novel antibiotic resistance genes in environment.

1. Su JQ, Wei B, Ou-Yang WY, Huang FY, Zhao Y, Xu HJ et al (2015). Antibiotic Resistome and Its Association with Bacterial Communities during Sewage Sludge Composting. Environ Sci Technol 49: 7356-7363.
2. Su, J.-Q., L.-J. Ding, K. Xue, H.-Y. Yao, J. Quensen, S.-J. Bai, W.-X. Wei, J.-S. Wu, J. Zhou, J. M. Tiedje and Y.-G. Zhu (2015). "Long-term balanced fertilization increases the soil microbial functional diversity in a phosphorus-limited paddy soil." Molecular Ecology 24(1): 136-150.
3. Ouyang, W.-Y., F.-Y. Huang, Y. Zhao, H. Li and J.-Q. Su* (2015). "Increased levels of antibiotic resistance in urban stream of Jiulongjiang River, China." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6416-5.
4. Xie, W. Y., J. Q. Su* and Y. G. Zhu (2015). "Phyllosphere bacterial community of floating macrophytes in paddy soil environments as revealed by illumina high-throughput sequencing." Appl Environ Microbiol 81(2): 522-532.
5. Yang, X. R., H. Li, S. A. Nie, J. Q. Su, B. S. Weng, G. B. Zhu, H. Y. Yao, J. A. Gilbert and Y. G. Zhu (2015). "Potential contribution of anammox to nitrogen loss from paddy soils in southern china." Appl Environ Microbiol 81(3): 938-947.
6. Ding, L.-J., J.-Q. Su, H.-J. Xu, Z.-J. Jia and Y.-G. Zhu (2015). "Long-term nitrogen fertilization of paddy soil shifts iron-reducing microbial community revealed by RNA-13C-acetate probing coupled with pyrosequencing." ISME J, 9(3): 721-734.
7. Huang, X., C. Liu, K. Li, J. Su, G. Zhu and L. Liu (2015). "Performance of vertical up-flow constructed wetlands on swine wastewater containing tetracyclines and tet genes." Water Research 70(0): 109-117.
8. Wang, H. T., J. Q. Su, T. L. Zheng and X. R. Yang (2014). "Impacts of vegetation, tidal process, and depth on the activities, abundances, and community compositions of denitrifiers in mangrove sediment." Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 98(22): 9375-9387.
9. Xu, H. J., X. H. Wang, H. Li, H. Y. Yao, J. Q. Su and Y. G. Zhu (2014). "Biochar impacts soil microbial community composition and nitrogen cycling in an acidic soil planted with rape." Environ Sci Technol 48(16): 9391-9399.
10. Xie, W. Y., J. Q. Su* and Y. G. Zhu* (2014). "Arsenite Oxidation by the Phyllosphere Bacterial Community Associated with Wolffia australiana." Environ Sci Technol 48(16): 9668-9674.
11. Wang, F. H., M. Qiao, J. Q. Su, Z. Chen, X. Zhou and Y. G. Zhu (2014). "High throughput profiling of antibiotic resistance genes in urban park soils with reclaimed water irrigation." Environ Sci Technol 48(16): 9079-9085.
12. Nie, S.-A., H.-J. Xu, S. Li, H. Li and J.-Q. Su* (2014). "Relationships Between Abundance of Microbial Functional Genes and the Status and Fluxes of Carbon and Nitrogen in Rice Rhizosphere and Bulk Soils." Pedosphere 24(5): 645-651.
13. Xu, H.J., Li, S., Su, J.Q., Nie, S.A., Gibson, V., Li, H., and Zhu, Y.G. (2014) Does urbanization shape bacterial community composition in urban park soils? A case study in 16 representative Chinese cities based on the pyrosequencing method. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 87: 182-192.
14. Su, JQ, B. Wei, C. Y. Xu, M. Qiao and Y. G. Zhu (2014). Functional metagenomic characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soils from China. Environment International 65(0): 9-15.
15. Zhang, Q., J. Peng, Q. Chen, X. Yang, Y. Hong and J. Su* (2013). Abundance and composition of denitrifiers in response to Spartina alterniflora invasion in estuarine sediment. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 59(12): 825-836.
16. Peng J, Zhang Y, Su JQ, Qiu Q, Jia Z, Zhu Y-G (2013). Bacterial communities predominant in the degradation of 13C4-4,5,9,10-pyrene during composting. Bioresour Technol 143: 608-614.
17. Zhu YG, Johnson TA, Su JQ, Qiao M, Guo GX, Stedtfeld RD et al (2013). Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistance genes in Chinese swine farms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110: 3435-3440.
18. Yanyan Zhou, Jianqiang Su, Qiliang Lai, Xinyi Li, Xiaoru Yang, Peiyan Dong, and Tianling Zheng (2013). Phaeocystidibacter luteus gen. nov. sp. nov., a new member of the family Cryomorphaceae isolated from the marine alga Phaeocystis globosa and emended description of Owenweeksia hongkongensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 63(Pt 3): 1143-1148. (Co-first author).
19. Jianqiang Su, Yanyan Zhou, Qiliang Lai, Xinyi Li, Peiyan Dong, Xiaoru Yang, Bangzhou Zhang, Jinlong Zhang, Xiaowei Zheng, Yun Tian and Tianling Zheng (2012). Sinobacterium caligoides gen. nov. sp. nov., a new member of the family Oceanospirillaceae isolated from South China Sea and emended description of Amphritea japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013, 63(Pt 6), 2095-100
20. JianQiang Su, Jun Ye, YongGuan Zhu. (2012) Draft genome sequence of a novel bacterial strain LSJC7 belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae with dual resistance to arsenic and tetracycline. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(24):7005-7006.
21. Min Qiao, Wangda Chen, Jianqiang Su, Bing Zhang, Cai Zhang (2012). Fate of tetracyclines in swine manure of three selected swine farms in China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 24: 1047–1052.
22. Binxiang Wang, XiaoRu Yang, Jinglin Lu, Yanyan Zhou, Jianqiang Su, Yun Tian, Jun Zhang, Guizhong Wang, Tianling Zheng (2012). A marine bacterium producing protein with algicidal activity against Alexandrium tamarense. Harmful Algae, 13: 83–88.
23. LI Xiao-Fang, YIN Hong-Bin, SU Jian-Qiang* (2012). An Attempt to Quantify Cu-Resistant Microorganisms in a Paddy Soil from Jiaxing, China. Pedosphere 22(2): 201-205.
24. Jianqiang Su, Xiaoru Yang, Yanyan Zhou, Tianling Zheng (2011). Marine bacteria antagonistic to the harmful algal bloom species Alexandrium tamarense (Dinophyceae). Biological Control, 56: 132-138.

1. Environmental behaviors of antibiotics and characteristics of antibiotic resistant genes in watershed, Co-I, awarded by the National Science Foundation, 2013-2017.
2. Microbial community structure and metatranscriptome in urban wetland, PI, awarded by the National Science Foundation, 2013-2016.
3. Microbial metabolism of arsenic in paddy soil, PI, awarded by the National Science Foundation, 2011-2013.
4. Arsenic methylation by algae and its molecular mechanisms in wetlands, PI, awarded by Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011-2013