2018.1-present：Associate Professor, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS
2014.10- 2017.12: Assistant Professor, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS

1. Xi-Mei Xue, Jun Ye, Georg Raber, Barry P. Rosen, Kevin Francesconi, Chan Xiong, Zhe Zhu, Christopher Rensing, and Yong-Guan Zhu*. Identification of Steps in the Pathway of Arsenosugar Biosynthesis. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53: 634–641
2. Wang, Hong-Tao; Zhu, Dong; Li, Gang; Zheng, Fei; Ding, Jing; J O’Connor, Patrick; Zhu, Yong-Guan; Xue, Xi-Mei*. Effects of Arsenic on Gut Microbiota and Its Biotransformation Genes in Earthworm Metaphire sieboldin. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53(7): 3841-3849
3. Wang, H. T., Ding, J., Xiong, C., Zhu, D., Li, G., Jia, X. Y., Zhu, Y. G., & Xue, X. M.* Exposure to microplastics lowers arsenic accumulation and alters gut bacterial communities of earthworm Metaphire californica. Environmental Pollution, 2019, 251: 110-116.
4. Hui-Juan Xua, Xiao-Ru Yang, Shun Li, Xi-Mei Xue, Shuai Chang, Hu Li, Brajesh K. Sing he, Jian-Qiang Su, Yong-Guan Zhu. Nitrogen inputs are more important than denitrifier abundances in controlling denitrification-derived N2O emission from both urban and agricultural soils. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 650: 2807-2817.
5. Li, G. X., Zhou, S. Y. D., Ren, H. Y., Xue, X. M., Xu, Y. Y., & Bao, P. Extracellular Biomineralization of Gold by Delftia tsuruhatensis GX-3 Isolated from a Heavy Metal Contaminated Paddy Soil. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018, 2(12), 1294-1300.
6. Liu, R., Wang, X., Ye, J., Xue, X., Zhang, F., Zhang, H., Hou X. Liu X. & Zhang, Y. Enhanced antibacterial activity of silver-decorated sandwich-like mesoporous silica/reduced graphene oxide nanosheets through photothermal effect. Nanotechnology, 2018, 29(10), 105704.
7. Yong-Guan Zhu,*, # Xi-Mei Xue,# Andreas Kappler, Barry P Rosen, and Andrew A Meharg. (2017) Linking Genes to Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling: Lessons from Arsenic, Environmental Science & Technology 51 (13): 7326–7339.
8. Xue, Xi-Mei; Ye, Jun; Raber, Georg; Francesconi, Kevin; Li, Gang; Gao, Hong; Yan, Yu; Rensing, Christopher; Zhu, Yong-Guan*. (2017) Arsenic Methyltransferase is Involved in Arsenosugar Biosynthesis by Providing DMA. Environmental Science & Technology, 51:1224-1230.
9. Xi-Mei Xue, Yu Yan, Chan Xiong, Georg Raber, Kevin Francesconi, Ting Pan, Jun Ye, Yong-Guan Zhu*. (2017) Arsenic biotransformation by a cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. PCC 7120. Environmental Pollution, 228: 111-117.
10. Xi-Mei Xue, Yu Yan，Hui-juan Xu, Ning Wang, Xiao Zhang and Jun Ye*. (2014) ArsH from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 reduces chromate and ferric iron. FEMS microbiology letters, 356: 105–112.
11. Xi-Mei Xue, Georg Raber, Simon Foster, Song-Can Chen, Kevin Francesconi * & Yong-Guan Zhu*. (2014) Biosynthesis of arsenolipids by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Environmental Chemistry, 11: 506-513.
12. Yu Yan, Kai Ding, Xin-Wei Yu, Jun Ye, Xi-Mei Xue*. (2017) Ability of periplasmic phosphate binding proteins from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to discriminate phosphate against arsenate. Water, air & soil pollution. 228, 148.
13. Liu, Rong; Wang, Xuandong; Ye, Jun; Xue, Ximei; Zhang, Fangrong; Zhang, Huicong; Hou, Xuemei; Liu, Xiaolong; Zhang, Yun. (2018) Enhanced antibacterial activity of silver-decorated sandwich-like mesoporous silica/reduced graphene oxide nanosheets through photothermal effect. Nanotechnology, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaa624.
14. Wang, N., Xue, X. M., Juhasz, A. L., Chang, Z. Z., & Li, H. B.* (2017). Biochar increases arsenic release from an anaerobic paddy soil due to enhanced microbial reduction of iron and arsenic. Environmental Pollution. 220:514-522.
15. Yu Yan, Xi-Mei Xue, Yu-Qing Guo, Yong-Guan Zhu, Jun Ye*. (2017). Co-expression of cyanobacterial genes for arsenic methylation and demethylation in Escherichia coli offers insights into arsenic resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8：60.
16. Wang, N., Zhou, C. Z., Xue, X. M., Yu, J. G., Shi, X. X., Ma, L. P., & Li, H. B.* (2017). Biochar decreases nitrogen oxide and enhances methane emissions via altering microbial community composition of anaerobic paddy soil. Science of the Total Environment. 581-582, 689-696.
17. Guo, Y., Xue, X., Yan, Y., Zhu, Y., Yang, G., & Ye, J. * (2016). Arsenic methylation by an arsenite S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase from Spirulina platensis. Journal of Environmental Sciences.49:162-168.
18. Yan Y#, Ye J#, Xue X M, Zhu Y G*. (2015) Arsenic demethylation by a C· As lyase in cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. PCC 7120. Environmental science & technology, 49(24): 14350-14358.
19. Jun Ye#, Yue Chang#, Yu Yan, Jie Xiong, Xi-Mei Xue, Dongxia Yuan, Guo-Xin Sun, Yong-Guan Zhu*, Wei Miao*. (2014) Identification and characterization of the arsenite methyltransferase from a protozoan, Tetrahymena pyriformis. Aquatic Toxicology, 149: 50–57.
20. X. Zhang, X.-M. Xue, Y. Yan and J. Ye*. (2014). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of ArsH from Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Acta Cryst. F70, 497-500.
21. Mestrot, Adrien, Xie, Wan-Ying, Xue, Xi-Mei, Zhu, Yong-Guan*. (2013) Arsenic volatilization in model anaerobic biogas digesters. Applied Geochemistry, 33: 294-2975.

1.The Molecular Mechanism of Arsenosugar Synthesis in Cyanobacteria. National Science Foundation of China (21507125) 2016.01-2018.12
2.The Research and Development of Barrier and Passivation Technology and Materials for Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmland. The National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0800700) 2016.1-2020.12
3.The Comprehensive Control and Remediation Technology Demonstration of Cadmium and Arsenic and Non-point Pollution in the Pearl River Delta. The National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0801300) 2017.1-2020.12