Personal Profile

Zhang Dongjing, Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor in the Department of Pathogenic Biology and Biosafety, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University. From August 2013 to August 2015, he worked as a Consultant in the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture (FAO/IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, conducting research and development on mosquito biological control technologies. He obtained his Doctor of Pathogenic Biology degree from Sun Yat-sen University in 2018. From September 2018 to October 2020, he worked in the Postdoctoral Research Station of Basic Medical Sciences at Sun Yat-sen University.

Academic Achievements

Representative Publications

He has published 16 SCI papers as the first author or corresponding author in journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, Pest Management Science, and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, with an H-index of 17 (ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dongjing-Zhang).

• Zheng X(#), Zhang D(#), Li Y(#), Yang C(#), Wu Y(#), Liang X, et al. Incompatible and sterile insect techniques combined eliminate mosquitoes. Nature, 2019, 572(7767): 56 - 61. (#co-first author) (Cited: 454 as of March 31, 2024)
• Zhang D(#), Maiga H(#), Li Y(#), Bakhoum MT(#), Wang G(#), Sun Y et al. Mating harassment may boost the effectiveness of the sterile insect technique for Aedes mosquitoes. Nature Communications, 2024, 15:1980
• Zhang D(#*), Sun Y(#), Yamada H, Wu Y, Wang G, Feng Q et al. Effects of radiation on the fitness, sterility and arbovirus susceptibility of a Wolbachia-free Aedes albopictus strain for use in the sterile insect technique. Pest Manag Sci, 2023, 79(11):4186 - 4196.
• Wang G(#), Zhang D(#), Khan J, Guo J, Feng Q, Sun Y et al. Predicting the impact of climate change on the distribution of a neglected arboviruses vector (Armigeres subalbatus) in China. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis, 2022, 7, 431.
• Yamada H(#*), Zhang D(#), Parker AG, Vreysen MJB. Sterilizing insects with X rays or gamma rays - which irradiator to select?. Front. Trop. Dis, 2023, 4:1224386.
• Guo J, Zheng X, Zhang D (), Wu Y (). Current status of mosquito handling, transporting and releasing in frame of the sterile insect technique. Insects, 2022, 13(6):532.
• Zhang D(#), Chen S(#), Abd-Alla AMM, Bourtzis K. The effect of radiation on the gut bacteriome of Aedes albopictus. Front. Microbiol, 2021, 12:671699.
• Zhang D, Xi Z, Li Y, Wang X, Yamada H, Qiu J, et al. Toward implementation of combined incompatible and sterile insect techniques for mosquito control: optimized chilling conditions for handling Aedes albopictus male adults prior to release. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2020, 14(9): e0008561.
• Chen S(#), Zhang D(#), Augustinos AA, Doudoumis V, Belmohtar N, Maiga H, et al. Multiple factors determine the structure of bacterial communities associated with Aedes albopictus under artificial rearing conditions. Front Microbiol, 2020, 11:605. (#co-first author)
• Zhang M(#), Zhang D(#), Li Y, Sun Q, Li Q, Fan Y, et al. Water-induced strong protection against acute exposure to low subzero temperature of adult Aedes albopictus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2019, 13(2): e0007139. (#co-first author)
• Zhang D(#), Li Y(#), Sun Q, Zheng X, Gilles JRL, Yamada H, Wu Z, Xi Z, Wu Y(*). Establishment of a medium-scale mosquito facility: tests on mass production cage for Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasit Vectors, 2018, 11: 189. (#co-first author)
• Zhang D(#), Zhang M(#), Yu W, Gilles JRL, Yamada H, Wu Z, Xi Z, Zheng X(*). Establishment of a medium-scale mosquito facility: optimization of the larval mass-rearing unit for Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasit Vectors, 2017, 10: 569. (#co-first author)
• Zhang D, Lees RS, Xi Z, Bourtzis K, Gilles JR(*). Combining the Sterile Insect Technique with the Incompatible Insect Technique: III-Robust mating competitiveness of irradiated triple Wolbachia-infected Aedes albopictus males under semi-field conditions. PLoS One, 2016, 11(3): e0151864. (Cited: 94 as of March 31, 2024)
• Zhang D, Lees RS, Xi Z, Gilles JR, Bourtzis K(*). Combining the sterile insect technique with Wolbachia-based approaches: II - a safer approach to Aedes albopictus population suppression programmes, designed to minimize the consequences of inadvertent female release. PLoS One, 2015, 10(8): e0135194. (Cited: 100 as of March 31, 2024)
• Zhang D, Zheng X, Xi Z, Bourtzis K, Gilles JR(*). Combining the sterile insect technique with the incompatible insect technique: I - impact of Wolbachia infection on the fitness of triple- and double-infected strains of Aedes albopictus. PLoS One, 2015, 10(4): e0121126. (Cited: 149 as of March 31, 2024)
• Zhang D, Zhan X, Wu X, Yang X, Liang G, Zheng Z, Li Z, Wu Y, Zheng X(*). A field survey for Wolbchia and phage WO infections of Aedes albopictus in Guangzhou City, China. Parasitol Res, 2014, 113(1): 399 - 404.

Published Chapters

J. Hendrichs, R. Pereira and M. J. B. Vreysen (eds.), Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management: Development and Field Application: In “Baton LA, Zhang D, Li Y, Xi Z. Combining the incompatible and sterile insect techniques for pest and vector control”. pp. 367‒404. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. © 2021 IAEA.

Patents and Standards

1. Zhang Dongjing, Zheng Xiaoying, Wu Zhongdao, Sun Yan, Wu Yu, Pan Wenjie, Qian Jun. A mosquito rearing and observation device. Utility model patent. ZL 2022 2 3014280.0, March 14, 2023.
2. Wang Xiaohua, Zhu Jian, Zhang Dongjing, Zhang Jixin. A vessel for X-ray irradiator treatment. Utility model patent. ZL 2017 2 0271905.1, December 29, 2017.
3. Zhang Dongjing, Zheng Xiaoying, Pan Wenjie, Wu Yu, Wu Zhongdao, Sun Yan. Technical requirements for large-scale irradiation-induced male sterility of Aedes albopictus males. Group standard T/CIRA 58 - 2023. Implemented on December 28, 2023, by the China Isotope and Radiation Association.
4. Zhang Dongjing, Zheng Xiaoying, Wu Zhongdao, Pan Wenjie, Sun Yan, He Shaobin. Technical requirements for large-scale production of Aedes albopictus males. Group standard T/CIRA 59 - 2023. Implemented on December 28, 2023, by the China Isotope and Radiation Association.

Research Projects

1. The "Grand Challenges: Outdoor Malaria Vector Control" project jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), October 2022 - September 2025, 2.925 million yuan.
2. IAEA Collaborative Research Project D44005, April 2022 - October 2028, 30,000 euros.
3. Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project, March 2022 - March 2024, 50,000 yuan.
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project, January 2021 - December 2023, 240,000 yuan.
5. Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program ("Boxin Plan"), January 2019 - December 2020, 600,000 yuan.
6. General Postdoctoral Fund, January 2019 - December 2020, 50,000 yuan.