职称 教授
学位 博士
政治面貌 中共党员
邮箱 cp@mail.hzau.edu.cn
研究方向 土壤生物膜与生态环境效应
教育经历
2002.09-2007.07 华中农业大学资源与环境学院 土壤学博士
1998.09-2002.07 华中农业大学土壤与农业化学系 本科
主要职历
2013.08-至今，华中农业大学资源与环境学院，教授
2018.06-2018.12，美国加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校，高级访问学者
2011.07-2012.07，美国加州大学河滨分校，博士后
2009.12-2013.08，华中农业大学资源与环境学院，副教授
2007.07-2009.11，华中农业大学资源与环境学院，讲师
科研成果
科研方向
1.土壤生物膜与生态环境
2.土壤矿物-有机物-微生物界面反应
学术成绩
围绕土壤生物膜与生态环境效应方向，近年来构建了土壤矿物表面细菌生物膜培养方法及其复合表征技术，为研究土壤生物膜过程及其环境效应提供了方法与平台；阐明了土壤矿物与细菌/EPS 界面反应机理，揭示了土壤矿物表面细菌生物膜形成机制；揭示了土壤矿物-生物膜EPS复合体固定重金属机制，阐明了病原菌在土壤中的存活机制，提出了利用生物膜技术阻控病原菌入侵的新策略。主持了包括国家基金委优秀青年科学基金、科技部重点研发计划课题、教育部霍英东基金等科研项目，入选国家高层次人才特殊支持计划-青年拔尖人才和教育部新世纪优秀人才计划；曾获国际环境生物地球化学学会 Wolf Vishniac奖（2013年）、中国土壤学会优秀青年学者奖（2010年）和全国优秀博士学位论文奖（2009年）。迄今已发表论文100余篇，其中SCI论文90余篇，作为第一作者和通讯作者在《npj Biofilms and Microbiomes》、《Environmental Science & Technology》、《Environment International》、《Water Research》、《Soil Biology & Biochemistry》等环境科学和土壤学领域知名期刊上发表研究论文46篇，被SCI他引1900余次，h因子28。担任J Soil Sediment、Soil Ecol Lett、Front Microbiol、《农业资源与环境学报》等期刊编委。
2015年获华中农业大学研究生指导教师“教书育人奖”，2019年获华中农业大学教学质量一等奖和华中农业大学优秀共产党员。
主持科研项目
1.国家自然科学基金面上项目，41877029，胞外聚合物与土壤活性颗粒互作驱动微团聚体形成机制，2019/01-2022/12，在研，主持。
2.国家重点研发计划，2016YFD0800206，农田病原微生物污染及其存活与传播机制，2016/01-2020/12，在研，主持。
3.国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金，41522106，土壤生物化学，2016/01-2018/12，130万元，已结题，主持。
代表性学术论文（第一或通讯作者）
1. Yichao Wu, Peng Cai*, Xinxin Jing, Xueke Niu, Dandan Ji, Noha Mohamed Ashry, Chunhui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang. Soil biofilm formation enhances microbial community diversity and metabolic activity. Environment International. 2019, 132, 105116.
2. Shuang Wang, Marc Redmile-Gordon, Monika Mortimer, Peng Cai,*, Yichao Wu, Chunhui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang. Extraction of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from red soils (Ultisols). Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2019, 135, 283-285.
3. Chun-Hui Gao, Monika Mortimer, Ming Zhang, Patricia A. Holden, Peng Cai*, Shan Wu, Yuexing Xin, Yichao Wu, Qiaoyun Huang. Impact of metal oxide nanoparticles on in vitro DNA amplification. Peer Journal. 7:e7228.
4. Chun-Hui Gao, Ming Zhang, Yichao Wu, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Divergent influence to a pathogen invader by resident bacteria with different social interactions. Microbial Ecology. 2019, 77, 76-86.
5. Peng Cai⁎, Di Lin, Caroline L. Peacock, Wanxi Peng, Qiaoyun Huang. EPS adsorption to goethite: Molecular level adsorption mechanisms using 2D correlation spectroscopy. Chemical Geology. 2018, 494, 127-135.
6. Peng Cai*, Xing Liu, Dandan Ji, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang. Impact of soil clay minerals on growth, biofilm formation, and virulence of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Environmental Pollution. 2018, 243, 953-960.
7. Di Lin, Peng Cai⁎, Caroline L. Peacock, Yichao Wu, Chunhui Gao, Wanxi Peng, Qiaoyun Huang, Wei Liang. Towards a better understanding of the aggregation mechanisms of iron(hydr)oxide nanoparticles interacting with extracellular polymeric substances: Role of pH and electrolyte solution. Science of the Total Environment. 2018. 645, 372–379.
8. Yichao Wu, Xinxin Jing, Chunhui, Gao, Qiaoyun, Huang, Peng Cai*. Recent advances in microbial electrochemical system for soil bioremediation. Chemosphere. 2018, 211, 156-163.
9. Ming Liu, Shanshan Yang, Chengkun Zheng, Xuesong Luo, Weicheng Bei, Peng Cai*. Binding to type I collagen is essential for the infectivity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus to host cells. Cellular Microbiology. 2018, 20, e12856.
10. Kai Ouyang, Sharon L. Walker, Xiao-Ying Yu, Chun-Hui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Cellular Responses of Pseudomonas putida to Hematite Nanoparticles Mediated by Surface-Bound Humic Acid. Environmental Science: Nano. 2018, 5, 682-695.
11. Kai Ouyang, Xiao-Ying Yu, Yunlin Zhu, Chunhui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Effects of humic acid on the interactions between zinc oxide nanoparticles and bacterial biofilms. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 231: 1104-1111.
12. Di Lin, S. Drew Story, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Wei Liang, Peng Cai*. Role of pH and ionic strength in the aggregation of TiO2 nanoparticles in the presence of extracellular polymeric substances from Bacillus subtilis. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 228: 35-42.
13. Wenting Ma, Donghai Peng, Sharon L. Walker, Bin Cao, Chun-Hui Gao, Qiaoyun Huang and Peng Cai*. Bacillus subtilis biofilm development in the presence of soil clay minerals and iron oxides. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2017) 3:4; doi:10.1038/s41522-017-0013-6
14. Kai Ouyang, Ke Dai, Hao Chen, Qiaoyun Huang, Chunhui Gao, Peng Cai*. Metal-free inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 by fullerene/C3N4 hybrid under visible light irradiation. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2017, 136:40-45.
15. Di Lin, S. Drew Story, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Influence of extracellular polymeric substances on the aggregation kinetics of TiO2 nanoparticles. Water Research, 2016, 104:381-388.
16. Kai Ouyang1, Ke Dai1, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Xixiang Yin, Peng Cai*. Efficient photocatalytic disinfection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 using C70-TiO2 hybrid under visible light irradiation. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 25702.
17. Di Lin, Wenting Ma, Zhaoxia Jin, Yixuan Wang, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Interactions of EPS with soil minerals: A combination study by ITC and CLSM. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2016, 138: 10-16.
18. Xing Liu, Wenqiang Zhao, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Relative Attachment Behaviors of Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Escherichia coli to Soil Particles: Influence of Soil Physico-Chemical Properties. Geomicrobiology Journal. 2015, 32, 594-601.
19. Wenqiang Zhao, Shanshan Yang, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Bacterial cell surface properties: Role of loosely bound extracellularpolymeric substances (LB-EPS). Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 128 (2015) 600-607
20. Wenqiang Zhao, Xing Liu, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. 2015. Streptococcus suis sorption on agricultural soils: Role of soil physic-chemical properties. Chemosphere, 119, 52-58.
21. Wenqiang Zhao, Sharon L.Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. Contrasting effects of extracellular polymeric substances on the surface characteristics of bacterial pathogens and cell attachment to soil particles. Chemical Geology 410 (2015) 79-88.
22. Linchuan Fang, Shanshan Yang, Qiaoyun Huang, Aifang Xue, Peng Cai*. 2014. Biosorption mechanisms of Cu(II) by extracellular polymeric substances from Bacillus subtilis. Chemical Geology. 386,143-151.
23. Wenqiang Zhao, Sharon L. Walker, Qiaoyun Huang, Peng Cai*. 2014. Adhesion of bacterial pathogens to soil colloidal particles: Influences of cell type, natural organic matter, and solution chemistry. Water Research. 53:35-46.
24. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y., Walker, S.L.* 2013. Deposition and Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Clay Minerals in a Parallel Plate Flow System. Environmental Science & Technology. 47:1896-1903.
25. Fang, L.C., Cao, Y.Y., Huang, Q.Y., Sharon L. Walker, Cai, P.* 2012. Reactions between bacterial exopolymers and goethite: A combined macroscopic and spectroscopic investigation. Water Research. 46:5613-5620.
26. Zhao, W.Q., Liu, X., Huang, Q.Y., Walker, S.L., Cai, P.* 2012. Interactions of pathogens Escherichia coli and Streptococcus suis with clay minerals. Applied Clay Science. 69:37-42.
27. Wei, X., Fang, L.C., Cai, P.*, Huang, Q.Y., Chen, H., Liang, W., Rong, X.M. 2011. Influence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on Cd adsorption by bacteria. Environmental Pollution. 159:1369-1374.
28. Fang, L.C., Wei, X., Cai, P.*, Huang, Q.Y., Chen, H., Liang, W., Rong, X.M. 2011. Role of extracellular polymeric substances in Cu(II) adsorption on Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas putida. Bioresource Technology. 102:1137-1141.
29. Cai, P.*, He, X.M., Xue, A.F., Chen H., Huang, Q.Y., Yu, J., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2011. Bioavailability of methyl parathion adsorbed on clay minerals and iron oxide. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 185:1032-1036.
30. Cao, Y.Y., Wei, X., Cai, P.*, Huang, Q.Y., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2011. Preferential adsorption of extracellular polymeric substances on clay minerals and iron oxide. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 83:122-127.
31. Fang, L.C., Huang, Q.Y., Wei, X., Liang, W., Rong, X.M., Chen, W.L., Cai, P.* 2010. Microcalorimetric and potentiometric titration studies on the adsorption of copper by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), minerals and their composites. Bioresource Technology. 101:5774-5779.
32. Cai, P., Zhu, J., Huang, Q.Y.*, Fang, L.C., Liang, W., Chen, W.L. 2009. Role of bacteria in the adsorption and binding of DNA on soil colloids and minerals. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 69:26-30.
33. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Li, M., Liang, W. 2008. Binding and degradation of DNA on montmorillonite coated by hydroxyl aluminum species. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 62:299-306.
34. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Chen, W.L., Zhang, D., Wang, K.Z., Jiang, D.H., Liang, W. 2007. Soil colloids-bound plasmid DNA: effect on transformation of E. coli and resistance to DNase I degradation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 39:1007-1013.
35. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhu, J., Jiang, D.H., Zhou, X.Y., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2007. Effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids and phosphate on DNA adsorption by soil colloids and minerals. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 54: 53-59.
36. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Lu, Y.D., Chen, W.L., Jiang, D.H., Liang, W. 2007. Amplification of plasmid DNA bound on soil colloidal particles and clay minerals by the polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Environmental Science. 19: 1326-1329.
37. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W. 2006. Interactions of DNA with Clay Minerals and Soil Colloidal Particles and Protection against Degradation by DNase. Environmental Science & Technology. 40: 2971-2976.
38. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W., Chen, H. 2006. Adsorption of DNA on clay minerals and various colloidal particles from an Alfisol. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 38: 471-476.
39. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Jiang, D.H., Rong, X.M., Liang, W. 2006. Microcalorimetric studies on the adsorption of DNA by soil colloidal particle. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 49:49-54.
40. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W. 2006. Microcalorimetric studies of the effects of MgCl2 concentrations and pH on the adsorption of DNA on montmorillonite, kaolinite and goethite. Applied Clay Science. 32: 147-152.
41. Cai, P., Huang, Q.Y.*, Zhang, X.W., Chen, H. 2005. Binding and transformation of extracellular DNA in soil. Pedosphere. 15:16-23.
