Linghao Zhong

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto

Research Summary

Research interests include computer simulation on proteins (prion protein folding and enzymatic cellulose degradation catalyzed by cellulase) and implementation of renewable energy technologies (biodiesel processing and wind turbines along the highway).

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Recent Publications

Microbial Community Composition and Activity in Saline Soils of Coastal Agro–Ecosystems

Dong, Y., Zhang, J., Chen, R., Zhong, L., Lin, X. & Feng, Y., Apr 2022, In: Microorganisms. 10, 4, 835.

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Editorial: Microbial Interactions With Nanomaterials in the Environment and Their Application

Wang, F., Zhong, L., Wu, Y. & He, S., Mar 24 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, 850141.

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Balanced stochastic versus deterministic assembly processes benefit diverse yet uneven ecosystem functions in representative agroecosystems

Liu, W., Graham, E. B., Dong, Y., Zhong, L., Zhang, J., Qiu, C., Chen, R., Lin, X. & Feng, Y., Jan 2021, In: Environmental microbiology. 23, 1, p. 391-404 14 p.

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Dynamic microbial assembly processes correspond to soil fertility in sustainable paddy agroecosystems

Liu, W., Graham, E. B., Zhong, L., Zhang, J., Li, W., Li, Z., Lin, X. & Feng, Y., Jun 1 2020, In: Functional Ecology. 34, 6, p. 1244-1256 13 p.

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Long-Term Stochasticity Combines With Short-Term Variability in Assembly Processes to Underlie Rice Paddy Sustainability

Liu, W., Graham, E. B., Zhong, L., Zhang, J., Li, S., Lin, X. & Feng, Y., May 15 2020, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 873.

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Fertilization decreases compositional variation of paddy bacterial community across geographical gradient

Chen, R., Zhong, L., Jing, Z., Guo, Z., Li, Z., Lin, X. & Feng, Y., Nov 2017, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 114, p. 181-188 8 p.

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Balanced fertilization decreases environmental filtering on soil bacterial community assemblage in North China

Feng, Y., Guo, Z., Zhong, L., Zhao, F., Zhang, J. & Lin, X., Dec 1 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, DEC, 2376.

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Bioremediation of wastewater by iron Oxide-Biochar nanocomposites loaded with photosynthetic bacteria

He, S., Zhong, L., Duan, J., Feng, Y., Yang, B. & Yang, L., May 23 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, MAY, 823.

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Exploring the potential of microcalorimetry to study soil microbial metabolic diversity

Xu, J., Feng, Y., Barros, N., Zhong, L., Chen, R. & Lin, X., Feb 1 2017, In: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 127, 2, p. 1457-1465 9 p.

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Geographical distribution of methanogenic archaea in nine representative paddy soils in China

Zu, Q., Zhong, L., Deng, Y., Shi, Y., Wang, B., Jia, Z., Lin, X. & Feng, Y., Sep 13 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, SEP, 1447.

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Hydrogen-Bonding Network and OH Stretch Vibration of Cellulose: Comparison of Computational Modeling with Polarized IR and SFG Spectra

Lee, C. M., Kubicki, J. D., Fan, B., Zhong, L., Jarvis, M. C. & Kim, S. H., Dec 10 2015, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119, 49, p. 15138-15149 12 p.

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Insight into structural rearrangements and interdomain interactions related to electron transfer between flavin mononucleotide and heme in nitric oxide synthase: A molecular dynamics study

Sheng, Y., Zhong, L., Guo, D., Lau, G. & Feng, C., Dec 2015, In: Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 153, p. 186-196 11 p.

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Quantum mechanical calculations on cellulose-water interactions: Structures, energetics, vibrational frequencies and NMR chemical shifts for surfaces of Iα and Iβ cellulose

Kubicki, J. D., Watts, H. D., Zhao, Z. & Zhong, L., Apr 2014, In: Cellulose. 21, 2, p. 909-926 18 p.

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Erratum to Molecular dynamics simulation study of xyloglucan adsorption on cellulose surfaces: Effects of surface hydrophobicity and side-chain variation (Cellulose, 10.1007/s10570-013-0041-1)

Zhao, Z., Crespi, V. H., Kubicki, J. D., Cosgrove, D. J. & Zhong, L., Apr 2014, In: Cellulose. 21, 2, p. 1041-1042 2 p.

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Molecular dynamics simulation study of xyloglucan adsorption on cellulose surfaces: Effects of surface hydrophobicity and side-chain variation

Zhao, Z., Crespi, V. H., Kubicki, J. D., Cosgrove, D. J. & Zhong, L., Apr 2014, In: Cellulose. 21, 2, p. 1025-1039 15 p.

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