高晓蓉，博士，大连理工大学生物工程学院副教授，大连市高层次人才。主要研究方向为生物安全技术开发及生物学机理研究，包括农作物安全育种、食品安全检测、环境有机污染生态安全及生物修复技术开发等领域。主持完成国家转基因生物新品种培育科技重大专项“磷高效利用转基因大豆新品种培育”子项目、国家自然科学基金、省、连科研项目十余项。作为项目骨干，参加国家重点研发计划项目、国家自然科学基金等十余项，发表科研论文30余篇，授权专利5项。曾研究获得具有生物安全性优势的转植酸酶基因大豆新品种，国家农业部审查确认为生物安全等级II级，并获得国家专利授权。

国家级出版社主编教材1部，主讲数字课程1门。每年在中国大学MOOC平台主讲线上课程1门。主持建设辽宁省一流本科课程1门。获全国高校生命科学类微课教学大赛三等奖1项，校级本科教学成果奖三等奖1项。

近期发表的主要论文

1. Su-Xin Li, Xiao-Rong Gao*, Jun Yi, Ling-Yun Jia, Jun Ren. A new strategy of using periphyton to simultaneously promote remediation of PAHs-contaminated soil and production of safer crops. Environmental Research 246 (2024) 118149  (IF=8.3)

2. Su-Xin Li, Fang-Ling Ji, Jun Lv, Ling-Yun Jia, Jun Ren, Xiao-Rong Gao*. Removal of PAHs in paddy fields: How natural periphytic biofilm enhances the removal process and the mechanisms involved. Environmental Technology & Innovation 33 (2024) 103533  (IF=7.1)

3. Chong Zhang, Xiaorong Gao, Xinxiu Ren, Ting Xu, Qiang Peng, Yixin Zhang, Zhenhua Chao, Wenning Jiang, Lingyun Jia*, and Lulu Han* Bacteria-Induced Colloidal Encapsulation for Probiotic Oral Delivery. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 7, 6886–6898. (IF=18.027)

4. Xiao Meng, Hao Xiong, Fangling Ji, Xiaorong Gao, Lulu Han, Zhenlin Wu, Lingyun Jia, Jun Ren*. Facile surface treatment strategy to generate dense lysozyme layer on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene enabling inhibition of bacterial biofilm formation. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2023, 225: 113243. (IF=5.999)

5. Gao,X., Zhu,L., Jiang, X., Wang, Y., Jia, L., Ji, F.*. Toxicity elimination of phenanthrene to wheat mediated by enhanced Pseudomonas sp. JM2‑gfp biofilm degradation. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2023, 20(2), 1503–1512. (IF=3.519)

6. Xiaorong Gao*, Yang Li, Jian Zhang. Soybean lecithin enhanced cellulase production by penicillium oxalicum JG in a scaled-up bioconversion process. Cellulose Chem. Technol., 2020, 54 (7-8): 705-712.

7. Yuman Zhou, Xiaorong Gao*. Characterization of Biofilm Formed by Phenanthrene-Degrading Bacteria on Rice Root Surfaces for Reduction of PAH Contamination in Rice. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2019, 16, 11, 2002 (IF=4.614)