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Ya-Qiong Guo，Female，Born in January, 1988, Henan province, Ph.D.in Engineering, Associate Professor. 

She received her Ph.D Degree in 2015 at East China University of Science and Technology. During postgraduate stage, she had been doing her Ph.D. program for two years in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA), followed by two years of postdoctoral fellow at East China University of Science and Technology. She received associate professor position at South China Agricultural University in 2017.

Ya-Qiong Guo has been doing her research in parasitology for more than eight years. Her research is currently focusing on epidemiology and comparative genomics of emerging foodborne, waterborne, and zoonotic parasites in humans and animals, such as Cryptosporidium, microsporidia, Cyclospora. She has published seventeen papers on SCI journals, including Emerging Infectious Disease, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and BMC Genomics. And her publications have been cited for more than 300 times. 

Education and Training Program: 

　　July, 2015-June, 2017: Post-doctoral fellow, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

September, 2010- June, 2015: Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

July, 2012- July, 2014: Joint training of doctoral students, Parasitology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

September, 2006- June, 2010: B.S., Bioengineering, School of Food Science and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Working Experience: 

　　July, 2017-present: Associate professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Research Interests:

Molecular Epidemiology of Zoonotic Parasites

Comparative Genomics Analysis of Zoonotic Parasites

Invasion Mechanism of Zoonotic Parasites

Grants: 

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 210,000 RMB

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 50, 000 RMB

Start Funding, South China Agricultural University, 250,000 RMB.

Youth Scientist Cultivating Program, South China Agricultural University, 180,000 RMB.

Publications:

1.Guo, Y. Q., Li, N., Ortega, Y. Zhang, L. X., Roellig, D. M., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. (2018) Population genetic characterization of Cyclospora cayetanensis from discrete geographical regions. Experimental Parasitology. 184, 121-127.

2.Guo, Y. Q., Roellig, M. D., Li, N., Tang, K., Frace, M., Ortega, Y., Arrowood, J. M., Feng, Y. Y. *, Qvarnstrom, Y., Wang, L., Moss, M. D., Zhang, L. X., Xiao, L. H. (2016) Multilocus sequence typing tool for Cyclospora cayetanensis. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 22, 1464-1467. 

3.Guo, Y. Q., Tang, K., Roellig, M. D., Li, N., Roellig, M. D., Knipe, K., Frace, M., Yang, C. F., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. H.* (2015) Comparative genomic analysis reveals occurrence of genetic recombination in virulent Cryptosporidium hominis subtypes and telomeric gene duplications in Cryptosporidium parvum. BMC Genomics. 16, 320. 

4.Guo, Y. Q., Cebelinski, E., Matusevich, C., Alderisio, K. A., Lebbad, M., McEvoy, J., Roellig, D. M., Yang, C. F., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. H.* (2015) Subtyping novel zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium chipmunk genotype I. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 53, 1648-1654. 

5.Guo, Y. Q., Li, N., Lyseen, C., Frace, M., Tang, K., Sammons, S., Roellig, M. D., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. H.* (2015) Isolation and enrichment of Cryptosporidium DNA and verification of DNA purity for whole genome sequencing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 53, 641-647. 

6.Tang, K., Guo, Y. Q., Zhang, L. X., Rowe, A. L., Roellig, D. M., Frace, A. M., Li, N., Liu, S. Y., Feng, Y. Y. *, Xiao, L. H. * (2015) Genetic similarities between Cyclospora cayetanensis and cecum-infecting avian Eimeria spp. in apicoplast and mitochondrial genomes. Parasites & Vectors. 8: 358. 

7.Guo, Y. Q., Alderisio, K. A., Yang, W. L., Cama, V., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. H. (2014) Host specificity and source of Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in a drinking source watershed. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80, 218-225 

8.Cai, M., Guo, Y. Q., Pan, B. L., Li, N., Wang, X. L., Tang, C. X., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. (2017) Longitudinal monitoring of Cryptosporidium species in pre-weaned dairy calves on five farms in Shanghai, China. Veterinary Parasitology. 241, 14-19 

9.Zhang, Q., Cai, J. Z., Li, P., Wang, L., Guo, Y. Q., Li, C. H., Lei, M. T., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. (2018) Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in Tibetan sheep and yaks. Parasitology Research. 17(3):721-727. 

10.Jin, Y., Fei, J. L., Cai, J. Z., Wang, X. L., Li, N., Guo, Y. Q., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. (2017) Multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in Tibetan sheep and yaks in Qinghai, China. Veterinary Parasitology. 247, 70-76.

11.Wang, X. L., Cai, M., Jiang, W., Wang, Y. P., Jin, Y., Li, N., Guo, Y. Q., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. (2017) High genetic diversity of Giardia duodenalis Assemblage E in pre-weaned dairy calves in Shanghai, China, revealed by multilocus genotyping. Parasitology Research. 116, 2101-2110 

12.Huang, C. C., Hu, Y., Wang, L., Wang, Y. F., Li, N., Guo, Y. Q., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. (2017) Environmental transport of emerging human-pathogenic Cryptosporidium species and subtypes through combined sewer overflow and wastewater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83: e00682-17 

13.Ma, J. B., Li P., Zhao, X. P., Xu, H. L., Wu W. X., Wang, Y. F., Guo, Y. Q., Wang, L., Feng, Y. Y.*, Xiao, L. H. (2015) Occurrence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in dairy cattle, beef cattle and water buffaloes in China. Veterinary Parasitology. 207, 220-227. 

14.Ye, J. B., Xiao, L. H., Wang, Y. F., Guo, Y. Q., Roellig, M. D., Feng, Y. Y. (2015) Dominance of Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype BEB6 in sheep in Inner Mongolia, China. Veterinary Parasitology. 210, 235-239. Li, N., Xiao, L. H., Alderisio, K., Elwin, K., Cebelinski, E., Chalmers, R., Santin, M., Fayer, R., Kvac, M., Ryan, U., Sak, B., Stanko, M., Guo, Y. Q., Wang, L., Zhang, L. X., Cai, J. Z., Roellig, D., Feng, Y. Y.* (2014) Subtyping Cryptosporidium ubiquitum, a zoonotic pathogen emerging in humans. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20, 217-224.

15.Ye, J. B., Xiao, L. H., Li, J., Huang, W. Y., Amer S. E., Guo, Y. Q., Roellig, D., Feng, Y. Y.* (2014) Occurrence of human-pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium genotypes in laboratory macaques in Guangxi, China. Parasitology International. 63, 132-137.

16.Wang, L., Xiao, L. H., Duan, L. P., Ye J. B., Guo, Y. Q., Guo, M. J., Liu, L. L., Feng, Y. Y.* (2013) Concurrent infections of Giardia duodenalis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, and Clostridium difficile in children during a cryptosporidiosis outbreak in a pediatric hospital in China. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 7, e2437.

17.Ye, J. B., Xiao, L. H., Wang, Y. F., Wang, L., Amer, S., Roellig, M. D., Guo, Y. Q., Feng, Y. Y.* (2013) Periparturient transmission of Cryptosporidium xiaoi from ewes to lambs. Veterinary Parasitology. 197, 627-633.