I Education and Appointments:

MSc degree in Animal Nutrition from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2005) 

PhD degree in Animal Nutrition from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2015)

Visiting scholar in Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University (2010)

Assistant researcher at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2005-2014)

Associate researcher at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2015-2021)

Researcher and Group leader at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2021-present)                                                                                                                      

Research Direction:                                                                                                                                                                     

Xiangfang Tang is professor in Animal Nutrition and Precision Livestock Farming, and managing chair leader at the Smart Livestock Farming Group of CAAS. He is currently serving as the Assistant Director and Office Director of the Institute of Animal Science, CAAS.

With a focus on biomass spectrometry technology, cutting-edge disciplines such as proteomics and metabolomics are applied to explore the metabolism and regulatory mechanisms of animal nutrients, as well as animals' responses to environmental stressors (such as temperature, humidity, wind, and harmful gases); focusing on the research field of smart livestock farming, the emphasis is placed on intelligent perception of physiological behaviors of livestock and poultry, monitoring and intelligent control of livestock and poultry environments, precision feeding technology and equipment for livestock and poultry, big data in livestock farming, as well as research on AI integration with modern animal husbandry practices. Until now, published more than 100 papers (including 19 SCI papers as the first author or corresponding author, with a cumulative IF 109.558, and the highest IF 15.1); participated in the compilation of 11 books (as deputy chief editor or main translator for 4 books), and edited 10 books as the responsible editor.

Representative Works:                                                                                                                                                                 

Academic Contributions and Awards

Leading the development of environmental control, precision feeding, and intelligent farming equipment and achieve industrial application (ZL202010545708.0)

1 National Science and Technology Advancement Award

3 Provincial Science and Technology Advancement Awards

Research Projects

National Key R&D project "Integrated Demonstration of Scale, Efficient and Healthy Breeding of Cattle and Sheep" (2022YFD1301100);

National Key R&D sub-project "Research and Application Demonstration of Intelligent Feeding, Drinking, and Drug Equipment for Livestock and Poultry" (2018YFD0500803);

National Key R&D sub-project "Physiological Mechanism of Environmental Impact on Growth and Immunity of Livestock and Poultry" (2016YFD0500501);

National Natural Science Foundation project "Regulatory Network of N-Glycosylated Proteins Involved in Weaning Stress in Piglet Intestine" (31501960);

National Science and Technology Support Program "Research and Integration of Key Technologies for Healthy Breeding Environment Control of Livestock and Poultry" (2012BAD39B02)

Representative Papers

1. Kongwei Huang, Zhipeng Li, Dandan Zhong, Yufeng Yang, Xiuying Yan, Tong Feng, Xiaobo Wang, Liyin Zhang, Xinyue Shen, Mengjie Chen, Xier Luo, Kuiqing Cui, Jieping Huang, Saif Ur Rehman, Yu Jiang, Deshun Shi, Alfredo Pauciullo, Xiangfang Tang*, Qingyou Liu*, Hui Li*, A Circular RNA Generated from Nebulin (NEB) Gene Splicing Promotes Skeletal Muscle Myogenesis in Cattle as Detected by a Multi-Omics Approach, Advanced Science, 2023, 11(3) (IF=15.1)

2. Ruipeng Chen, Hui Wang, Chaoqun Sun, Yiguang Zhao, Yue He, Muhammad Shemyal Nisar, Wensong Wei, Haiqi Kang, Xiulan Xie, Chunmei Du, Qingyao Luo, Liang Yang*, Xiangfang Tang*, Benhai Xiong*, Au@SiO2 SERS nanotags based lateral flow immunoassay for simultaneous detection of aflatoxin B1 and ochratoxin A, Talanta, 2023, 258: 124401 (IF=6.1)

3. Zhen Liu, Liang Chen, Xin Gao, Ruixia Zou, Qingshi Meng, Qin Fu, Yanjiao Xie, Qixiang Miao, Lei Chen, Xiangfang Tang*, Sheng Zhang, Hongfu Zhang*, Martine Schroyen, Quantitative proteomics reveals tissue-specific toxic mechanisms for acute hydrogen sulfide-induced injury of diverse organs in pig, Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 806(1): 150365 (IF=9.8)

4. Chunmei Du, Suyu Quan, Yiguang Zhao, Xuemei Nan, Ruipeng Chen, Xiangfang Tang*, Benhai Xiong*, Bovine milk-derived extracellular vesicles prevent gut inflammation by regulating lipid and amino acid metabolism, Food & Function, 2023, 14: 2212-2222 (IF=6.1)

5. Hui Wang, Fan Zhang, Yue Wang, Fangquan Shi, Qingyao Luo, Shanshan Zheng, Junhong Chen, Dingzhen Dai, Liang Yang*, Xiangfang Tang*, Benhai Xiong*, DNAzyme-Amplified Electrochemical Biosensor Coupled with pH Meter for Ca2+ Determination at Variable pH Environments, Nanomaterials, 2022, 12(1), 4 (IF=5.3)

6. Zhixue Yu, Hui Wang, Yiguang Zhao, Fan Zhang, Xiangfang Tang*, Benhai Xiong*, Electrochemical Biosensor Using Nitrogen-Doped Graphene/Au Nanoparticles/DNAzyme for Ca2+ Determination, Biosensors, 2022, 12(5), 331 (IF=5.4)

7. Qixiang Miao 1, Xueyang Si 1, Yanjiao Xie, Lei Chen, Zhen Liu, Lei Liu, Xiangfang Tang*, Hongfu Zhang, Effects of acute heat stress at different ambient temperature on hepatic redox status in broilers, Poultry Science, 2020, 99(9): 4113-4122 (IF=4.4)

8. Zhen Liu, Qin Fu, Shanlong Tang, Yanjiao Xie, Qingshi Meng, Xiangfang Tang*, Sheng Zhang, Hongfu Zhang*, Martine Schroyen, Proteomics analysis of lung reveals inflammation and cell death induced by atmospheric H2S exposure in pig, Environmental Research, 2020, 191: 110204 (IF=8.3)

Social Posts

Associate Editor, "Animal Research and One Health" Journal

Vice Chairman, Sub-association of Information Technology, Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine

Vice Chairman, National Pigeon Industry Technology Innovation Alliance

Director, Sub-association of Livestock Engineering, Chinese Association of Agricultural Engineering

Member, American Association of Agricultural Biosystems Engineering