Xugang Luo _Faculty_Institute of Animal Science of CAAS

Xugang Luo

Source: Author: Date:2014-11-29

Professor Xugang Luo

Institute of Animal Science (IAS)

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Address: No 2, Yuanmingyuan West Rd., Beijing, 100193,

P. R. China

Phone: 0086-10-62816012

Fax: 0086-10-62810184

E-mail: wlysz@263.net

Website: www.iascaas.net.cn/sites/IAS/

Education Background

Prof. Dr. Xugang Luo (X. G. Luo), an animal nutritionist by training, received his BSc degree in Animal Science (1983) from Sichuan Institute of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Sichuan, P. R. China, his MS degree in Animal Nutrition (1986) from Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China, and his PhD in Animal Nutrition (1989) from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, P. R. China.

Research Area

Biochemical and molecular nutrition of minerals (mainly phosphorus, manganese, zinc, copper, selenium, chromium, and iron) in poultry (chicken) and livestock (pig, sheep and cow), including mineral metabolism, modes of action, new biological functions, requirements, bioavailabilities, and their relationships with safety of animal products and environment.

Publications

More than 200 academic papers as first authors or corresponding authors have been published in international and national journals, such as《The Journal of Nutrition》, 《British Journal of Nutrition》, 《Biometals》,《Journal of Animal Science》，《Poultry Science》，《Animal Feed Science and Technology》，《Biological Trace Element Research》,《Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology》，《Acta Nutrimenta Sinica》，and 《Scientia Agricultura Sinica》.