Professor at Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology. He is a recipient of the National Key Research and Development Program of China (plant artificial chromosome design and construction project) and was selected for Shenzhen Pengcheng Peacock Plan (Category C).

He pioneered established a PpFab metabolic engineering platform based on YeastFab. Taking the biosynthesis of betaine as an example, the efficient expression of betaine in P. patens was achieved by optimizing the combination of multiple genes in the betaine biosynthesis pathway. The establishment of this platform lays a foundation for the future metabolic engineering application of P. patens as chassis cells. He also participated in the partial design and synthesis of the first multicellular plant chromosome. This research achieved artificial synthesis and replacement of approximately one-third of the chromosome arms within the moss P. patens, laying the technical foundation for the broader Synthetic Moss Genome Project (SynMoss) and paving the way for synthetic gene assembly in multicellular organisms.

Luo Guangyu has authored over 10 SCI-indexed papers with more than 30 citations. As the first or co-first author, he has published over 5 academic papers in prestigious journals such as Nature Plants, Plant Physiology, and Cell Chemical Biology.

Establishment of high-throughput characterization platforms and experimental systems in plant synthetic biology, along with modification of plant chassis cells;evaluation of gene element expression compatibility and functional adaptability optimization;reconstruction and regulation of heterologous biosynthetic pathways for plant secondary metabolites.

Current primary research directions include: 1. Development of high-throughput transient/stable characterization platforms;2. Establishment and optimization of single/multigene non-transgenic label transformation systems in plants;3. Breeding improvement, nutritional enhancement, and green manufacturing of fruit and vegetable varieties based on synthetic biology strategies.

Education Background

Bachelor’s Degree (September 2005–July 2009): Central South University of Forestry and Technology

Master’s Degree (September 2010–July 2013): Hunan Agricultural University

Ph.D. (September 2013–July 2017): Hunan Agricultural University

Professional Experience

2025.08-Present: Associate Professor, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology

2023.06-2025.06: Associate Research Fellow, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2022.06-2025.06: Associate Research Fellow, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

2017.09-2022.06: Postdoctoral Fellow, Shenzhen University

1.Yutao Bian, Xiaoqing Wu, Mengnan Xiao, Xiaoliang Wang, Yicheng Huang, Hao Ye,Guangyu Luo*, Junbiao Dai*, Selection of reliable reference genes and abiotic stress marker genes for qRT-PCR gene expression studies in P. patens. iMeta, 2025.

2.Guangyu Luo, Lin Li, Xiaoyu Yang, Linlin Luo, Yu Yu, Beixin Mo, Lin Liu, Xuemei Chen, Rice (Oryza sativa L.) OsDXO possesses deNADding and exonuclease activities and its mutation can regulate drought tolerance and grain size. PLANT JOURNAL, 2025.

3.Hao Ye*,Guangyu Luo*, Jia Liu, Jie Cao, Qilong Ma, Mengnan Xiao, Junbiao Dai, Decoding genetic diversity through genome engineering in bryophytes. The Plant Journal, 2025.

4.Hao Ye*,Guangyu Luo*, Zhenwu Zheng, Xiaofang Li, Jie Cao, Jia Liu, Junbiao Dai, Plant synthetic genomics: Big lessons from the little yeast, Cell Chemical Biology, 2024.

5.Guangyu Luo, Hao Ye, Mengxuan Xu, Xiaofang Li, Jianxuan Zhu, Junbiao Dai, PpFab: An efficient promoter toolkit in P. patens, Plant Physiology, 2024.

6.Guangyu Luo, Lin Li, Xiaoyu Yang, Yu Yu, Lei Gao, Beixin Mo, Xuemei Chen, Lin Liu, microRNA1432 regulates rice drought stress tolerance by targeting the CALMODULIN- LIKE2 gene, Plant Physiology, 2024.

7. Lian-Ge Chen,Tianlong Lan,Shuo Zhang,Mengkai Zhao,Guangyu Luo,Yi Gao,Yuliang Zhang,Qingwei Du, Houze Lu,Bimeng Li,Bingke Jiao,Zhangli Hu,Yingxin Ma,Qiao Zhao, Ying Wang,Wenfeng Qian,Junbiao Dai,Yuling Jiao; A designer synthetic chromosome fragment functions in moss, Nature Plants, 2024.