于平，男，1974年9月出生，山东诸城人，博士，教授，硕士生导师。2003年毕业于浙江大学材料与化学工程学院生物化工专业，获工学博士学位。英国Cranfield University访问学者，美国明尼苏达大学（University of Minnesota）化学工程与材料科学系高级访问学者，浙江省新世纪151人才工程培养人员。2000年3月起任职于浙江工商大学食品与生物工程学院。

        目前承担《生物化学》和《生化反应工程》课程的教学任务。研究方向为基因工程与代谢工程以及生物催化与转化，重点研究重组蛋白药物，酶制剂，生物催化与转化制备手性药物和代谢工程制备大宗生物工程产品（包括生物燃料等），先后承担国家自然科学基金1项，浙江省自然科学基金2项和浙江省科技厅项目3项，杭州市科技局项目1项，浙江省省教育厅重点项目1项。获教育部提名国家科技进步二等奖1项，浙江省科技进步奖3项，中国商业科技进步奖2项，浙江省高校优秀科研成果奖2项，授权国家发明专利5项。指导学生参加科技竞赛获全国二等奖和浙江省特等奖，在国内外学术期刊上发表论文50余篇，其中12篇被SCI/EI/ISTP收录。目前是浙江省生物化学与分子生物学会理事；浙江省食品学会理事；中国微生物学会会员；杭州市质量技术监督局食品安全风险防范专家；浙江省质量技术监督局保健食品评审专家；浙江省环境保护厅环境影响评价专家；浙江省环境保护厅清洁生产专家组成员；杭州市铁皮石斛专业委员会秘书长；杭州市食品药品监督管理局“十二五”规划专家组成员；SCI收录期刊《Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment》地区编辑；国家自然科学基金学科评议组专家。

研究方向：基因工程与代谢工程 生物催化与转化

Representative papers (Selective publication):

1) Ping Yu, Jianrong Li, Peilin Cen, Cloning and sequencing of the phycocyanin gene from Spirulina maxima and its evolutionary analysis. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2002,14 (4):307-310. IF=2.411

2) Ping Yu, Enhancing the survival of Escherchia coli by increasing the periplasmic expression of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,2007,76:867-871. IF=3.425

3) Ping Yu, A new approach to the production of the recombinant SOD protein by methylotrophic Pichia pastoris. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,2007, 74:93-98. IF=3.425

4) Yu Ping, Li Jianrong. Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, expression and characterization of the endochitinase gene from Trichoderma sp. in Escherichia coli BL21. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008, 24: 2509-2516. IF=1.532

5) Weihong Lu, Ping Yu, Jianrong Li, Induction of apoptosis in human colon carcinoma COLO205 cells by the recombinant α subunit of C-phycocyanin. Biotechnology Letters,2011,33(3):637-644. IF=1.683

6) Yu Ping*,Tai Yi-Shu, Woodruff Adam P, Xiong Mingyong, Zhang Kechun.. Engineering artificial metabolic pathways for biosynthesis. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2012,1:373-379.

7) Yu Ping*, Shen Xiaoqin. Enhancing the production of S-adenosyl-L-methionine in Pichia pastoris GS115 by metabolic engineering. AMB Express, 2012, 2:57

8)Yu Ping*, Yan Wu. Expression of the heparinase gene from Flavobacterium heparinum in Escherichia coli and its enzymatic properties. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2012,.90: 348-352. IF=3.987

9)Yu Ping*, Min Xu. Enhancing the enzymatic activity of the endochitinase by the directed evolution and its enzymatic property evaluation. Process Biochemistry, 2012,47(7): 1089- 1094. IF=2.267

10)Yu Ping*, Tang Yunping. Construction of the highly secreted endochitinase Pichia pastoris strain and the optimization of chitin-degrading conditions. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2012, 89 (1): 41-45. IF=3.987

11) Yu Ping*, Xiongming Yong. Enabling microbial biosynthesis of polyphenols by artificial metabolic pathways. Journal of the American Chemical society, 2012, submitted. IF=9.907

12)Yu Ping*, Xiong Ming Yong. Improving engineered Escherichia coli strains for high-level biosynthesis of isobutyrate. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2012, submitted. IF=3.829

13)Yu Ping. Enabling microbial metabolic pathways for the biosynthesis of biodiesels.Trends in Biotechnology