Linghao Zhong

Assistant Director, Academic Affairs
Professor, Chemistry
Faculty, Honors Program
Sci-Tech, 315
Penn State Mont Alto | 1 Campus Drive | Mont Alto, PA 17237

Linghao Zhong

Degrees

Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Rochester, 2003

Courses Taught

  • CHEM 108: Problem Solving in Chemistry
  • CHEM 110: Chemical Principles I
  • CHEM 111: Experimental Chemistry I
  • CHEM 112: Chemical Principles II

Faculty Scholarly Activities

  1. Jiangbing Xu, Youzhi Feng, Nieves Barros, Linghao Zhong, Ruirui Chen, Xiangui Lin, Exploring the potential of microcalorimetry to study soil microbial metabolic diversity, , Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2017, 2 1457-1465
  2. Zhen Zhao, Vincent H. Crespi, James D. Kubicki, Daniel J. Cosgrove, Linghao Zhong, Molecular dynamics simulation study of xyloglucan adsorption on cellulose surfaces: effects of surface hydrophobicity and side-chain variation, Cellulose, 2014, 21, 1025-1039
  3. Tuo Wang, Yong Bum Park, Marc A. Caporini, Melanie Rosay, Linghao Zhong, Daniel J. Cosgrove, and Mei Hong, Sensitivity-enhanced solid-state NMR detection of expansin's target in plant cell walls, PNAS, 2013, 110, 16444-16449
  4. Zhen Zhao, Oleg Shklyaev, Abdolmajid Nili, Mohamed Naseer Ali Mohamed, James David Kubicki, Vincent H. Crespi, Linghao Zhong, Cellulose Microfibril Twist, Mechanics and Implication for Cellulose Biosynthesis, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 2580-2589
  5. Linghao Zhong, Exposure of Hydrophobic Core in Human Prion Protein Pathogenic Mutant H187R, J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 2010, 28, 355-361
  6. Linghao Zhong, James Matthews, Peter Hansen, Michael Crowley, Joseph Cleary, Ross Walker, Mark Nimlos, Charles Brooks III, William Adney, Michael Himmel, John Brady, Computational simulations of the Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I acting on microcrystalline cellulose Ib: the enzyme-substrate complex, Carbohydrate Research, 2009, 334, 1984-1992
  7. Linghao Zhong, Xin Wen, Terry M. Rabinowitz, Brandy S. Russell, Elizabeth F. Karan, Kara L. Bren, Heme axial methionine fluxionality in Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cytochrome c552, PNAS, 2004, 101, 8637-8642
  8. Student Research Project: Water quality monitoring in Antietam Creek
  9. Student Research Project: Biodiesel production
  10. Student Research Project: Roadside wind energy

Balanced Fertilization Decreases Environmental Filtering on Soil Bacterial Community Assemblage in North China, FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY - 2017

Bioremediation of Wastewater by Iron Oxide-Biochar Nanocomposites Loaded with Photosynthetic Bacteria, FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY - 2017

Exploring the potential of microcalorimetry to study soil microbial metabolic diversity, JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY - 2017

Fertilization decreases compositional variation of paddy bacterial community across geographical gradient, SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY - 2017

Geographical Distribution of Methanogenic Archaea in Nine Representative Paddy Soils in China, FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY - 2016

Hydrogen-Bonding Network and OH Stretch Vibration of Cellulose: Comparison of Computational Modeling with Polarized IR and SFG Spectra, J. Phys. Chem. B - 2015

Insight into structural rearrangements and interdomain interactions related to electron transfer between flavin mononucleotide and heme in nitric oxide synthase: A molecular dynamics study., Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry - August 7, 2015

Molecular dynamics simulation study of xyloglucan adsorption on cellulose surfaces: effects of surface hydrophobicity and side-chain variation, Cellulose - April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2014

Sensitivity-enhanced solid-state NMR detection of expansin’s target in plant cell walls, PNAS - October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2013

Quantum mechanical calculations on cellulose–water interactions: structures, energetics, vibrational frequencies and NMR chemical shifts for surfaces of Iα and Iβ cellulose, Cellulose - August 23, 2013

Probing the interaction between cellulose and cellulase with a nanomechanical sensor, Book title "Cellulose" - July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2013

Cellulose Microfibril Twist, Mechanics and Implication for Cellulose Biosynthesis, J. Phys. Chem. A - February 18, 2013

Dynamic Multibody Protein Interactions Suggest Versatile Pathways for Copper Trafficking, J. Am. Chem. Soc. - May 11, 2012

Sugar-binding sites on the surface of the carbohydrate-binding module of CBH I from Trichoderma reesei, Carbohydrate Research - May, 2011

Exposure of Hydrophobic Core in Human Prion Protein Pathogenic Mutant H187R , J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. - December, 2010

Computational simulations of the Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I acting on microcrystalline cellulose Iβ: the enzyme–substrate complex , Carbohydrate Research - October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2009

Investigation of the effect of glycosylation on human prion protein by molecular dynamics, J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. - April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2009

Interactions of the complete cellobiohydrolase I from Trichodera reesei with microcrystalline cellulose Iβ, Cellulose - April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2008

Molecular modeling suggests induced fit of Family I carbohydrate-binding modules with a broken-chain cellulose surface., Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS - April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 1, 2007

Ph D, Chemistry, University of Rochester

BS, Chemistry, Nanjing University