I am beyond thrilled to announce that in January 2021 I will be joining the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology at the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor! I am looking for graduate students and postdocs to join my lab in Winter 2021. Please email me if you are interested and reach out for more details.
09/10/2024
Dr. Qin received the Department of Energy Early Career Award! This grant will support our research on the interactive effects of multiple climate change factors on soil nitrifying communities and nutrient transformation processes. Check out the OU VPRP News featuring this award!
08/01/2024
Shuyue Li joins Qin lab as a PhD student starting in August 2024. Welcome, Shuyue!
08/01/2024
Nan Rong will join Qin lab as a visiting PhD student starting in September 2024. Welcome, Nan!
08/01/2024
Dala Korkoyah will join Qin Lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome, Dala!
06/01/2024
Josh Bell joins Qin lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome, Josh!
05/01/2024
Dr. Qin and our collaborators at USC secured $2 million in funding from the NSF Biological Oceanography program to study the impact of ocean warming on marine nitrifying microorganisms. Check out the OU VPRP News and Norman Transcript featuring our new project!
02/01/2024
Our Nature Microbiology paper was featured by OU research news.
01/31/2024
Check out our new article published in Nature Microbiology.
09/2023
Xiangkun Kong will join Qin lab as a visiting postdoc from September 2023. Welcome, Xiangkun!
04/12/2023
Dr. Qin received the Nancy L. Mergler Faculty Mentor Award for Undergraduate Research.
10/10/2022
Congrats to Salma Waheed and Pierce Harvell for being awarded the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program scholarship.
06/01/2022
Congrats to Pierce Harvell for being awarded the Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowship.
05/01/2022
Wei Qin received the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences (DFCAS) Collaborative Research faculty Fellowships with our collaborators Indrajeet Sharma and Kenneth Nicholas from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry to develop efficient biological and chemical methods to mitigate potent greenhouse gases.
02/22/2022
Lei Hou will join Qin lab as a visiting postdoc research associate from February 2022. Welcome, Lei!
01/06/2022
Check our new perspective paper published in Science.
06/03/2021
Michael Wells will join Qin lab as a postdoc research associate from July 2021. Welcome, Michael!
05/04/2021
Hanyan Li will join Qin lab as a postdoc research associate from August 2021. Welcome, Hanyan!
03/16/2021
Xiangpeng Li will join Qin lab as a lab technician from April 2021. Welcome, Xiangpeng!
02/01/2021
Long Ngo, Bella Quan, and Zachary Perry join Qin Lab as undergraduate researchers. Welcome, Long, Bella, and Zach!
12/24/2020
Just moved in the brand new lab space! Hope my nitrifier cultures will like this new home.
11/11/2020
The SEM picture of Nitrosopumilus maritimus is featured as the cover of the most recent volume of Environmental Microbiology.
