江南大学生物工程学院发酵工程专业，博士研究生。
课题研究方向为系统代谢工程与食品微生物代谢功能强化。
2015年6月毕业于江南大学生物工程学院，并获得博士学位。
导师：刘立明
攻读学位期间研究成果：
[1] Xiulai Chen, Xiaoxiang Dong, Yuancai Wang, Zihao Zhao, Liming Liu. Mitochondrial engineering of the TCA cycle for fumarate production [J].Metabolic Engineering, 2015(accept)
[2] Xiulai Chen, Jing Wu, Wei Song, Limei Zhang, Hongjiang Wang, Liming Liu. Fumaric acid production by Torulopsis glabrata：Engineering the urea cycle and the purine nucleotide cycle.Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2015, 112:156-167.
[3]Xiulai Chen, Shubo Li, Liming Liu. Engineering redox balance through cofactor systems.Trends inBiotechnology. 2014, 32 (6): 337-343.
[4]Xiulai Chen, Guoqiang Xu, Nan Xu, Wei Zou, Pan Zhu, Liming Liu, Jian Chen. Metabolic engineering of Torulopsis glabrata for malate production.Metabolic Engineering, 2013, 19: 10-16.
