Professor Xiaoxu Li
Biography
Professor Li’s in-depth knowledge in aquaculture, new technologies and future developments has been obtained over 30 years as a research scientist in Australia and overseas.
He's been involved in the establishment of a few novel aquaculture industries overseas (eg the Bay Scallop in China), developed and implemented early farm-based selective breeding programs in Australia (eg abalone), invented a number of novel techniques which could enhance aquaculture hatchery practices (eg triploid, tetraploid and doubled haploid techniques in Pacific oysters and abalone), innovated the bivalve gamete and embryo cryopreservation techniques (eg Blue Mussels and Pacific Oysters), and revealed the key mechanisms regulating metamorphosis in bivalves.
He has established a strong collaboration with key aquaculture scientists globally and published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, and numerous client reports.
Research interests
- Reproductive biology and hatchery technologies in shellfish and finfish species
- Selective breeding
- Ploidy manipulation (triploid, tetraploid, and doubled haploid)
- Cryopreservation of sperm, oocytes, embryos, and larvae
- Feed and feeding in bivalves
Qualifications
- PhD, 1991, Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS)
- Masters, 1985, IOCAS; BSC, 1982, Ocean University of China
Research affiliations
Affiliate Associate Professor, Flinders University
Professional affiliations
Member, the World Aquaculture Society
