Dr Zengqi Zhao was born in Shanxi Province in the north of China. He gained a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree from Shanxi Agricultural University, P.R. China in 1985. After graduation, he was employed at Shanxi Agricultural University for 14 years (1985–1999) in teaching, research and administration. He was promoted as Department direct at the Department of Agronomy in 1996. After arriving in Australia in 1999, he worked and studied in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide for 7 years. His Ph.D. project focussed on the taxonomy, biology, ecology and pathogenicity of above-ground nematodes in pine plantations in Australia. Since joining Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research in 2007, Zengqi has concentrated his research efforts on free living nematodes, including the family Tripylidae, but retains a broad interest in Nematoda, particularly plant parasitic nematodes. As a Nematologist, he has also been contracted by MPI since he started his work with Manaaki Whenua. Zengqi is the author of over 70 scientific papers and two books on Root-knot nematodes and marine nematodes of New Zealand.
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