2007年毕业于山东大学，获工学学士学位。2012年毕业于山东大学微生物技术国家重点实验室，获理学博士学位。2012年8月起在南京林业大学化学工程学院生物工程系任讲师。

主要从事微生物乳酸发酵及生物催化领域研究工作。

1. Zheng Zhaojuan, Sheng Binbin, Gao Chao, Zhang Haiwei, Qin Tong, Ma Cuiqing*, Xu ping*, Highly stereoselective biosynthesis of (R)-a-hydroxy carboxylic acids through rationally re-designed mutation of D-lactate dehydrogenase, Sci. Rep. 3: 3401, 2013

2. Zheng Zhaojuan, Sheng Binbin, Ma Cuiqing*, Zhang Haiwei, Gao Chao, Su Fei, Xu ping*, Relative catalytic efficiency of ldhL and ldhD-encoded products is crucial for optical purity of lactic acid produced by Lactobacillus strains, Appl. Envrion. Microbiol., 78(9): 3480–3483, 2012

3. Zheng Zhaojuan, Ma Cuiqing*, Gao Chao, Li Fengsong, Qin Jiayang, Zhang Haiwei, Wang Kai, Xu Ping*, Efficient conversion of phenylpyruvic acid to phenyllactic acid by using whole cells of Bacillus coagulans SDM. PLoS One., 6(4): e19030, 2011

4. Wang Xiuwen#, Zheng Zhaojuan#, Dou peipei, Qin jiayang, Wang Xiaochen, Ma Cuiqing*, Tang Hongzhi, Xu Ping*, Cloning, expression, purification, and activity assay of proteins related to D-lactic acid formation in Lactobacillus rhamnosus. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 87(6): 2117–2123, 2010