赵运林，二级教授，博士生导师，享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家，湖南省新世纪121人才工程第一层次人选，湖南省环境资源植物开发与利用工程技术研究中心主任。担任湖南省科协常委，兼任湖南省生态学会副理事长、洞庭湖区域经济社会发展研究会副会长等学术团体职务。中共湖南省第十次党代表，湖南省第十一届人大代表。历任湘潭师范学院（现湖南科技大学）生物系主任、中共桂阳县委副书记、临武县人民政府县长、郴州职业技术学院院长、湖南城市学院党委书记、中南林业科技大学党委书记等职。
1984年本科毕业于湖南师范学院生物专业，获理学学士学位；1985-1988年于湖南师范大学攻读植物学专业，获理学硕士学位；1992-1995年于中山大学攻读植物学专业博士研究生，获理学博士学位。1997年破格晋升为教授。
主要从事环境植物多功能利用及调控机理，微生物、多功能材料在景观恢复中的应用等研究，主持了国家自然科学基金、国家社会科学基金、国家公益性行业科研专项等国家级课题4项，省部级课题20余项（其中省级重大招标及重大委托项目5项、重点项目6项）。发表科研论文200余篇，其中SCI论文20余篇，出版专著11部，获批发明专利9项，申请软件著作权4项，主导起草行业标准1项。主持项目获国家级教学成果二等奖1项，湖南省教学成果一等奖2项、二等奖2项，湖南省科技进步二等奖3项，湖南省科技进步三等奖1项，益阳市科技进步一等奖5项。
1、近年第一或通讯作者发表的学术论文
1）Ping Mo, Jun Liu, Yunlin Zhao, Zhenggang Xu (2020). Streptomyces phaeolivaceus sp. nov. and Streptomyces broussonetiae sp. nov., isolated from the leaves and rhizosphere soil of Broussonetia papyrifera. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
2）Wang Shuangye, Zhao Yunlin, et al (2020).The Complete Mitochondrial Genome Comparison between Pelecanus occidentalis and Pelecanus crispus.
3）Jang Kangkang, Zhao Yunlin, et al (2020).Composition and Antioxidant Analysis of Jiaosu Made from Three Common Fruits: Watermelon, Cantaloupe and Orange.
4）Zhang Wan, Zhao Yunlin, Xu Zhenggang, et al (2020). Morphological and Physiological Changes of Broussonetia papyrifera Seedlings in Cadmium Contaminated Soil.
5）Huimin Huang, Yunlin Zhao, Li Fan, Qi Jin, Guiyan Yang, Zhenggang Xu (2020). Improvement of manganese phytoremediation by Broussonetia papyrifera with twoplant growth promoting (PGP) Bacillus species
6）Xu, Z., M. Dong, X. Peng, W. Ku, Y. Zhao and G. Yang (2019). "New insight into the molecular basis of cadmium stress responses of wild paper mulberry plant by transcriptome analysis." Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 171: 301-312.
7）Tang, C., R. Zhang, X. Hu, J. Song, B. Li, D. Ou, X. Hu and Y. Zhao (2019). "Exogenous spermidine elevating cadmium tolerance in Salix matsudana involves cadmium detoxification and antioxidant defense." International journal of phytoremediation: 1-11.
8）Hu, X., W. Wang, G. Xie, H. Wang, X. Tan, Q. Jin, D. Zhou and Y. Zhao (2019). "Ternary assembly of g-C3N4/graphene oxide sheets /BiFeO3 heterojunction with enhanced photoreduction of Cr(VI) under visible-light irradiation." Chemosphere 216: 733-741.
9） Wang, X., L. Cao, A. D. Fox, R. Fuller, L. Griffin, C. Mitchell, Y. Zhao, O.-K. Moon, D. Cabot, Z. Xu, N. Batbayar, A. K?lzsch, H. P. van der Jeugd, J. Madsen, L. Chen and R. Nathan (2019). "Stochastic simulations reveal few green wave surfing populations among spring migrating herbivorous waterfowl." Nature Communications 10(1): 2187.
10） Xu, Z., Y. Ge, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao and G. Yang (2018). "The walnut JrVHAG1 gene is involved in cadmium stress response through ABA-signal pathway and MYB transcription regulation." BMC Plant Biology 18(1): 19.
11）Yan, S., C. Tang, X. Hu, L. Jiang, H. Xi and Y. Zhao (2018). "H3PO4-Activated Cattail Carbon Production and Application in Chromium Removal from Aqueous Solution: Process Optimization and Removal Mechanism." Water 10(6): 754-758.
12）Xu, Z., Y. Zhao, Y. Ge, J. Peng, M. Dong and G. Yang (2017). "Characterization of a vacuolar H+-ATPase G subunit gene from Juglans regia (JrVHAG1) involved in mannitol-induced osmotic stress tolerance." Plant Cell Reports 36(3): 407-418.
2、国家级、省级以上奖励
“洞庭湖生态环境事件监测与预警关键技术”2020年获湖南省科技进步二等奖