2020.05-present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences - Group Leader, Researcher
2005.07-2020.04 - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology - Group Leader, Researcher
2010.01-2015.12 - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center - Group Leader, Part-time Researcher
2001.02-2005.12 - ETH Zurich - Postdoctoral Researcher, Senior Research Assistant
1995.08-1997.08 - Shandong Institute of Pomology - Research Intern
Shandong Province Science and Technology Progress Award (2019): Third Prize
CAS Network Science Popularization Alliance 'Science Popularization Star' Individual Award (2018)
Second Agricultural Science and Technology Service Golden Bridge Award (2015)
Tai'an City Science and Technology Progress Award (2014): Second Prize
Eighth Da Bei Nong Science and Technology Award (2013)
Tai'an City Science and Technology Progress Award (2012): First Prize
CAS Local Cooperation Award for Advanced Individual (Science and Technology) (2011): First Prize
Meiji Life Science Award (2011)
The Jubilee Prize 2003 of the Eiselen Foundation Ulm (2004)
Research
Cassava and Sweet Potato Biotechnology
Production of very‐high‐amylose cassava by post transcriptional silencing of branching enzyme genes, Zhou W, Zhao S, He S, Ma Q, Lu X, Hao X, Wang H, Yang J, Zhang P, 2020
CRISPR/Cas9-based mutagenesis of starch biosynthetic genes in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) for the improvement of starch quality, Wang H, Wu Y, Zhang Y, Yang J, Fan W, Zhang H, Zhao S, Yuan L, Zhang P, 2019
Changes in nanoscale chain assembly in sweet potato starch lamellae by downregulation of biosynthesis enzymes, Zhang B, Zhou W, Qiao D, Zhang P, Zhao S-m, Zhang L, Xie F, 2019
NHX1 and eIF4A1-stacked transgenic sweetpotato shows enhanced tolerance to drought stress, Zhang Y, Deng G, Fan W, Yuan L, Wang H, Zhang P, 2019
Improved insect resistance against Spodoptera litura in transgenic sweetpotato by overexpressing Cry1Aa toxin, Zhong Y, Ahmed S, Deng G, Fan W, Zhang P, Wang H, 2019
Cell wall invertase 3 affects cassava productivity via regulating sugar allocation from source to sink, Yan W, Wu X, Li Y, Liu G, Jiang T, Cui Z, Ma Q, Luo L, Zhang P, 2019
A novel glycosyltransferase catalyses the transfer of glucose to glucosylated anthocyanins in purple sweet potato, Wang H, Wang C, Fan W, Yang J, Appelhagen I, Wu Y, Zhang P, 2018
Developing new sweet potato varieties with improved performance, Zhang P, Fan W, Wang H, Wu Y, Zhou W, Yang J, 2018
Advances in genetic modification of cassava, Zhang P, Ma Q, Naconsie M, Wu X, Zhou W, Yang J, 2017
C4 protein of Sweet Potato Leaf Curl Virus regulates brassinosteroid signaling pathway through interaction with AtBIN2 and affects male fertility in Arabidopsis, Bi H, Fan W, Zhang P, 2017
Haplotype-resolved sweet potato genome traces back its hexaploidization history, Yang J, Moeinzadeh M-H, Kuhl H, Helmuth J, Xiao P, Haas S, Liu G, Zheng J, Sun Z, Fan W, Deng G, Wang H, Hu F, Zhao S, Fernie AR, Boerno S, Timmermann B, Zhang P, Vingron M, 2017
Alpha-glucan, water dikinase 1 affects starch metabolism and storage root growth in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), Zhou W, He S, Naconsie M, Ma Q, Zeeman SC, Gruissem W, Zhang P, 2017
Variations of five eIF4E genes across cassava accessions exhibiting tolerant and susceptible responses to cassava brown streak disease, Shi S, Zhang X, Mandel MA, Zhang P, Zhang Y, Ferguson M, Amuge T, Rounsley S, Liu Z, Xiong Z, 2017
Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis enables identification of abiotic stress-responsive MYB transcription factors in cassava (Manihot esculenta), Ruan M-B, Guo X, Wang B, Yang Y-L, Li W-Q, Yu X-L, Zhang P, Peng M, 2017
Profiling of anthocyanins in transgenic purple-fleshed sweet potatoes by HPLC-MS/MS, Ge J, Hu Y, Wang H, Huang Y, Zhang P, Liao Z, Chen M, 2017
Cassava C-repeat binding factor 1 gene responds to low temperature and enhances cold tolerance when overexpressed in Arabidopsis and cassava, An D, Ma Q, Wang H, Yang J, Zhou W, Zhang P, 2017
H+-pyrophosphatase IbVP1 promotes efficient iron use in sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.], Fan WJ, Wang HX, Wu YL, Yang N, Yang J, Zhang P, 2017
Overproduction of superoxide dismutase and catalase confers cassava resistance to Tetranychus cinnabarinus, Lu F, Liang X, Lu H, Li Q, Chen Q, Zhang P, Li K, Liu G, Yan W, Song J, Duan C, Zhang L, 2017
Transgenic technologies in cassava for nutritional improvement and viral disease resistance: a key strategy for food security in Africa, Naconsie M, Zhang P, 2016
Divergent regulation of CBF regulon on cold tolerance and plant phenotype in cassava overexpressing Arabidopsis CBF3 gene, An D, Ma Q, Yan W, Zhou W, Liu G, Zhang P, 2016
Engineering glycinebetaine metabolism for enhanced drought stress tolerance in plants, Fan W, Wang H, Zhang P, 2016
Melatonin attenuates postharvest physiological deterioration of cassava storage roots, Ma Q, Zhang T, Zhang P, Wang Z-Y, 2016
Reactive oxygen species regulate leaf pulvinus abscission zone cell separation in response to water-deficit stress in cassava, Liao WB, Wang G, Li YY, Wang B, Zhang P, Peng M, 2016
Altered phenylpropanoid metabolism in the maize Lc-expressed sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) affects storage root development, Wang H, Yang J, Zhang M, Fan W, Firon N, Pattanaik S, Yuan L, Zhang P, 2016
