Areas of Focus
- Crop molecular genetics and genomics
- QTL gene mining for important complex traits in maize
- Genetic regulatory networks
- Gene editing and molecular breeding
- Reference genome analysis of Miscanthus species
- Mining of superior stress-resistant genes
- Development and utilization of saline-alkali land in the Yellow River Delta
Work Experience
- 2004-2010 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Research Assistant Scientist
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002 - PhD: Shandong Agricultural University and Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- PhD thesis recognized as Excellent Doctoral Thesis of Shandong Province
Publications
- Analysis of the Miscanthus genome and its evolutionary history, Cui-Xia Chen, 2021
