Areas of Focus
- Regulation mechanisms and technologies of asexual reproduction in crops (in vitro plant regeneration and in vivo apomixis)
Work Experience
- 2007-2013 - University of California, Davis and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Research on crop functional and evolutionary genomics, molecular cell biology, and modern biotechnology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007 - PhD: Huazhong Agricultural University/Crop Genetic Improvement National Key Laboratory
- Doctoral Supervisor: Professor Xianlong Zhang
Publications
- High-level academic papers in Genome Research, PNAS, Plant Cell, Genome Biology, iScience, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Journal, Fan-Chang Zeng as corresponding author or first author
Awards
- National and Provincial Talent Projects/Awards: Over 10 items including 'Shennong Talent' by the Ministry of Agriculture and 'Taishan Scholar' Talent Project
