Areas of Focus
- Maize stress physiology and cultivation
- Maize grain development and regulation under stress
- Maize assimilate transport, unloading, and distribution control
- High-yield and high-efficiency characteristics of maize varieties
Work Experience
- 2020-Present: Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, China Agricultural University
- 2018-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2015-2017: Joint Ph.D in Plant Biology, The University of Newcastle
- 2012-2018: Ph.D in Crop Physiology, China Agricultural University
- 2007-2011: Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, Shanxi Agricultural University
Publications
- Winners Take All: Competition for Carbon Resource Determines Grain Fate, Shen S, Ma S, Wu L, Zhou S-L, Ruan Y-L, 2023
- A Transcriptional Landscape underlying Sugar Import for Grain Set in Maize, Shen S, Ma S, Chen X, Yi F, Liang X-G, Liao S, Gao L, Zhou S-L, Ruan Y-L, 2022