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Name	Weidong Wang
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Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Beijing

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Name

Weidong Wang

Contact Information

wangwd@cau.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	China Agricultural University
Faculty	Veterinary Medicine
Academic Background & Achievements	2015-2021 Ph.D. in Agronomy/Plant Genetics & Breeding, Purdue University 2010-2013 M.S. in Crop Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University 2006-2010 B.S. in Agronomy/Crop Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University
Work Experience	2023-Present Professor, College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University 2021-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University 2014-2015 Research Assistant, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota-twin cities 2013-2014 Research Intern, Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Awards	2022 National Youth Talent Project 2022 National Excellent Self-financed Student Scholarship 2019 Graduate Research Award + Travel Award, Purdue Center for Plant Biology 2018 Outstanding Graduate Ph.D. Research Award, Purdue Agronomy Department 2017 George W. Bailey Graduate Travel Scholarship, Purdue Agronomy Department 2017 Dow AgroScience Graduate Scholarship, Purdue Agronomy Department 2016 George W. Bailey Graduate Travel Scholarship, Purdue Agronomy Department 2013 Outstanding Master's Thesis, China Agricultural University

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

China Agricultural University

Faculty

Veterinary Medicine

Academic Background & Achievements

2015-2021 Ph.D. in Agronomy/Plant Genetics & Breeding, Purdue University
2010-2013 M.S. in Crop Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University
2006-2010 B.S. in Agronomy/Crop Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University

Work Experience

2023-Present Professor, College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University
2021-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
2014-2015 Research Assistant, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota-twin cities
2013-2014 Research Intern, Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Awards

2022 National Youth Talent Project
2022 National Excellent Self-financed Student Scholarship
2019 Graduate Research Award + Travel Award, Purdue Center for Plant Biology
2018 Outstanding Graduate Ph.D. Research Award, Purdue Agronomy Department
2017 George W. Bailey Graduate Travel Scholarship, Purdue Agronomy Department
2017 Dow AgroScience Graduate Scholarship, Purdue Agronomy Department
2016 George W. Bailey Graduate Travel Scholarship, Purdue Agronomy Department
2013 Outstanding Master's Thesis, China Agricultural University

Areas of Focus	Genetic analysis of important agronomic and yield traits in soybean Exploration and utilization of disease and insect resistance genes in soybean High-yield and high-resistance molecular breeding of soybean
Publications	Long noncoding RNAs underlie multiple domestication traits and leafhopper resistance in soybean, Weidong Wang, Jingbo Duan, Xutong Wang, Xingxing Feng, Liyang Chen, Chancelor B. Clark, Stephen A. Swarm, Jinbin Wang, Sen Lin, Randall L. Nelson, Blake C. Meyers, Xianzhong Feng, Jianxin Ma, 2024 A giant NLR gene confers broad-spectrum resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean, Weidong Wang, Liyang Chen, Kevin Fengler, Joy Bolar, Victor Llaca, Xutong Wang, Chancelor B. Clark, Tomara J. Fleury, Jon Myrvold, David Oneal, Maria Magdalena van Dyk, Ashley Hudson, Jesse Munkvold, Andy Baumgarten, Jeff Thompson, Guohong Cai, Oswald Crasta, Rajat Aggarwal, Jianxin Ma, 2021 A transposon‐mediated reciprocal translocation promotes environmental adaptation but compromises domesticability of wild soybeans, Weidong Wang, Liyang Chen, Xutong Wang, Jingbo Duan, Rachel D. Flynn, Ying Wang, Chancelor B. Clark, Lianjun Sun, Dajian Zhang, Diane R. Wang, Sharon A. Kessler, Jianxin Ma, 2021 Elevation of soybean seed oil content through selection for seed coat shininess, Dajian Zhang, Lianjun Sun, Shuai Li, Weidong Wang, Yanhua Ding, Stephen A Swarm, Linghong Li, Xutong Wang, Xuemin Tang, Zhifang Zhang, Zhixi Tian, Patrick J Brown, Chunmei Cai, Randall L Nelson, Jianxin Ma, 2018 Genome-wide association study dissects the genetic architecture of oil biosynthesis in maize kernels, Hui Li, Zhiyu Peng, Xiaohong Yang, Weidong Wang, Junjie Fu, Jianhua Wang, Yinjia Han, Yuchao Chai, Tingting Guo, Ning Yang, Jie Liu, Marilyn L. Warburton, Yanbing Cheng, Xiaomin Hao, Pan Zhang, Jinyang Zhao, Yunjun Liu, Guoying Wang, Jiansheng Li, Jianbing Yan, 2013

Areas of Focus

Genetic analysis of important agronomic and yield traits in soybean
Exploration and utilization of disease and insect resistance genes in soybean
High-yield and high-resistance molecular breeding of soybean

Publications

Long noncoding RNAs underlie multiple domestication traits and leafhopper resistance in soybean, Weidong Wang, Jingbo Duan, Xutong Wang, Xingxing Feng, Liyang Chen, Chancelor B. Clark, Stephen A. Swarm, Jinbin Wang, Sen Lin, Randall L. Nelson, Blake C. Meyers, Xianzhong Feng, Jianxin Ma, 2024
A giant NLR gene confers broad-spectrum resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean, Weidong Wang, Liyang Chen, Kevin Fengler, Joy Bolar, Victor Llaca, Xutong Wang, Chancelor B. Clark, Tomara J. Fleury, Jon Myrvold, David Oneal, Maria Magdalena van Dyk, Ashley Hudson, Jesse Munkvold, Andy Baumgarten, Jeff Thompson, Guohong Cai, Oswald Crasta, Rajat Aggarwal, Jianxin Ma, 2021
A transposon‐mediated reciprocal translocation promotes environmental adaptation but compromises domesticability of wild soybeans, Weidong Wang, Liyang Chen, Xutong Wang, Jingbo Duan, Rachel D. Flynn, Ying Wang, Chancelor B. Clark, Lianjun Sun, Dajian Zhang, Diane R. Wang, Sharon A. Kessler, Jianxin Ma, 2021
Elevation of soybean seed oil content through selection for seed coat shininess, Dajian Zhang, Lianjun Sun, Shuai Li, Weidong Wang, Yanhua Ding, Stephen A Swarm, Linghong Li, Xutong Wang, Xuemin Tang, Zhifang Zhang, Zhixi Tian, Patrick J Brown, Chunmei Cai, Randall L Nelson, Jianxin Ma, 2018
Genome-wide association study dissects the genetic architecture of oil biosynthesis in maize kernels, Hui Li, Zhiyu Peng, Xiaohong Yang, Weidong Wang, Junjie Fu, Jianhua Wang, Yinjia Han, Yuchao Chai, Tingting Guo, Ning Yang, Jie Liu, Marilyn L. Warburton, Yanbing Cheng, Xiaomin Hao, Pan Zhang, Jinyang Zhao, Yunjun Liu, Guoying Wang, Jiansheng Li, Jianbing Yan, 2013

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