Areas of Focus
- Maize plant architecture and fertility gene cloning
- Genomics research of maize and related species
- Study of maize haploid induction mechanisms
- Research on chromosome centromeres in crops
Work Experience
- 2002-2004 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin, USA
- 2005-2006 Assistant Researcher, University of Wisconsin, USA
- 2006-Present Professor, China Agricultural University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1989-1996 Bachelor/Master's Degree: Hunan Agricultural University
- 1998-2001 PhD: Wuhan University
- Received National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Award in 2010
Publications
- Heat shock protein 101 contributes to the thermotolerance of male meiosis in maize, Li YF, Huang YM, Sun HY, Wang TY, Ru W, Pan LL, Zhao XM, Dong ZB, Huang W, Jin WW, 2022
- Maize cytosolic invertase INVAN6 ensures faithful meiotic progression under heat stress, Huang W, Li YF, Du Y, Pan LL, Huang YM, Liu HB, Zhao Y, Shi YL, Ruan YL, Dong ZB, Jin WW, 2022
Awards
- 2010: National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Award
- 2016: First Prize for Technological Invention in Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievements
- 2023: First Prize in Natural Science for the Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievements Award (Science and Technology)