Areas of Focus
- Genetic improvement of heat tolerance in wheat
Work Experience
- Current - China Agricultural University - Professor and PhD Supervisor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-2011 PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
- 2002-2006 Bachelor in Agronomy, Laiyang Agricultural College
- Director of the Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice Research and Utilization, Ministry of Education
- Recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund and Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star
Publications
- Stress granule-associated TaMBF1c confers thermotolerance through regulating specific mRNA translation in wheat (Triticum aestivum), Xuejun Tian, 2022
- Origin and adaptation to high altitude of Tibetan semi-wild wheat., Weilong Guo, 2020
- Changes in Alternative Splicing in Responses to Domestication and Polyploidization in Wheat, Kuohai Yu, 2020
- HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A1b regulates heat tolerance in wheat and Arabidopsis through OPR3 and jasmonate signaling pathway, Xuejun Tian, 2019
- Genomic Imprinting was Evolutionarily Conserved during Wheat Polyploidization, Guanghui Yang, 2018
Awards
- National Outstanding Youth Fund recipient
- Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star
- Youth Science and Technology Award by the Chinese Society of Agronomy