Areas of Focus
- Plant Genetic Breeding
- Plant Nutrition Physiology
- Genetic Research
Work Experience
- 1995.02-1996.11: Postdoctoral workstation at South China Agricultural University
- 1997.12-2001.12: Associate Professor, Master Tutor at South China Agricultural University
- 1999.10-2000.10: Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Resource Biology, Okayama University, Japan
- 2001.12 - Present: Professor, Doctoral Supervisor at South China Agricultural University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1980.09-1984.07: Bachelor's degree from Jilin Agricultural University
- 1984.09-1987.07: Master's degree from Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- 1992.03-1994.12: Ph.D. from Northeast Agricultural University
Publications
- A comparative study on the aluminum and copper-induced organic acid exudation from wheat roots, Hai Nian, 2002
- Effect of P deficiency on Al-induced citrate exudation in soybean, Hai Nian, 2003
- Citrate secretion induced by aluminum stress may not be the key mechanism responsible for the differential aluminum tolerance of some soybean genotypes, Hai Nian, 2004
- Combined effect of short-term water deficit stress and aluminum toxicity on citrate secretion from soybean roots, Hai Nian, 2004
- Effects of aluminum on superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities, and lipid peroxidation in the roots and calluses of soybeans differing in aluminum tolerance, Hai Nian, 2010
- Identification of wild soybean miRNAs and their target genes responsive to aluminum stress, Hai Nian, 2012
- Effects of intercropping sugarcane and soybean on growth, rhizosphere soil microbes, nitrogen and phosphorus availability, Hai Nian, 2013
- Overexpression of AtDREB1A causes a severe dwarf phenotype by decreasing endogenous Gibberellin levels in soybean, Hai Nian, 2012
- Identification and Comparative Analysis of Cadmium Tolerance-Associated miRNAs and Their Targets in Two Soybean Genotypes, Hai Nian, 2013
- OsDREB2A, a rice transcription factor, significantly affects salt tolerance in transgenic soybean, Hai Nian, 2013
- RNA-seq analyses of multiple meristems of soybean: novel and alternative transcripts, evolutionary and functional implications, Hai Nian, 2014
- Glyma11g13220, a homolog of the vernalization pathway gene VERNALIZATION 1 from soybean, promotes flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana, Hai Nian, 2015
Awards
- 2014: First Prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award for breeding new soybean varieties
- 2012: First Prize of Agricultural Technology Promotion Award in Guangdong province
- 2011: Guangdong agricultural extension pacesetter, Second and three Third Prizes of the provincial science and technology progress award
