Areas of Focus
- Mechanisms of cotton fiber cell elongation
- Mechanisms of action of plant hormones
- Gene expression regulation mechanisms
Work Experience
- 2002 - 2017: Director, National Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research
- 1994 - Present: Professor, College of Life Sciences, Peking University
- 1992 - 1994: Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences, Peking University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1986 - 1989: PhD in Plant Sciences, Cornell University, USA
- 1978 - 1982: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Zhejiang Agricultural University
- Received the National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund, 1997
- Leader of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Innovation Group, 2003
Publications
- Recent Advances and Future Perspectives in Cotton Research, Huang G, Huang JQ, Chen XY, Zhu YX, 2021
- Genome sequence of Gossypium herbaceum and genome updates of Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium hirsutum provide insights into cotton A-genome evolution, Huang G, Wu Z, Percy RG, Bai M, Li Y, Frelichowski JE, Hu J, Wang K, Yu, JZ, Zhu YX, 2020
- Multi-strategic RNA-seq analysis reveals a high-resolution transcriptional landscape in cotton, Wang, K., Wang, D., Zheng, X., Qin, A., Zhou, J., Guo, B., Chen, Y., Wen, X., Ye, W., Zhou, Y., Zhu, YX, 2019
Awards
- He Liang He Li Science and Technology Progress Award, 2012
- National Natural Science Second Prize, 2011
- National Second Prize for Teaching Achievements, 2009
- First Prize of Natural Science from the Ministry of Education, 2008
- Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Ministry of Education, 2000
- China National Book Nomination Award, China National Science and Technology Book Award, 1999
