Areas of Focus
- Poultry Genetics and Breeding
- Statistical Genomics
Work Experience
- 2011.07-2013.08 - Northeast Agricultural University, College of Animal Science and Technology - Lecturer
- 2013.09-2019.08 - Northeast Agricultural University, College of Animal Science and Technology - Associate Professor
- 2019.09-Present - Northeast Agricultural University, College of Animal Science and Technology - Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2001.09-2005.07 Bachelor: Northeast Agricultural University, Animal Science
- 2005.09-2008.07 Master: Northeast Agricultural University, Animal Genetics and Breeding
- 2008.09-2011.06 PhD: Northeast Agricultural University, Animal Genetics and Breeding
- 2015.06-Present Postdoc: Northeast Agricultural University, College of Life Sciences
- 2016.09-2017.09 Visiting Scholar: Iowa State University, Animal Science
Publications
- Associations of Transcription Factor 21 Gene Polymorphisms with the Growth and Body Composition Traits in Broilers, Shen L, Yu J, Ge Y, Li H, Li Y, Cao Z, Luan P, Xiao F, Gao H, Zhang H, 2022
- Genome-wide association studies for growth traits in broilers, Dou D, Shen L, Zhou J, Cao Z, Luan P, Li Y, Xiao F, Guo H, Li H, Zhang H, 2022
- Association of PCSK1 gene polymorphisms with abdominal fat content in broilers, Zhou J, Yang L, Yu J, Zhang K, Xu Z, Cao Z, Luan P, Li H, Zhang H, 2020
- Microevolutionary Dynamics of Chicken Genomes under Divergent Selection for Adiposity, Zhang, H., Liang, Q., Wang, N., Wang, Q., Leng, L., Mao, J., Wang, Y., Wang, S., Zhang, J., Liang, H., Zhou, X., Li, Y., Cao, Z., Luan, P., Wang, Z., Yuan, H., Wang, Z., Zhou, X., Lamont, S. J., Da, Y., … Li, H., 2020
- Haplotype-based genome-wide association studies for carcass and growth traits in chicken, Zhang H, Shen LY, Xu ZC, Kramer LM, Yu JQ, Zhang XY, Na W, Yang LL, Cao ZP, Luan P, Reecy JM, Li H, 2020
- Genome-wide association study for plasma very low-density lipoprotein concentration in chicken, Zhang H, Shen L, Li Y, Xu Z, Zhang X, Yu J, Cao Z, Luan P, 2019
- Functional Intronic Variant in the Retinoblastoma 1 Gene Underlies Broiler Chicken Adiposity by Altering Nuclear Factor-kB and SRY-Related HMG Box Protein 2 Binding Sites, Cheng B, Zhang H, Liu C, Chen X, Chen Y, Sun Y, Leng L, Li Y, Luan P, Li H, 2019
- The retinoblastoma 1 gene (RB1) modulates the proliferation of chicken preadipocytes, Wang Y, Wang H, Na W, Qin F, Zhang Z, Dong J, Li H, Zhang H, 2019
- Important candidate genes for abdominal fat content identified by linkage disequilibrium and fixation index information, Na W, Yu JQ, Xu ZC, Zhang XY, Yang LL, Cao ZP, Li H, Zhang H, 2019
- Genetic parameters for the prediction of abdominal fat traits using blood biochemical indicators in broilers, Zhang HL, Xu ZQ, Yang LL, Wang YX, Li YM, Dong JQ, Zhang XY, Jiang XY, Jiang XF, Li H, Zhang DX, Zhang H, 2018
- Construction of multiple linear regression models using blood biomarkers for selecting against abdominal fat traits in broilers, Dong JQ, Zhang XY, Wang SZ, Jiang XF, Zhang K, Ma GW, Wu MQ, Li H, Zhang H, 2018
- TCF21 is related to testis growth and development in broiler chickens, Zhang H, Na W, Zhang HL, Wang N, Du ZQ, Wang SZ, Wang ZP, Zhang Z Li H, 2017
- Identification of genome-wide SNP-SNP interactions associated with important traits in chicken, Zhang H, Yu JQ, Yang LL, Kramer LM, Zhang XY, Na W, Reecy JM, Li H, 2017
- Identification of a potential functional single nucleotide polymorphism for fatness and growth traits in the 3'-untranslated region of the PCSK1 gene in chickens, Zhang K, Cheng BH, Yang LL, Wang ZP, Zhang HL, Xu SS, Wang SZ, Wang YX, Zhang H, Li H, 2017
Awards
- Heilongjiang Province Science and Technology Award, First Prize in Natural Science (Ranked 8th)
- Northeast Agricultural University First 'Young Talent'
- Heilongjiang Province 'Young Innovative Talent'
- Heilongjiang Province Postdoctoral 'Young Talent'
- Northeast Agricultural University 'Academic Backbone'