教育背景 2005 – 2009，中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所，遗传学，博士 2002 – 2005，南京农业大学，作物遗传育种，硕士 1998 – 2002，山东农业大学，农学师范，学士 工作经历 2015 - 至今，山东大学，教授 2011 – 2015，美国北卡罗来纳州立大学，博士后 2009 – 2011，美国马里兰大学巴尔的摩郡，博士后

1. 以玉米为主要研究材料，综合运用遗传学、生物化学、分子生物学和生物信息学等方法，针对玉米主要病害（如大小斑病、茎腐病等）开展抗病信号通路中重要基因的发掘和分子机理解析。 2. 利用玉米中一个能引起自主性超敏感防卫反应的突变体作为工具，研究植物超敏感防卫反应的分子机理。 3. 玉米 NLR 类免疫受体 Rp1-D21 的调控机理研究。 4. 轮枝镰孢菌的致病机理研究。

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