1983年毕业于河北农业大学植保系，1989年在华中农业大学植保系获理学硕士学位，1991年在河北农大晋升为讲师，2000年聘为中国农业科学院副研究员。2010年聘为中国农业科学院研究员。

主要从事微生物农药研究与利用，包括有益微生物及其代谢产物的分离、纯化及作用机理研究。特别致力于长期从事微生物农药研究与利用研究。

Yi Zhang, Yingbo Liang, Dewen Qiu, Jingjing Yuan, Xiufen Yang*. Comparison of cerato-platanin family protein BcSpl1 produced in Pichia pastoris and Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification 136 (2017) 20-26 Yi Zhang, Yunhua Zhang, Dewen Qiu, Hongmei Zeng, Lihua Guo, Xiufen Yang*. 2015. BcGs1, a glycoprotein from Botrytis cinerea, elicits defence response and improves disease resistance in host plants. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 457:627-634 Yunhua Zhang, Xiufen Yang*, Hongmei Zeng, Lihua Guo, Jingjing Yuan, Dewen Qiu*. 2014. Fungal elicitor protein PebC1 from Botrytis cinerea improves disease resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biotechnology Letters, 2014, 36：1069-1078. Bingwu Bu, Dewen Qiu, Hongmei Zeng, Lihua Guo, Jingjing Yuan, Xiufen Yang*. 2014. A fungal protein elicitor PevD1 induces Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton. Plant Cell Reports, 14: 461-470. Yao Xiao, Fanlu Meng, Dewen Qiu, Xiufen Yang*. 2012. Two novel antimicrobial peptides purified from the symbiotic bacteria Xenorhabdus budapestensis NMC-10，Peptides 35：253–260 Bingnan Wang. Xiufen Yang*. Hongmei Zeng. Hua Liu. Tingting Zhou. Jingjing Yuan. Lihua Guo. Dewen Qiu*. 2012. The Purification and characterization of a novel hypersensitive-like response-inducing elicitor from Verticillium dahliae that induces resistance responses in tobacco. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 93:191-201. Xiufen Yang*, Dewen Qiu, Huaiwen Yang, Zheng Liu, Hongmei Zeng, Jingjing Yuan. 2010. Antifungal activity of xenocoumacin 1 from Xenorhabdus nematophilus var. pekingensis against Phytophthora infestans. World journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2011,27:523-528. Wei Zhang, Xiufen Yang*, Dewen Qiu, Lihua Guo, Hongmei Zeng, 2011. Jianjun Mao, Qiufeng Gao. PeaT1-induced systemic acquired resistance in tobacco follows salicylic acid-dependent pathway, Molecular biological report, 38（4）：2549-56. Yunhua Zhang, Xiufen Yang*, Quan Liu, Dewen Qiu, Yuliang Zhang, Hongmei Zeng, Jingjing Yuan, Jianjun Mao. 2010. Purification of novel protein elicitor from Botrytis cinerea that induces disease resistance and drought tolerance in plants. Microbiological Research，165：142-151.