EDUCATION
Ph.D 2002-2007 Shandong University Ph.D. Cytobiology
Bachelor 1998-2002 Shandong Agricultural University B.S. Biotechnology
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, USA
2011-2014, Research Scientist, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, USA
2014 to Present, Professor, Shandong University, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. The compound leaf development in legume
2. The seed development in legume
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Maofeng Chai, Chuanen Zhou, Isabel Molina, Chunxiang Fu, Jin Nakashima, Guifen Li, Wenzheng Zhang, Jongjin Park, Yuhong Tang, Qingzhen Jiang, and Zeng-Yu Wang* (2016). A class II KNOX gene, KNOX4, controls seed physical dormancy. PNAS 113: 6997-7002
2. Chuanen Zhou, Lu Han (co-first author), Guifen Li, Maofeng Chai, Chunxiang Fu, Xiaofei Cheng, Jiangqi Wen, Yuhong Tang and Zeng-Yu Wang* (2014). STM/BP-like KNOXI Is Uncoupled from ARP in the Regulation of Compound Leaf Development in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Cell 26:1464-1479
3. Chuanen Zhou, Lu Han, Chunxiang Fu, Jiangqi Wen, Xiaofei Cheng, Jin Nakashima, Junying Ma, Yuhong Tang, Yang Tan, Million Tadege, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Guangmin Xia and Zeng-Yu Wang* (2013). The trans-acting short interfering RNA3 pathway and NO APICAL MERISTEM antagonistically regulate leaf margin development and lateral organ separation, as revealed by analysis of an argonaute7/lobed leaflet1 mutant in Medicago truncatula. The Plant Cell 25: 4845-4862
4. Chuanen Zhou, Lu Han, Chunyan Hou, Alessandra Metelli, Liying Qi, Million Tadege, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Zeng-Yu Wang* (2011) Developmental analysis of a Medicago truncatula smooth leaf margin1 mutant reveals context-dependent effects on compound leaf development. The Plant Cell 23: 2106-2124
5. Chuanen Zhou, Lu Han, Chunxiang Fu, Maofeng Chai, Wenzheng Zhang, Guifen Li, Yuhong Tang and Zeng-Yu Wang* (2012). Identification and characterization of petiolule-like pulvinus mutants with abolished nyctinastic leaf movement in the model legume Medicago truncatula. New Phytologist 196: 92-100
6. Chuanen Zhou, Lu Han (co-first author), Catalina Pislariu, Jin Nakashima, Chunxiang Fu, Qingzhen Jiang, Li Quan, Elison B.Blancaflor , Joseph H. Bouton, Michael Udvardi, Guangmin Xia, Zeng-Yu Wang* (2011) From model to crop: functional analysis of a STAY-GREEN gene in the model legume Medicago truncatula and effective use of the gene for alfalfa (M. sativa) improvement. Plant Physiology 157:1483-1496
