教育经历*

2000/09-2004/07，昆明理工大学，生物工程，学士；

2004/09-2007/07，昆明理工大学，生物化工，硕士；

2010/09-2014/12，昆明理工大学，生物学，博士；

工作经历*

2007-至今，云南农业大学

2020/01-2022/06，美国康奈尔大学，访问副教授

教学

承担本科生《基础生物化学》、《药用植物栽培学》等课程教学。

承担研究生《科学研究方法与论文写作》、《生物学专业英语》等课程教学。

研究项目

主持国家自然科学基金项目及省级项目5项

代表性成果

1.论文

[1] Lei Feng^†, Yan Zhao^†, Dongju Fu^†, Xia Li, Bing Hao, Yucheng Zhao, Xiangyu Liu, Guisheng Xiang, Fengling Tan, Meiyu Duan, Hanyu Fu, Bolin Wu, Simei He, Yina Wang, Geng Chen, Shuangyan Zhang, Chuyi Wang, Wanling Song, Yuanhong Fan*, Guanghui Zhang*, Shengchao Yang*. Mechanistic Insights Into Functional Innovations of Dammarenediol-II Synthase in Panax ginseng. Plant Biotechnol J. 2025. doi: 10.1111/pbi.70299.

[2] Qingqing Gao^†, Jiajin Zhang^†, Juntao Cao^†, Chunfan Xiang, Chengxiao Yuan, Xia Li, Juan Wang, Pinhan Zhou, Lesong Li, Jia Liu, Hongchun Xie, Ruolan Li, Guilin Huang, Chaohui Li, Guanghui Zhang*, Shengchao Yang*, Yan Zhao*. MetaDb: a database for metabolites and their regulation in plants with an emphasis on medicinal plants. Molecular Horticulture, 2024, 4, 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43897-024-00095-2.

[3] Chengxiao Yuan^†, Lesong Li^†, Pinhan Zhou, Chunfan Xiang, Chunli Huang, Guilin Huang, Guanze Liu, Mengfei Li, Shengchao Yang*, Yanli Liang*, Yan Zhao*. Decoding the root lignification mechanism of Angelica sinensis through genome-wide DNA methylation analysis[J]. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024: erae392. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae392.

[4] Yan Zhao^†, Guanze Liu^†, Feng Yang^†, Yanli Liang, Qingqing Gao, Chunfan Xiang, Xia Li, Run Yang, Guanghui Zhang, Huifeng Jiang*, Lei Yu*, Shengchao Yang*. Multilayered regulation of secondary metabolism in medicinal plants. Molecular Horticulture. 2023,3,11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43897-023-00059-y.

[5] Khadija Tehseen Arshad^†, Chunfan Xiang^†, Chengxiao Yuan, Lesong Li, Juan Wang, Pinhan Zhou, Nazer Manzoor, Shengchao Yang, Mengfei Li, Yanli Liang, Junwen Chen*, Yan Zhao*. Elucidation of AsANS controlling pigment biosynthesis in Angelica sinensis through hormonal and transcriptomic analysis[J]. Physiologia Plantarum, 2024, 176(5): e14500. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14500.

[6] Shuangyan Zhang, Yuqing Peng, Guisheng Xiang, Wanling Song, Lei Feng, Xinyue Jiang, Xuejiao Li, Simei He, Shengchao Yang, Yan Zhao*, Guanghui Zhang*. Functional characterization of genes related to triterpene and flavonoid biosynthesis in Cyclocarya paliurus. Planta, 2024, 259:50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-023-04282-1.

[7] Geng Chen,Zhaokuan Guo,Yanyu Shu,Yan Zhao,Lei Qiu,Shaofeng Duan,Yuan Lin,Simei He,Xiaobo Li,Xiaolin Feng,Guisheng Xiang,Bo Nian,Yina Wang,Zhiyuan Li,Chongkang Yang,Yang Shi,Yingchun Lu,Guanze Liu,Shengchao Yang*,Guanghui Zhang*,Bing Hao*. Biosynthetic pathway of prescription cucurbitacin IIa and high-level production of key triterpenoid intermediates in engineered yeast and tobacco. Plant Communications, 2024, 5,6, 100835.

[8] Xia Li, Geng Chen, Qingqing Gao, Chunfan Xiang, Chengxiao Yuan, Xiaoning Li, Yanyu Shu, Guanghui Zhang, Yanli Liang, Shengchao Yang, Chenxi Zhai, Yan Zhao*. Site-directed mutagenesis identified the key active site residues of 2,3-oxidosqualene cyclase HcOSC6 responsible for cucurbitacins biosynthesis in Hemsleya chinensis. Front. Plant Sci. 2023, 14:1138893. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1138893.

2.专利

[1] 发明专利：一种当归越冬用抗寒肥料抛洒设备及抛洒方法，授权时间：2025.02.18（排名第一）

[2] 发明专利：灯盏花转录因子EbbHLH80在增强烟草耐盐性中的应用，授权时间：2025.08.15（排名第一）

代表性成果

1.论文

2.专利

[1] 发明专利：一种当归越冬用抗寒肥料抛洒设备及抛洒方法，授权时间：2025.02.18（排名第一）

[2] 发明专利：灯盏花转录因子EbbHLH80在增强烟草耐盐性中的应用，授权时间：2025.08.15（排名第一）