Personal Information :

Wenhua Zhang Professor in plant biology,

College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University

Education/Research Experiences:

1983-1987 Nanjing Agricultural University, B.S.

1998-2001 Nanjing Agricultural University, Ph. D

2001-2004 Kansas State University, postdoctoral fellow

2004- College of Life Science, NAU, Professor

Research interests:

1) Plant stress physiology and molecular biology

2) Lipid signaling

3) Lipid metabolism

Recent Publications:

Shen Y, Shen L*, Shen Z, Jing W, Ge H, Zhao J, and Zhang W*. The potassium transporter OsHAK21 functions in the maintenance of ion homeostasis and tolerance to salt stress in rice. Plant, Cell & Environment, 2015 Jun 5. doi: 10.1111/pce.12586.

Wang R, Jing W, Xiao L, Jin Y, Shen L，Zhang W*. The OsHKT1;1 transporter is involved in salt tolerance and regulated by an MYB-type transcription factor. Plant Physiology, 2015 ,168:1076-1090.

Zhou JW, Wang FZ, Deng P, Jing W, Zhang W*. Characterization and Mapping of a Salt-Sensitive Mutant in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2013, 55 (6): 504–513.

Zhang Q, Lin F, Mao T, Nie J, Yan M, Yuan M, Zhang W*. Phosphatidic Acid Regulates Microtubule Organization by Interacting with MAP65-1 in Response to Salt Stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2012, 24:4555-4576.

Zhang Y, Zhu H, Zhang Q, Li M, Yan M, Wang R, Wang L, Welti R, Zhang W*, Wang X. Phospholipase Dα1 and phosphatidic acid regulate NADPH oxidase activity and production of reactive oxygen species in ABA-mediated stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2009, 21: 2357-2377

Zhang Q, Que Y, Jing W, Li L, Zhang W. Phospholipase Ds in plant response to hyperosmotic stresses. Phospholipases in Plant Signaling （Wang ed.）. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, ISSN 1867-9048， 2014, 121-134.

Teaching :

1) Plant physiology (for undergraduate students)

2) Research advance in biology ( for PhD students)