RESEARCH TOPICS:

· Environmental Biology

· Plant Nutrition

EDUCATION:

· B.Sc: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Fujian Agricultural College, China. 1979 – 1983.

· M.Sc: Plant Nutrition, Nanjing Agricultural University, China. 1983 – 1986.

· Ph.D: Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. 1988 – 1992.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

· NSFC normal project, “The role of NIP aquaporins in arsenic translocation to rice grain”, 2014-2017.

· NSFC key project, “Biological transformation of arsenic species in paddy soils”, 2014-2018.

· NSFC key international collaborative project, “Elucidation of the mechanisms controlling heavy metal accumulation in rice based on ionomics and genomics approaches”, 2016 – 2020.

· Ministry of Agriculture, China, “Reducing heavy metal accumulation in crops through genetic improvement”, 2014-2018.

· Ministry of Education, China, Innovative research group in plant nutrition biology, 2013-2015.

· Jiangsu Province, China, Innovative research group in plant nutrition, 2013-2015.

· Jiangsu Province, China, Innovation research grant, 2014-2016.

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS:

· Section Editor and Editorial Board member of Plant and Soil, 2005 – present.

· Member of the Editorial Board of Environmental Pollution, 2007 – present.

· Member of the Editorial Board of Functional Plant Biology, 2009 – present.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

See http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-8339-2008 for a full list of publications.

Total citations in Web of Science > 13,000, H-index = 64

* corresponding author

1. Chen, Y., Moore, K.L., Miller, A.J., McGrath, S.P., Ma, J.F. and Zhao, F.J.* 2015. The role of nodes in arsenic storage and distribution in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 66: 3717–3724.

2. Chao D.Y.*, Chen Y., Chen J.G., Shi S.L., Chen Z.R., Wang C.C., Danku J.M., Zhao F.J.* and Salt D.E.* 2014. Genome-wide association mapping identifies a new arsenate reductase enzyme critical for limiting arsenic accumulation in plants. PLoS Biology 12(12): e1002009.

3. Zhao, F.J.*, Moore, K.L., Lombi, E. and Zhu, Y.G. 2014. Imaging element distribution and speciation in plant cells. Trends in Plant Science 19: 183-192.

4. Yang, M., Zhang, Y., Zhang, L., Hu J., Zhang, X., Lu, K., Dong, H., Wang, D., Zhao, F.J., Huang, C.F. and Lian, X.M. 2014. OsNRAMP5 contributes to manganese translocation and distribution in rice shoots. Journal of Experimental Botany 65: 4849–4861.

5. Zhu, Y.G., Yoshinaga, M., Zhao, F.J. and Rosen, B.P. 2014. Earth abides arsenic biotransformations. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 42:443–467.

6. Moore, K.L.*, Chen, Y., van de Meene, A.M.L., Hughes, L., Liu, W.J., Geraki, T., Mosselmans, F., McGrath, S.P., Grovenor, C., and Zhao, F.J.* 2014. Combined NanoSIMS and Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence reveals distinct cellular and subcellular distribution patterns of trace elements in rice tissues. New Phytologist 201: 104–115

7. Chen, Z.C., Yokosho, K., Kashino, M., Zhao, F.J., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J.F. 2013. Adaptation to acidic soil is achieved by increased numbers of cis-acting elements regulating ALMT1 expression in Holcus lanatus. Plant Journal 76: 10-23.

8. Lomax, C., Liu, W.J., Wu, L.Y., Xue, K., Xiong, J., Zhou, J.Z., McGrath, S.P., Meharg, A.A., Miller, A.J. and Zhao, F.J.* 2012. Methylated arsenic species in plants originate from soil microorganisms. New Phytologist 193: 665–672.

9. Norton, G. J., Pinson, S.R.M., Alexander, J., Mckay, S., Hansen, H., Duan, G.L., Islam, M.R., Islam, S., Stroud, J.L., Zhao, F.J., McGrath, S.P., Zhu, Y.G., Lahner, B., Yakubova, E., Guerinot, M.L., Tarpley, L., Eizenga, G.C., Salt, D.E., Meharg, A.A. and Price, A.H. 2012. Variation in grain arsenic assessed in a diverse panel of rice (Oryza sativa) grown in multiple sites. New Phytologist 193: 650–664.

10. Wu, Z.C., Ren, H.Y., McGrath, S.P., Wu, P. and Zhao, F.J. * 2011. Investigating the contribution of the phosphate transport pathway to arsenic accumulation in rice. Plant Physiology 157:

11. Zhao, F.J.* and Shewry, P.R. 2011. Recent developments in modifying crops and agronomic practice to improve human health. Food Policy 36: S94-S101.

12. Moore, K.L., Schröder, M., Wu, Z.C., Martin, B.G.H., Hawes, C.R., McGrath, S.P., Hawkesford, M.J., Ma, J.F., Zhao, F.J. and Grovenor, C.R.M. 2011. High-Resolution Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry reveals the contrasting subcellular distribution of arsenic and silicon in rice roots. Plant Physiology. 156: 913–924.

13. Mitani-Ueno, N., Yamaji, N., Zhao, F.J. and Ma, J.F. 2011. Aromatic/arginine selectivity filter of NIP aquaporins plays a critical role in substrate selectivity for silicon, boron and arsenic. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62: 4391–4398.

14. Ye, W.L., Wood, B.A., Stroud, J.L., Andralojc, P.J., Raab, A., McGrath, S.P., Feldmann, J. and Zhao, F.J.* 2010. Arsenic speciation in phloem and xylem exudates of castor bean. Plant Physiology. 154: 1505-1513.

15. Zhao, F.J.*, McGrath, S.P. and Meharg, A.A. 2010. Arsenic as a food-chain contaminant: mechanisms of plant uptake and metabolism and mitigation strategies. Annual Review of Plant Biology 61: 535–559.

16. Shinmachi, F., Buchner, P., Stroud, J.L., Parmar, S., Zhao, F.J., McGrath, S.P. and Hawkesford, M.J. 2010. Influence of sulfur deficiency on the expression of specific sulfate transporters and the distribution of sulfur, selenium and molybdenum in wheat. Plant Physiology 153: 327-336.

17. Liu W.J., Wood B.A., Raab A., McGrath S.P., Zhao F.J.* and Feldmann J. 2010. Complexation of arsenite with phytochelatins reduces arsenite efflux and translocation from roots to shoots in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 152: 2211–2221.

18. Zhao, F.J.*, Ago, Y., Mitani, N., Li, R.Y., Su, Y.H., Yamaji, N., McGrath, S.P. and Ma, J.F*. 2010. The role of the rice aquaporin Lsi1 in arsenite efflux from roots. New Phytologist 186: 392-399.

19. Li, R.Y., Ago, K., Liu, W. J., Mitani, N., Feldmann, J., McGrath, S.P., Ma, J.F. and Zhao, F.J.* 2009. The rice aquaporin Lsi1 mediates uptake of methylated arsenic species. Plant Physiology 150: 2071-2080.

20. Zhu, Y.G., Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., Zhao, F.J., Williams, P.N. and Meharg, A.A. 2009. Selenium in higher plants: understanding mechanisms for biofortification and phytoremediation. Trends in Plant Science 14: 436-442.

21. Logoteta, B., Xu, X.Y., Macnair, M.R., McGrath, S.P. and Zhao, F.J.*. 2009. Arsenite efflux is not enhanced in the arsenate-tolerant phenotype of Holcus lanatus. New Phytologist 183: 340–348.

22. Zhao, F.J.* and McGrath, S.P. 2009. Biofortification and phytoremediation. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12: 373-380.

23. Zhao, F.J.*, Ma, J.F., Meharg, A.A. and McGrath, S.P. 2009. Arsenic uptake and metabolism in plants. New Phytologist 181: 777-794.

24. Ma, J.F.*, Yamaji, N., Mitani, N., Xu, X.Y., Su, Y.H., McGrath, S.P. and Zhao, F.J.* 2008. Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105: 9931-9935.