Principal Investigator, Academician of CAS
Researcher
Email:zhhe@sibs.ac.cn
Personal Web: http://sippe.ac.cn/zuhuahe

National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics

Education 

1992-1996, Ph.Dgraduate fellow, Plant Pathology and Plant Molecular Genetics, Biotechnology Institute, Zhejiang Agricultural University (Current Zhejiang University), China. 

1983-1986, M.Sc, Plant Genetics and Breeding, minor in Plant Pathology and Plant Molecular Biology, Zhejiang Agricultural University (Current Zhejiang University) 

1979-1983, B.S, Agronomy major, Zhejiang Agricultural University(Current Zhejiang University) 

Employment 

2000, 12-present, Professor, the National Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, SIPPE, CAS, and socially serve as Secretary General of Chinese Society of Plant Physiology, deputy president of Shanghai Society of Plant Physiology. 

1999-2000, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis. 

1997-1998, Postdoctoral Associate, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Lab, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. 

1993-1996, Associate Professor, Biotechnology Institute, Zhejiang University (former Zhejiang Agricultural University), China. 

1986-1992, Lecturer and Research Associate, Laboratory of Crop genetics and Breeding, Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China 

Genetic dissection and underlying mechanisms of plant immunity, and cross-talks between immunity and development are major aspects of plant biology. In particular, disease resistance has been a major target of breeding to ensure crop production and low input of fungicides in an environmentally friendly agriculture. Our research interests include functional genomics, mechanisms and application of plant disease resistance in particular broad-spectrum disease resistance to fungal pathogens in rice, cross-talks between defense and development (yield). The overall goals of our lab are to identify genes and signaling in disease resistance, genes and physiological processes of important yield-related traits, and cross-talk between immunity and development. The knowledge, genes and technology obtained from our research will facilitate crop molecular breeding for broad-spectrum disease resistance with high yield potential.