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I. Personal information

Weixiang Wang, Ph.D, Professor, Member of the Communist Party of China, Master’s supervisor.Born in Zibo, Shandong Province. Council Member of the Crop Science Society of China, Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commissioner, Vice General Manager of Science and Technology in Changping District of Beijing, Outstanding Innovation and Entrepreneurship Mentor of Beijing.

Graduated from China Agricultural University majoring in plant pathology with a Ph.D. degree in 2007. Worked at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing during 2007-2011. Worked at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences during 2011-2013. Joined the College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture in 2013.

II. Research interests

Molecular genetics of disease resistance and stress tolerance in maize; molecular mechanisms of resistance genes against maize ear rot and stalk rot using molecular genetics, biochemistry and epigenetics; epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of histone demethylase gene family in maize during disease resistance and stress response; field inoculation identification, control and early warning of maize diseases.

III. Research Projects

She has presided over 5 national, provincial and ministerial projects including National Natural Science Foundation of China, projects supported by Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Beijing Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.

IV. Major Achievements

She has published more than 20 research papers as the first or corresponding author in prestigious international journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Cell Research, EMBO Reports, New Phytologist, Journal of Experimental Botany, and Molecular Plant Pathology.She has been granted 1 new plant variety right and 7 national invention patents or utility model patents.

(Ⅰ) Major prize-winning achievements

1. She has guided college students in innovation and entrepreneurship competitions and won 10 awards at national and Beijing municipal levels, including 1 national bronze award in the "Internet+" College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

2. 2 national second prizes and 1 national third prize in the National College Students' Life Science Competition (Scientific Inquiry).

3. 5 Beijing municipal first prizes and 2 Beijing municipal second prizes in the "Challenge Cup" and "Internet+" competitions.

(Ⅱ) Representative papers

1. Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Xiao S, Li Y, Hao S, Qu F, Liu Z, Shi L, Shi Y, Zhang Z, Xu Y, Li T, Wang W. The nuclear transcription factor ZmCCT positively regulates salt and low nitrogen stress response in maize. Plant Stress. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2025.100893.

2. Zhang Z#, Qu J#, Lu M#, Zhao X, Xu Y, Wang L, Liu Z, Shi Y, Liu C, Li Y, Wang C, Xu M, Nan Z, Cao Q, Pan J, Liu W, Li X, Sun Q, Wang W*. The maize transcription factor CCT regulates drought tolerance by interacting with Fra a 1, E3 ligase WIPF2, and auxin response factor Aux/IAA8. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2024, 75:103-122.

3. Zhang X#, Li D, Zhu J, Zheng J, Li H, He Q, Pan J, Chen S, Chen X*, Wang W*. RNAPII degradation factor Def1 is required for development, stress response, and full virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae. Journal of Fungi. 2023, 9:467. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9040467.

4. Wang W, Chen Z, Mao Z, Zhang H, Ding X, Chen S, Zhang X, Xu R, Zhu B*. Nucleolar protein Spindlin1 recognizes H3K4 methylation and stimulates the expression of rRNA genes. EMBO Reports. 2011, 12(11):1160-1166.

5. Wang C#, Yang Q#, Wang W#, Li Y, Guo Y, Zhang D, Ma X, Song W, Zhao J, Xu M*. A transposon-directed epigenetic change in ZmCCT underlies quantitative resistance to Gibberella stalk rot in maize. New Phytologist. 2017, 215(4):1503-1515.

V. Contact information

Postal address: College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7, Beinong Road, Huilongguan, Changping, Beijing, 102206

Email: wangweixiang@bua.edu.cn