EDUCATION
2006-2010, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Gyeongsang National University, KOREA. Received PhD degree in Aug, 2010 (with Prof. Chang-deok Han).
2003-2006, Department of Molecular Biology, Gyeongsang National University, KOREA. Received MS degree in Feb, 2006 (with Prof. Chang-deok Han)
1999-2003, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, CHINA. Received BSc Degree in July, 2003.
ACADEMIC CAREER
2023-, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.
2016-2023, Professor, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, CHINA.
2015-2016, Research Professor, PMBBRC, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, KOREA.
2013-2015, Associate Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, CHINA.
2012-2013, Postdoctoral associate, Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University, California, U.S.A. (with Prof. Wolf Frommer).
2010-2012, Postdoctoral associate, PMBBRC, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, KOREA (with Prof. Chang-deok Han).
2009, Visiting Scholar, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A. (with Prof. Thomas Peterson).
RESEARCH AREAS
(1) The mechanism of plant resistance and pathogenesis.
(2) Target based pesticide creation.
(3) Biocontrol.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 Excellent doctoral thesis supervisor in Liaoning Province
2021 Excellent Teacher of Shenyang Agricultural University
EDITORAL BOARDS
2022- Associate Editor, Frontier in Genetics
2020-2024 Managing Editor, JiguangshengwuXuebao
2023 Guest Associate Editor, Plant Biotechnology Journal
2023 Guest Associate Editor, Molecular Plant Pathology
2023 Guest Associate Editor, Journal of Cellular Physiology
2022-2023 Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Yuan P, Kim D, Xuan YH*. Extracellular ATP: an emerging multifaceted regulator of plant fitness. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2025, 23(5), 1771-1782
Chen H, Zhou T, Wu X, Kumar V, Lan X*, Xuan YH*. Phytochrome B-mediated light signalling enhances rice resistance to saline-alkaline and sheath blight by regulating multiple downstream transcription factors. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2025, 23(5), 1476-1490
Zhu H, Zhou T, Guan J, Li Z, Yang X, Li Y, Sun J, Xu Q*, Xuan YH*. Precise genome editing of Dense and Erect Panicle 1 promotes rice sheath blight resistance and yield production in japonica rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2025, 23(5), 1832-1846
Li X, Chen H, Yang S, Kumar V, Xuan YH*. Phytochrome B promotes blast disease resistance and enhances yield in rice. Plant Physiology. 2024, 196(4), 3023-3032
DP Yuan, S Yang, L Feng, J Chu, H Dong, J Sun, H Chen, Z Li, N Yamamoto, A Zheng, S Li, HC Yoon, J Chen, D Ma, YH Xuan*. Red-light receptor Phytochrome B inhibits BZR1-NAC028-CAD8B signaling to suppress rice resistance to sheath blight. Plant Cell and Environment. 2023, 46(4), 1249-1263
JH Jung, Z Li, H Chen, S Yang, D Li, RA Priatama, V Kumar, YH Xuan*. Mutation of Phytochrome B promotes rice resistance to sheath blight and saline alkaline via activation of ammonium uptake. Plant Journal. 2023, 113(2), 277-290
XX Wu, H Chen, DP Yuan, V Kumar, B Jia*, YH Xuan*. Ammonium transporter 1 increases rice resistance to sheath blight by promoting nitrogen assimilation and ethylene signaling. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2022, 20(6), 1085-1097
CL Shi*, YH Xuan*. OsEDR1 has non-canonical scaffold function in regulating MAPK cascade in plant Immunity. Molecular Plant. 2021, 14(4), p555
P Kim, CY Xue, HD Song, Y Gao, L Feng, Y Li*, YH Xuan*. Tissue specific activation of DOF11 promotes rice resistance to sheath blight disease and increases grain weight via activation of SWEET14. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2021, 19(3), 409-411
JM Liu, Q Mei, CY Xue, ZY Wang, DP Li, YX Zhang, YH Xuan*. Mutation of G-protein γ subunit DEP1 increases planting density and resistance to sheath blight disease in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2021, 19(3), 418-420
