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Chinese Name
張建華
Biography
Professor Zhang Jianhua is currently the Associate Vice-President (Global Research Collaboration) and Chair Professor in Plant Biology at Hong Kong Baptist University. He served as Dean of Science at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2017-2020 and Director of State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012-2017.
An internationally renowned scholar and an expert in the areas of plant stress physiology and water-saving cultivation of field crops, Professor Zhang was selected by prestigious scientific journal Nature as one of the “Five crop researchers who could change the world” in December 2008 for his research focusing primarily on water-saving irrigation in China.
Professor Zhang’s achievements have been widely recognized through several awards including the State Natural Science Award and the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award from the State Council of China. He has published extensively with citations over 23,000 times and h-index at 87. Currently he serves as Associate Editor and Monitoring Editor for a number of top plant science and agriculture journals such as Journal of Experimental Botany and Plant Physiology.
Professor Zhang obtained his BSc from Jiangsu Agricultural College in China and his PhD from Lancaster University in the UK. He was also awarded with Doctor of Science (honoris causa) by Lancaster University in 2014.
Research Interests
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Jiangsu Agricultural College, China
Lancaster University
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Alternate wetting and drying irrigation enhances grain filling of inferior spikelets for different rice cultivars
1/04/22 → 31/03/23
Project: Research project
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Cloning and functional analysis of the main QTL gene qBGW1 that controls rice grain width
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research project
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Breaking the barriers of grain-filling using novel mutant resources
1/01/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research project
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Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
1/06/17 → 31/05/25
Project: Research project
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Role of OsABA8ox2 in the regulation of seedling establishment and grain filling in rice
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research project
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A crosstalk of circadian clock and alternative splicing under abiotic stresses in the plants
Fan, T., Aslam, M. M., Zhou, J. L., Chen, M. X., Zhang, J., Du, S., Zhang, K. L. & Chen, Y. S., 6 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, 976807.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Analysis of gene expression in early seed germination of rice: landscape and genetic regulation
Li, H., Li, X., Wang, G., Zhang, J. & Wang, G., 17 Feb 2022, In: BMC Plant Biology. 22, 1, 14 p., 70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancestral gene duplications in mosses characterized by integrated phylogenomic analyses
Gao, B., Chen, M. X., Li, X. S., Liang, Y. Q., Zhang, D. Y., Wood, A. J., Oliver, M. J. & ZHANG, J., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 60, 1, p. 144-159 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A spontaneous thermo-sensitive female sterility mutation in rice enables fully mechanized hybrid breeding
Li, H., You, C., Yoshikawa, M., Yang, X., Gu, H., Li, C., Cui, J., Chen, X., Ye, N., Zhang, J. & Wang, G., Oct 2022, In: Cell Research. 32, 10, p. 931–945 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coordination of root auxin with the fungus Piriformospora indica and bacterium Bacillus cereus enhances rice rhizosheath formation under soil drying
Xu, F., Liao, H., Zhang, Y., Yao, M., Liu, J., Sun, L., Zhang, X., Yang, J., Wang, K., Wang, X., Ding, Y., Liu, C., Rensing, C., Zhang, J., Yeh, K. & Xu, W., Mar 2022, In: ISME Journal. 16, 3, p. 801-811 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Recognized by the top scientists ranking for Plant Science and Agronomy published by Research.com.
ZHANG, Jianhua (Recipient), 16 Jun 2022
Prize: Award
Activities
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Annual Plant Reviews Online (Journal)
Jianhua ZHANG (Editor)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editorial work (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Crop and Environment (Journal)
Jianhua ZHANG (Editor)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editorial work (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Journal)
Jianhua ZHANG (Editor)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editorial work (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Crop Journal (Journal)
Jianhua ZHANG (Associate editor)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editorial work (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Plant Physiology (Journal)
Jianhua ZHANG (Other)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editorial work (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)