2012年，华中农业大学获学士学位；
2014年，华中农业大学获硕士学位；
2017年，东北农业大学获博士学位；
2018年-2019年，中国科学院遗传与发育研究所博士后；
2020年-2022年，中国农业科学院深圳农业基因组研究所任副研究员；
2022年12月，中国科学院植物研究所，研究员。
研究成果以第一作者（含共同）身份发表在Nature、Nature Genetics、Briefings in Bioinformatics等杂志。主持国家自然科学基金青年基金等项目。
博士生导师
周姚
周姚 研究员
联系方式：010-62836890 E-mail：zhouyao@ibcas.ac.cn
- 研究方向
1. 燕麦的演化与驯化。利用群体遗传学分析揭示六倍体燕麦驯化及遗传改良过程中重要性状的形成及其演化规律；
2. 燕麦复杂性状遗传调控解析。开发多倍体全基因组关联分析模型，挖掘调控燕麦重要性状的基因，利用分子生物学、遗传学等手段解析基因的功能及调控机制；
3. 燕麦设计育种。利用基因组选择、多位点基因编辑等技术，建立燕麦智能设计育种新体系，创制燕麦新品种。
研究论文
Cheng L#, Wang N#, Bao Z#, Zhou Q, Guarracino A, Yang Y, Wang P, Zhang Z, Tang D, Zhang P, Wu Y, Zhou Y, Zheng Y, Hu Y, Lian Q, Ma Z, Lassois L, Zhang C, Lucas WJ, Garrison E, Stein N, Städler T, Zhou Y, Huang S*. 2025. Leveraging a phased pangenome for haplotype design of hybrid potato. Nature, 640: 408-417
Bai X, Wu S, Bai AN, Zhang YM, Zhang Y, Yao XF, Yang T, Chen MM, Liu JL, Li L*, Zhou Y, Liu CM*. 2025. OsSPL9 promotes Cu uptake and translocation in rice grown in high-Fe red soil. New Phytologist, 246: 2207-2221
Cui X#, Liu Y#, Sun M#, Zhao Q#, Huang Y, Zhang J, Yao Q, Yin H, Zhang H, Mo F, Zhong H, Liu Y, Chen X, Zhang Y, Liu J, Qiu Y, Feng M, Chen X, Ghanizadeh H*, Zhou Y*, Wang A*. 2025. The nature of complex structural variations in tomatoes. Horticulture Research, 12: uhaf107
Sun M, Huang S, Zhou Y*. 2024. Enhancing sheepgrass through genomic exploration and targeted editing. Science China Life Sciences, 67: 629-630
Zhou Y#, Zhang Z#, Bao Z#, Li H, Lyu Y, Zan Y, Wu Y, Cheng L, Fang Y, Wu K, Zhang J, Lyu H, Lin T, Gao Q, Saha S, Mueller L, Fei Z, Städler T, Xu S, Zhang Z, Speed D, Huang S*. 2022. Graph pangenome captures missing heritability and empowers tomato breeding. Nature, 606: 527-534
Tang D, Jia Y, Zhang J, Li H, Cheng L, Wang P, Bao Z, Liu Z, Feng S, Zhu X, Li D, Zhu G, Wang H, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Bryan GJ, Buell CR, Zhang C, Huang S*. 2022. Genome evolution and diversity of wild and cultivated potatoes. Nature, 606: 535-541
Zhou Y#, Zhao X#, Li Y, Xu J, Bi A, Kang L, Xu D, Chen H, Wang Y, Wang YG, Liu S, Jiao C, Lu H, Wang J, Yin C, Jiao Y*, Lu F*. 2020. Triticum population sequencing provides insights into wheat adaptation. Nature Genetics, 52: 1412-1422
Zhang J, Tang Y, Pu X, Qiu X, Wang J, Li T, Yang Z, Zhou Y, Chang Y, Liang J, Zhang H, Deng G, Long H*. 2022. Genetic and transcriptomic dissection of an artificially induced paired spikelets mutant of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135: 2543-2554
Wu Y, Lin F, Zhou Y, Wang J, Sun S, Wang B, Zhang Z, Li G, Lin X, Wang X, Sun Y, Dong Q, Xu C, Gong L, Wendel JF, Zhang Z, Liu B*. 2020. Genomic mosaicism due to homoeologous exchange generates extensive phenotypic diversity in nascent allopolyploids. National Science Review, 8: nwaa277
Tang Y, Li Z, Wang C, Liu Y, Yu H, Wang A, Zhou Y*. 2020. LDkit: a parallel computing toolkit for linkage disequilibrium analysis. BMC Bioinformatics, 21: 461
Huang M, Liu X, Zhou Y, Summers RM, Zhang Z*. 2019. BLINK: a package for the next level of genome-wide association studies with both individuals and markers in the millions. Gigascience, 8: giy154
Jernigan KL, Godoy JV, Huang M, Zhou Y, Morris CF, Garland-Campbell KA, Zhang Z, Carter AH*. 2018. Genetic dissection of end-use quality traits in adapted soft white winter wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 271
Zhou Y, Vales MI, Wang A, Zhang Z*. 2017. Systematic bias of correlation coefficient may explain negative accuracy of genomic prediction. Brief Bioinform, 18: 744-753
Li Z, Hu G, Liu X, Zhou Y, Li Y, Zhang X, Yuan X, Zhang Q, Yang D, Wang T, Zhang Z*. 2016. Transcriptome sequencing identified genes and gene ontologies associated with early freezing tolerance in Maize. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1477