Chuanying Fang is born on the 23^rd of February in 1990 in Shandong, China. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Huazhong Agricultural University. Then he accepted the offer as a high-level talent of Hainan University in July 2017.

Fang’s research interests lie in exploring the diversity of plant metabolism and dissecting the role of metabolic diversity played in plant adaption to the environment. His previous work has identified that the MeOH-jasmonates cascade and its epigenetic regulation are crucial for controlling leaf senescence process in rice. Besides, Fang has also characterized the role of pectin modification in ion homeostasis and salt tolerance. He and his group are now working on the mechanisms of maintaining homeostasis of jasmonates under various stresses.

College of Life Science and Technology                    Wuhan, Hubei, China

Huazhong Agricultural University                  September, 2012 – June, 2017

Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

College of Life Science and Technology                    Wuhan, Hubei, China

Huazhong Agricultural University                 September, 2008 – June, 2012

B.S. in Biotechnology

College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University              Haikou, Hainan, China

Research scientist                                     July, 2017 – present

Project title/responsibilities: conceiving and supervising projects on metabolic diversity and enironmental adaptation in plant.

 (last 5 years, *corresponding authors)

1.     Fang C, Fernie AR, Luo J* (2019) Exploring the Diversity of Plant Metabolism. Trends Plant Sci 24 (1):83-98. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2018.09.006

2.     Li K, Wang D, Gong L, Lyu Y, Guo H, Chen W, Jin C, Liu X, Fang C*, Luo J* (2019) Comparative analysis of metabolome of rice seeds at three developmental stages using a recombinant inbred line population. Plant J 100 (5):908-922. doi:10.1111/tpj.14482

3.     Fang C, Li K, Wu Y, Wang D, Zhou J, Liu X, Li Y, Jin C, Liu X, Mur LAJ, Luo J* (2019) OsTSD2-mediated cell wall modification affects ion homeostasis and salt tolerance. Plant Cell Environ 42 (5):1503-1512. doi:10.1111/pce.13499

4.     Fang C, Luo J* (2019) Metabolic GWAS-based dissection of genetic bases underlying the diversity of plant metabolism. Plant J 97 (1):91-100. doi:10.1111/tpj.14097

5.     Fang C, Luo J, Wang S* (2019) The Diversity of Nutritional Metabolites: Origin, Dissection, and Application in Crop Breeding. Front Plant Sci 10:1028. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.01028

6.     Fang C, Zhang H, Wan J, Wu Y, Li K, Jin C, Chen W, Wang S, Wang W, Zhang H, Zhang P, Zhang F, Qu L, Liu X, Zhou DX, Luo J* (2016) Control of Leaf Senescence by an MeOH-Jasmonates Cascade that Is Epigenetically Regulated by OsSRT1 in Rice. Mol Plant 9 (10):1366-1378. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2016.07.007

7.     Jin C, Fang C, Yuan H, Wang S, Wu Y, Liu X, Zhang Y, Luo J* (2015) Interaction between carbon metabolism and phosphate accumulation is revealed by a mutation of a cellulose synthase-like protein, CSLF6. J Exp Bot 66 (9):2557-2567. doi:10.1093/jxb/erv050

8.  Qu L, Wu C, Zhang F, Wu Y, Fang C, Jin C, Liu X, Luo J* (2016) Rice putative methyltransferase gene OsTSD2 is required for root development involving pectin modification. J Exp Bot 67 (18):5349-5362. doi:10.1093/jxb/erw297