1984年山东农业大学学士，1990年山东农业大学硕 士，1999年美国Purdue University博士。1993-2008年在美国学习工作，曾任Seminis Vegetable Seeds 高级研究员和Indiana Crop Improvement Association实验室主任。曾获美国High Scholarship, Outstanding Achievement & Service，The Honor Society of Agriculture Gamma Sigma Delta USA和中国国家技术发明一等奖。
我组的主要研究方向是玉米遗传育种，重点领域包括玉米特异种质资源创新与利用、控制重要农艺性状基因的克隆、育种新理论及新方法等；并致力于高产、稳产、高效、优质创新型玉米新品种的规模化选育。
玉米是盐敏感作物，随着土壤盐渍化的加重，提高玉米耐盐能力显得尤为重要。高盐可对玉米造成渗透胁迫、离子胁迫等多方面影响，玉米对盐胁迫的响应也由多个QTL共同作用而成。利用国内外优异种质资源，鉴定筛选玉米耐盐极端材料，采用组学、生理学以及遗传学等多种手段阐述玉米耐盐机理，并将有实用价值的分子标记用于玉米耐盐育种。
未来的玉米品种，是集高产、稳产、优质、高效于一体的基因型群体，常规育种技术很难育成满足生产需求的突破性新品种。我们实验室致力于从传统的”经验育种” 到定向、高效的“精确育种”转变，以大幅度提高育种效率。通过全基因组分析划分骨干亲本杂种优势群，通过群内杂交组配育种基础群体，通过DH技术快速纯合优良变异，通过分子标记辅助选择进行优良基因的组装与集成，通过异地穿梭和温室加代缩短育种年限，通过大规模试验测试，提高育种效率，研究建立完善的玉米高效育种技术体系，为我国玉米育种和生产做出贡献。
代表性论文
Zhaogui Zhang, Kai Li, Tengfei Zhang, Huabang Chen, A pollen expressed PME gene at Tcb1 locus confers maize unilateral cross-incompatibility. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pbi.13962.
Senlin Xiao, Wei Song, Jinfeng Xing, Aiguo Su, Yanxin Zhao, Chunhui Li, Zi Shi, Zhiyong Li, Shuai Wang, Ruyang Zhang, Yuanrong Pei, Huabang Chen, Jiuran Zhao，ORF355 confers enhanced salinity stress adaptability to CMS-S maize by modulating the mitochondrial metabolic homeostasis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2022,
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13382.
Darun Cai, Zhaogui Zhang, Li Zhao, Juan Liu, Huabang Chen, A novel hybrid seed production technology based on a unilateral cross-incompatibility gene in maize. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2191-7.
Zhibin Chen, Zhaogui Zhang, Huiren Zhang, Kai Li, Darun Cai, Li Zhao, Juan Liu and Huabang Chen, A pair of non-Mendelian genes at the Ga2 locus confer unilateral cross-incompatibility in maize. Nature Communications, 2022，DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29729-z.
Yuanrong Pei, Yanan Deng, Huairen Zhang, Zhaogui Zhang, Jie Liu1, Zhibin Chen, Darun Cai, Kai Li, Yimo Du, Jie Zang, Peiyong Xin, Jinfang Chu, Yuhang Chen, Li Zhao, Juan Liu, Huabang Chen, EAR APICAL DEGENERATION1 regulates maize ear development by maintaining malate supply for apical inflorescence. The Plant Cell, 2022, DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac093.
Huairen Zhang, Jie Zang, Yanqing Huo, Zhaogui Zhang, Huabang Chen, Xunji Chen and Juan Liu, Identification of the Potential Genes Regulating Seed Germination Speed in Maize. Plants, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11040556.
Yazhong Wang, Yan Wang, Jie Zang, Huabang Chen and Yan He, ZmPRD1 is essential for double-strand break formation, but is not required for bipolar spindle assembly during maize meiosis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2022,
https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac075.
Wei, S., R. Xia, C. Chen, X. Shang, F. Ge, H. Wei, H. Chen, Y. Wu and Q. Xie, ZmbHLH124 identified in maize recombinant inbred lines contributes to drought tolerance in crops. 2021, Plant Biotechnoly Journal, 19(10): 2069-2081.
Yanqing Huo, Yuanrong Pei, Youhui Tian, Zhaogui Zhang, Kai Li, Jie Liu, Senlin Xiao, Huabang Chen, Juan Liu, IRREGULAR POLLEN EXINE2 (IPE2) encodes a GDSL lipase essential for male fertility in maize. Plant Physiology, 2020, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.00105.
Jie Zang, Yanqing Huo, Jie Liu, Huairen Zhang, Juan Liu and Huabang Chen, Maize YSL2 is required for kernel iron distribution and development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa332.
Senlin Xiao, Jie Zang, Yuanrong Pei, Jie Liu, Juan Liu, Wei Song, Zi Shi, Aiguo Su, Jiuran Zhao and Huabang Chen, Activation of Mitochondrial orf355 Gene Expression by A DREB Transcription Factor Causes Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Maize. Molecular Plant, 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.molp.2020.07.002.
Zhaogui Zhang, Baocai Zhang, Zhibin Chen, Dongmei Zhang, Huairen Zhang, Hang Wang,Yu’e Zhang, Darun Cai, Juan Liu, Senlin Xiao, Yanqing Huo, Jie Liu, Lanjun Zhang, Mingming Wang, Xu Liu, Yongbiao Xue, Li Zhao, Yihua Zhou & Huabang Chen, A PECTIN METHYLESTERASE gene at the maize Ga1 locus confers male function in unilateralcross-incompatibility. Nature Communications, 2018, 9:3678, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06139-8.
Man Wang, Zhibin Chen, Huairen Zhang, Huabang Chen and Xiquan Gao，Transcriptome Analysis Provides Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying gametophyte factor2-Mediated Cross-Incompatibility in Maize. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 1757; doi:10.3390/ijms19061757.
Youhui Tian, Senlin Xiao, Juan Liu, Yamuna Somaratne, Hua Zhang, Mingming Wang, HuairenZhang, Li Zhao & Huabang Chen, MALE STERILE6021 (MS6021) is required for the development of anther cuticle and pollen exine in maize. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 16736 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-16930-0.
Yamuna Somaratne, Youhui Tian, Hua Zhang, Mingming Wang, Yanqing Huo, Fengge Cao, Li Zhao, Huabang Chen, ABNORMAL POLLEN VACUOLATION1 (APV1) is required for male fertility by contributing to anther cuticle and pollen exine formation in maize. The Plant Journal, 2017, DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13476.
Chen, XY; Zhang, H; Sun, HY; Luo, HB; Zhao, L; Dong, ZB; Yan, SS; Zhao, C; Liu, RY; Xu, CY; Li, S; Chen, HB; Jin WW. IRREGULAR POLLEN EXINE1 Is a Novel Factor in Anther Cuticle and Pollen Exine Formation. Plant Physiology, 2017, 173: 1-20.
Dezhou Cui, Dandan Wu, Jie Liu, Detao Li, Chunyan Xu, Song Li, Peng Li, Hua Zhang, Xu Liu, Chuan Jiang, Liwen Wang, Tingting Chen, Huabang Chen, Li Zhao, Proteomic Analysis of Seedling Roots of Two Maize Inbred Lines That Differ Significantly in the Salt Stress Response. PLoS One, 2015, 10(2): e0116697.
Dezhou Cui, Dandan Wu, Yamuna, Chunyan Xu, Song Li, Peng Li, Hua Zhang, Huabang Chen, Li Zhao, QTL mapping for salt tolerance based on snp markers at the seedling stage in maize (Zea mays L.). Euphytica, 2015, 203: 273-283.
Song Li, Chunyan Xu, Dezhou Cui, Huaihua Liu, Peng Li, Hua Zhang, Youhui Tian, ZhibinChen, Huabang Chen, and Xianrong Zhao, Deep Sequencing of the Pistil Transcriptome in the Cross Incompatible Maize. Molecular Plant Breeding, 2014, Vol.5, No.10, 1-14.
Xu Liu, He Sun, Ping Wu, Youhui Tian, Dezhou Cui, Chunyan Xu, Song Li, Peng Li, Hua Zhang , Tingting Chen, Detao Li, Xianrong Zhao, Yu’e Zhang, Yongbiao Xue, and Huabang Chen, Fine Mapping of the Cross-incompatibility Locus Gametophytic Factor 1 (ga1) Using a Homogeneous Maize Population. Crop Science, 2014, 54:873–881.
Tingting Chen, Lihua Ning, Xu Liu, Dezhou Cui, Hua Zhang, Detao Li, Li Zhao, and Huabang Chen, Development of Functional Molecular Markers of SbeI and SbeIIb for the High Amylose Maize Germplasm Line GEMS-0067. Crop Science, 2013, 53:482-490.
Detao Li, Liwen Wang, Xu Liu, Dezhou Cui, Tingting Chen, Hua Zhang, Chuan Jiang, Chunyan Xu, Peng Li, Song Li, Li Zhao, Huabang Chen, Deep Sequencing of Maize Small RNAs Reveals a Diverse Set of MicroRNA in Dry and Imbibed Seeds. PlosOne, 2013, 8(1):1-14.
Hua Zhang, Chuan Jiang, Xu Liu, Dezhou Cui, Detao Li, Liwen Wang, Tingting Chen, Huaihua Liu, Xia Ma, Lihua Ning and Huabang Chen, Genetic Analysis and Fine Mapping of the Ga1-S Gene Region Conferring Cross Incompatibility in Maize. Theor. Appl. Genet, 2012, 124(3):459-465.
Liwen Wang, Huaihua Liu, Detao Li and Huabang Chen, Identification and characterization of maize microRNAs involved in the very early stage of seed germination. BMC Genomics, 2011,12:154.
Nan Liu and Huabang Chen, An Accurate and Rapid PCR-based Zygosity Testing Method for Genetically Modified Maize (Zea Mays L.). GMO Biosafety Research, 2010, DOI: 10.5376/gmo.2010.01.000.
Huabang Chen and Rick, Vierling, Promoter analysis of soybean seed coat peroxidase gene Ep. Seed Technology, 2009, 31(1): 144-155.
Dong Z., Jiang C., Chen X., Zhang T., Ding L., Song W., Luo H., Lai J., Liu R., Chen H., Zhang X. and Jin W, Maize LAZY1 mediates shoot gravitropism and inf lores cence development through regulating auxin transport, auxin signaling and light response. Plant Physiology, 2013, 163: 1306-1322.
Sardesai N., Lee L., Chen H., Yi H., Olbricht G., Stirnberg A., Jeffries J., Xiong K., Doerge R.W., & Gelvin S, Cytokinins secreted by agrobacterium promote transformation by repressing a plant Myb transcription factor. Science Signal, 2013, Nov 19; 6(302):ra100.
