Education

Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2014

Current position

Post-Doc, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Publications

1. Chen, J., Hu, R., Zhu, Y., Shen, G. and Zhang, H. (2014). Arabidopsis PHOSPHOTYROSYL PHOSPHATASE ACTIVATOR is essential for PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A holoenzyme assembly and plays important roles in hormone signaling, salt stress response, and plant development. Plant Physiol 166(3): 1519-1534.
   
2. Pasapula, V., Shen, G., Kuppu, S., Paez-Valencia, J., Mendoza, M., Hou, P., Chen, J., Qiu, X., Zhu, L., Zhang, X., Auld, D., Blumwald, E., Zhang, H., Gaxiola, R. and Payton, P. (2011). Expression of an Arabidopsis vacuolar H⁺-pyrophosphatase gene (AVP1) in cotton improves drought- and salt tolerance and increases fibre yield in the field conditions. Plant Biotechnol J 9(1): 88-99.
   
3. Zhang, C., Shen, Y., Chen, J., Xiao, P. and Bao, J. (2008). Nondestructive prediction of total phenolics, flavonoid contents, and antioxidant capacity of rice grain using near-infrared spectroscopy. J Agric Food Chem 56(18): 8268-8272.