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研究领域：

（1）水稻种子发育的遗传基础与分子调控机制

（2）环境因子与水稻重要农艺性状互作的分子遗传机理

利用课题组收集的水稻种质资源，以及构建的遗传群体、近等基因系和EMS诱变的突变体库，重点聚焦水稻发育及环境适应性等重要性状，通过联合全基因组关联分析、混池关联分析、转录组分析，克隆控制水稻生产性状的关键基因，解析其调控网络和调控机理。此外，通量挖掘及创制新型基因资源或等位变异，精细调控关键基因表达，利用生物育种技术改良和创制优异新种质。

教育经历：

2005年-2009年  黄冈师范学院学士

2009年-2012年  华南师范大学硕士

2012年-2017年  中国农业科学院博士

工作经历：      

2017年-2019年  南方科技大学博士后

2019年-2024年  南方科技大学副研究员

2025年-至今    华南农业大学农学院首聘副教授

论文著作：

1. Wei Zhu, Hua Zhou, Fang Lin, Xianhai Zhao, Dongqing Xu, Xing Wang Deng, COLD-REGULATED GENE 27 integrates signals from light and the circadian clock to promote hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. ThePlant Cell, 2020, 32: 3155-3169. (First author)

2. Wei Zhu, Yajuan Fu, Hua Zhou, Yeling Zhou, Dayan Zhang, Yuzhu Wang, Yujing Su, Zhiyong Li, Jiansheng Liang. RACK1 links phyB and BES1 to coordinate brassinosteroid-dependent root meristem development. New Phytologist, 2024, 244: 883-899. (First author)

3. Hua Zhou#, Wei Zhu#, Xuncheng Wang#, Yeting Bian, Yan Jiang, Jian Li, Lixia Wang, Ping Yin, Xing Wang Deng, Dongqing Xu, A missense mutation in WRKY32 converts its function from a positive regulator to a repressor of photomorphogenesis. New Phytologist, 2022, 35: 111-125. (#Co-first author)

4. Masood Jan^#, Wei Zhu^{#, *}, Yajuan Fu^#, Zhiyong Li, Yeling Zhou, Dong Zhang, Huihui Han, Yan Yan, Xing Wen, Hongwei Guo, Jiansheng Liang. Scaffold protein RACK1A positively regulates leaf senescence by coordinating the EIN3-miR164-ORE1 transcriptional cascade in Arabidopsis.Journal of Integrative Plant Biology,2023, 65: 1703-1716.(#Co-first author and *co-corresponding author)

5. Yajuan Fu#, Wei Zhu#, *, Yeling Zhou, Yujing Su, Zhiyong Li, Dayan Zhang, Dong Zhang, Jinyu Shen, Jiansheng Liang. RACK1A promotes hypocotyl elongation by scaffolding light signaling components in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2024, 66: 956-972.(#Co-first author and *co-corresponding author)

6. Wei Zhu, Erhua Zhang, Haifen Li, Xiaoping Chen, Fanghe Zhu,Yanbin Hong, Boshou Liao, Shengyi Liu, Xuanqiang Liang. Comparative proteomics analysis of developing peanut aerial and subterranean pods identifies pod swelling related proteins. Journal of Proteomics, 2013, 91: 172-187. (First author)

7. Wei Zhu, Xiaoping Chen, Haifen Li, Fanghe Zhu, Yanbin Hong, Rajeev K. Varshney, Xuanqiang Liang. Comparative transcriptome analysis of aerial and subterranean pods development provides insights into seed abortion in peanut. Plant Molecular Biology, 2014, 85: 395-409. (First author)

8. Wei Zhu, Rong Zuo, Rongfang Zhou, Junyan Huang, Minqiang Tang, Xiaohui Cheng, Yueying Liu, Chaobo Tong, Yang Xiang, Caihua Dong, Shengyi Liu. Vacuolar Iron Transporter BnMEB2 is involved in enhancing iron tolerance of Brassica napus. Frontiers in Plant Science,2016, 7:1353. (First author)

9. Xiaoping Chen, Wei Zhu, Sarwar Azam, Heying Li, Fanghe Zhu, Haifen Li, Yanbin Hong, Haiyan Liu, Erhua Zhang, Hong Wu, Shanlin Yu, Guiyuan Zhou, Shaoxiong Li, Ni Zhong, Shijie Wen, Xingyu Li, Steve J. Knapp, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Rajeev K. Varshney, Xuanqiang Liang. Deep sequencing analysis of the transcriptomes of peanut aerial and subterranean young pods identifies candidate genes related to early embryo abortion. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2013, 11(1): 115-127.

10. Haifen Li, Fanghe Zhu, Heying Li, Wei Zhu, Xiaoping Chen, Yanbin Hong, Haiyan Liu, Hong Wu, Xuanqiang Liang. Proteomic identification of gravitropic response genes in peanut gynophores. Journal of Proteomics, 2013, 93: 303-313.

11. Xiaoping Chen, Qingli Yang, Haifen Li, Heying Li, Yanbin Hong, Lijuan Pan, Na Chen, Fanghe Zhu, Xiaoyuan Chi, Wei Zhu, Mingna Chen, Haiyan Liu, Zhen Yang, Erhua Zhang, Tong Wang, Ni Zhong, Mian Wang, Hong Liu, Shijie Wen, Xingyu Li, Guiyuan Zhou, Shaoxiong Li, Hong Wu, Rajeev Varshney, Xuanqiang Liang, Shanlin Yu. Transcriptome-wide sequencing provides insights into geocarpy in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2016, 14: 1215-1224.

12. Minqiang Tang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yueying Liu, Chaobo Tong, Xiaohui Cheng, Wei Zhu, Zaiyun Li, Junyan Huang, Shengyi Liu. Mapping loci controlling fatty acid profiles and oil and protein content by genome-wide association study in Brassica napus.The Crop Journal, 2019, 7: 217-226.