People

Our Team

Meet the principal investigator, researchers, students, and alumni of the lab.

Principal Investigator

Zefu Lu

Zefu Lu

路则府

Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Email luzefu@caas.cn
Phone 010-82105847

Education

  • Ph.D. in Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008/09–2015/01
  • B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Shandong University, 2004/09–2008/06

Experience

  • Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2020/03–present
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Georgia, 2015/09–2019/12
  • Research Assistant, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015/02–2015/07

Professional Service

  • Editorial Board Member, The Plant Journal
  • Committee Member, Genetic Resources Branch, Chinese Society of Agricultural Sciences
  • Committee Member, Wheat Committee, Crop Science Society of China

Honors and Awards

  • National-level talent program awardee
  • Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Municipal Universities, Jul 2015
  • Outstanding Graduate of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jun 2015
  • Special Prize of the Zhensheng Scholarship, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jan 2015

Selected Projects

  • 2022–2027, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Molecular Basis of Super-high Yield Trait Formation in Rice and Wheat (2022YFF1002900), Task Leader
  • 2023–2027, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Mechanisms of Coordinated Improvement of Multiple Wheat Traits under Climate Change (2023YFF1000600), Project Leader

Researchers

Hongcui Pei

Hongcui Pei

裴洪翠

Assistant Researcher Joined in 2020
Starch biosynthesis regulation
SPL
Pan Liu

Pan Liu

刘盼

Assistant Researcher Joined in 2023
Gene Cloning and Functional Analysis of Spike Trait-Related Genes in Wheat
Haifang Wei

Haifang Wei

魏海方

Postdoctoral Researcher Joined in 2023
Wheat disease-resistance gene discovery and utilization
Yanhong Liu

Yanhong Liu

刘衍宏

Postdoctoral Researcher Joined in 2025
Gene Expression Regulation
Investigation of the Vernalization Pathway
Elucidating the Mechanisms of Polyploidization