Academic Education & Work Career：

2013/09-2017/06  B.S. in Biological Science, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Ji Shou University, China 

2015/09-2020/09  Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2020/08-2022/10  Post doctor, Agriculture and Biotechnology Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2022/11-present  Assistant Professors, Agriculture and Biotechnology Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interest：

Molecular biological basis of fruit development, maturation and quality control:

The regulatory mechanism was analyzed from the perspectives of transcriptional regulation, protein modification, epigenetic regulation,with tomato, banana, lychee as experimental materials.

Supported Projects：

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Oxidative modification of transcription factor BZR1 regulates carotenoid synthesis in tomato fruits, 2024/01-2026/12, Principal Investigator.

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project, Study on the interaction of histone demethylase SlJMJ0 and SlHY5 to regulate flavonoid synthesis in tomato fruit, 2023/09-2025/08, Principal Investigator.

Awards and Honors：

Publication：

(1)    Zeng, J.#, Jiang, G.#, Liang, H., Yan, H., Kong, X., Duan, X., & Li, Z. (2023). Histone demethylase MaJMJ15 is involved in the regulation of postharvest banana fruit ripening. Food Chemistry, 407, 135102.

(2)   Zeng, J., Li, T, Liu, M., Peng, J., Liang, H., Zhong, R., Peng, Y., Wu, M., Zhang, J., Duan, X., & Yang, X. (2024). Caffeic acid treatment promotes the accumulation of flavonoids in fresh-cut pineapple by histone lysine methylation regulation. Food Frontiers, 1-10.

(3)   Li, Z.#, Zeng, J.#, Zhou, Y., Ding, X., Jiang, G., Wu, K., Jiang, Y., & Duan, X. (2024). Histone H3K27 demethylase SlJMJ3 modulates fruit ripening in tomato. Plant Physiology, kiae233. (1)     (Co-first author) 

(4)  Jiang, G.#, Zeng, J.#, Li, Z., Song, Y., Yan, H., He, J., Jiang, Y., & Duan, X. (2020). Redox regulation of the NOR transcription factor is involved in the regulation of fruit ripening in tomato. Plant Physiology, 183(2), 671-685.(1)     (Co-first author)