Name (in pinyin and Chinese): Li Zhou (李州)
Gender: Male
Business Address: NO. 211, Huimin Rd, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China
E-mail: lizhou1986814@163.com
Educations
(1) Postdoctor, Dec. 2017- Dec. 2023, Beijing Forestry University, Turfgrass Science
(2) Visiting scholar, Sept. 2014- Jul. 2016, Rutgers University, Turfgrass Science
(3) Ph.D., Sept. 2010-Jun. 2016, Sichuan Agricultural University, Grassland Science
(4) B.S., Sept. 2006-Jun. 2010, Southwest University, Grassland Science
Professional Experiences
(1) Professor, Dec. 2023-present, College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University
(2) Associate Professor, Dec. 2018-Nov. 2023, College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University
(3) Lecturer, Jul. 2016-Nov. 2018, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University
Honors and Awards
(1) The Science and Technology Progress Award (Second-class), Sichuan Province, China, 2022.
(2) Academic and Technical Leader Reserve Candidate, Sichuan Province, China, 2021.
(3) Scientific and Technologic Elite, Ya’an, Sichuan Province, China, 2021.
(4) The Science and Technology Progress Award (Second-class), Sichuan Province, China, 2019.
(5) Frontrunner 5000 Top Articles in Outstanding S&T Journals of China, 2017.
(6) Top 100 Most Influential Domestic Academic Papers in China, 2017.
(7) Reward-gainer of the excellent PhD dissertation in Sichuan Agricultural University, 2016
(8) Wang Dong Grass-Science Scholarship, Chinese Grassland Society, 2014.
Major Research Projects
(1) The National Natural Science Foundation of China, GABA is involved in stress memory that regulates drought and heat tolerance in creeping bentgrass, 2022-2025.
(2) Sichuan Science and Technology Program, screening for cadmium-tolerant bermudagrass genotypes and potential mechanism of cadmium tolerance, 2022-2023.
(3) The National Natural Science Foundation of China, Reactive oxygen species induced by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) regulate heat shock transcription factors involved in the improvement of heat tolerance in creeping bentgrass, 2018-2021.
(4) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, The Ca2+ signaling system is involved in GABA-regulated drought tolerance in creeping bentgrass, 2018-2020.
(5) Sichuan International Cooperation Project, the mechanism of heat and drought tolerance induced by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in creeping bentgrass, 2017-2019.
Editorial Positions
(1) Editorial Board Member, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2023-present.
(2) Young Scientist Editor, Grass Research, 2023-present.
(3) Guest Editor, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023-2024.
(4) Guest Editor, Plants, 2021-2022.
Publications and Reviewers
Dr. Li Zhou is a leading researcher in the field of plant physiology mainly involved in physiological and molecular mechanisms in grass species in response to various abiotic stresses such as drought, high temperature, salinity etc. He has been engaged in scientific research since 2010 and published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles worldwide in The Plant Journal, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Crop Science, Plant Cell & Physiology, Plant and Soil, Planta, Physiologia Plantarum, etc. He has joined the teaching and mentored many graduate and undergraduate students. As a senior reviewer, he reviews more than fifty manuscripts from Plant Biotechnology Journal, Molecular Ecology, Environmental and Experimental Botany, Industrial Crops and Products, Annals of Botany, Physiologia Plantarum, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Crop Science, etc. every year. In 2023, he was ranked as a world top 2% scientist in the field of Plant Biology & Botany.
