Huanzhong Wang

Plant Biology Division
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
2510 Sam Noble Parkway
Ardmore, OK  73401 USA
Lab Phone: (580) 224-6640 Desk Phone: (580) 224-6120 Fax: (580) 224-6692
E-mail: hzwang@noble.org 

Current Position

Postdoctoral Fellow 6/2008-Present. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Advisor: Drs. Richard Dixon and Fang Chen

Research Interests

My research interest is focused on the better utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy production. Molecular, genetic and metabolic methods are used to study the modulation of lignin biosynthesis. The goal of my research is to apply the basic research achievement on biofuel crops through lignin engineering.

Education and Professional Training

• Jun, 2008-present, postdoctoral research fellow, Richard Dixon’s lab, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
• Aug, 2006-Jun, 2008, postdoctoral scholar, Sheila McCormick’s lab, PMB, University of California at berleley/Plant Gene Expression Centre, USDA.
• Sep, 2002-Augt, 2006, Ph. D. student, majored in molecular genetics, Jiayang Li’s lab, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China.  

Awards

2003-2004, Excellent Graduate Student Award, the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Peer reviewed journal Publications 

1. Ya Dai, Huanzhong Wang*, Li Baohua, Juan Huang, Xinfang Liu, Yihua Zhou, Zhonglin Mou, Jiayang Li, “Increased expression of MAP KINASE KINASE7 Causes Deficiency in Polar Auxin Transport and Leads to Plant Architectural Abnormality in Arabidopsis. the Plant Cell, Vol. 18,308-320. tpc.105.037846
   *these authors contributed equally to this work.
2. Huanzhong Wang, Yonghong Wang, Jiayang Li. (2004). The metabolism and functional mechanism of plant hormones. In Agricultural biotechnology, Keqiang Mang, ed(Beijing, China, Chemical industry publishers ), pp 56-77.
3. Huanzhong Wang, Yanming Li, Jianping Zhang, Liyan Zhang. A preliminary study on the dynamics of endogenous hormones of early maturing wheat and its parents. Journal of Agricultural University of Hebei, 2000, 23(4): 10-14