Principal Investigator

Prof.Xiaohua Huang

Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China

Email: xiaohua.huang@pku-iaas.edu.cn

Education

01/1992-09/1991Visiting Scholar,Department of Chemistry, Peking University, China.

09/1985-01/1987Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry,Peking University, China.

02/1978-02/1982BS inChemistry,Anhui Normal University, China.

Working Experience

 12/2022-----present Professor, Senior Investigator, Group Leader ofCell Biology of Plant Transition Elements in Professor Deng Xingwang'sLaboratory, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China;Supervisor for PhD Student, School of Environment and Ecology, Jiangnan University,China.

11/2022-06/2003Professor,Supervisor for PhD Student, School of Bioengineering, Jiangnan University,China; Supervisor for PhD Student(11/2022-09/2010), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University,China;Executive Director(10/2017-10/2013), National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, China; Executive Deputy Director(11/2022-08/2013), China;Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, China;

05/2003-01/2000Associate Professor (05/2000-01/2000),Professor (05/2003-06/2000),School of Chemistry and Materials Science,Nanjing Normal University,China

12/1999-09/1993Associate Professor,Department of Chemistry,Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China.

08/1993-03/1982Associate Professor(08/1993-02/1992),Teaching assistant (02/1992-02/1982),Department of Chemistry,Anhui Normal University, China.

Research Interests

l Dynamic capture and quantitative study on plant cell behavior of exogenous transition elements in plants

l The mechanism of absorption and transportation of exogenous transition elements (rare earth elements) and other mineral nutrients by plant cells

l Developing new technologies for plants to efficientlyabsorb and utilize mineral nutrients

Selected Publications

Yue Ben, Mengzhu Cheng, Yongqiang Liu, Lihong Wang, Qing Yang,Xiaohua Huang*, Qing Zhou*.2023. The stimulatory effect and mechanism of low-dose lanthanum on soybean leaf cells. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 441:129924.

Mengzhu Cheng, Qing Zhou, Lihong Wang, Yunlong Jiao, Yongqiang Liu, Li Tan, Hong Zhu, Shingo Nagawa, Haiyan Wei, Zhenbiao Yang, Qing Yang, Xiaohua Huang*.2022. A new mechanism by which environmental hazardous substances enhance their toxicities to plants. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 421:126802

Mengzhu Cheng^#, Lihong Wang^#, Qing Zhou, Daiyin Chao, Shingo Nagawa, Ding He, Jiazhi Zhang, Hui Li, Li Tan, Zhenhong Gu, Xiaohua Huang*, Zhenbiao Yang*.2021.Lanthanum(III) triggers AtrbohD and jasmonic acid dependent systemic endocytosis in plants. Nature Communications, 12:4327

Lihong Wang^#, Mengzhu Cheng^#, Qing Yang^#, Jigang Li, Xiang Wang, Qing Zhou, Shingo Nagawa, Binxin Xia, Tongda Xu, Rongfeng Huang, Jingfang He, Changjiang Li, Ying Fu, Ying Liu, Jianchun Bao, Haiyan Wei, Hui Li, Li Tan, Zhenhong Gu, Ao Xia, Xiaohua Huang*,Zhenbiao Yang, Xing Wang Deng*. 2019. Arabinogalactan protein-rare earth element complexes activate plant endocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116:14349-14357.

Lihong Wang^#, Jigang Li^#, Qing Zhou, Guangmei Yang, Xiao Lan Ding, Xiaodong Li, Chen Xin Cai, Zhao Zhang, Hai Yan Wei, Tian Hong Lu, Xing Wang Deng*, Xiaohua Huang*.2014.Rare earth elements activate endocytosis in plant cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(35): 12936-12941.

Honorables and Awards

The First Prize of the Technological Invention, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association (2013).

Deputy Director of Agricultural and Medical Committee of Rare Earths, China (2009).

Expert of Rare Earth Chemistry. NDRC, China(2006).

Outstanding Gardener Awarded by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (2003).

The Second Class Reward of Excellent Teaching Achievements in Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province (2001).

First “Hongshanshu” Gardener Award in Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province (1996).

First “Hongshanshu” Gardener Award in Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province (1996).

First Batch of Cross-Century Academic Leaders for Jiangsu Province “333 Project” (1995).