教育经历

1995年，西北师范大学获理学学士学位；

1998年，中国林业科学院亚热带林业研究所获理学硕士学位；

2001年，中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所获理学博士学位；

工作经历

2001年-2006年，在德国马普植物育种研究所从事博士后研究工作；

2006年-2008年, 德国马普植物育种研究所任Co-group Leader；

2009年至今，在中国科学院植物研究所任研究员。

学术任职；

2010年至今，Journal of Systematics and Evolution，副主编/编委/编辑

2020年至今，Journal of Integrative Plant Biology，编辑

2018年至今，中国植物学会系统与进化植物学专业委员会，副主任

    长期从事花和果实形态创新结构的起源、形态多样性进化和可塑性的遗传基础、作物高产分子模块解析和基因家族功能进化等研究，并聚焦大豆高产稳产优质的遗传变异和驯化机制研究。主要包括：1）果实起源及形态结构多样性进化发育的遗传基础；2）大豆果实性状驯化的遗传变异基础；3）植物生殖器官适应性进化和可塑性的遗传基础；4）花果发育相关重要基因家族功能进化。在 Nat Commun、 Plant Cell、 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA、 New Phytol、 J Integr Plant Biol、 Plant J、 Plant Physiol、 Mol Biol Evol、J Exp Bot、 BMC Evol Biol、 Genome Biol Evol、 Plant Cell Physiol、 BMC Plant Biol、 Planta等知名与主流专业期刊发表论文70余篇。申请专利 10 项。

科技创新2030重大项目“大豆和水稻籽粒发育新基因挖掘与育种价值评价”(课题号E3126E1001，执行期：2023年12月-2025年12月)，主持人：贺超英

国家基金委重点项目“植物生殖器官适应性进化和可塑性的遗传基础研究”(课题号E0122A1001，执行期：2020年01月-2024年12月)，主持人：贺超英

中科院重点部署项目“大豆高产稳产分子基础与品种培育”(课题号Y9112G1001，执行期：2019年01月-2022年12月)，主持人：贺超英

中科院先导B“茄科酸浆属果实发育调控与进化机制研究”(课题号Y8148G2001，执行期：2018年06月-2023年05月)，主持人：贺超英

国家基金委杰青项目“植物果实进化发育遗传学”(课题号Y6116A1001，执行期：2016年01月-2020年12月)，主持人：贺超英

国家基金委重大研究计划“中国灯笼”进化发育与适应环境的分子基础研究”(课题号Y4129A1001，执行期：14年01月-2016年12月)，主持人：贺超英

中科院先导A“大豆高产分子模块解析”(课题号Y3718G4001，执行期：2013年08月-2018年07月)，主持人：贺超英

中科院人才计划择优支持“植物果实形态多样性进化发育的遗传基础研究”(课题号70009G1001，执行期：2009年09月-2013年6月)，主持人：贺超英

1. Pei-Gang Li, Zheng-Hong An, Nan Xu, Ji-Gang Li, Qiao-Xia Li, Chao-Ying He*. 2025. Phenotypic plasticity and stability in plants: genetic mechanisms, environmental adaptation, evolutionary implications, and future directions. Plant Cell and Environment, 48: 5847-5860.

2. Qiao-Xia Li*, Zheng-Hong An, Guo-Fu Zhao, Chen-Long Chen, Kun Sun, Chao-Ying He*. 2025. Interspecies transcriptomic comparisons reveal potential molecular genetic mechanisms underlying the evolutionary development of dimorphic flowers in Viola. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, DOI: 10.1111/jse.13177.

3. Qian-Qian Liu, Lan-Feng Wu, Peng Liu, Chao-Ying He*. 2025. Editing multiple genes in Physalis pubescens provides valuable lessons and implications for creating new germplasm and varieties of Physalis crops. Plant and Cell Physiology, pcaf036.

4. Qiao-Xia Li*, Yuan-Yuan Zhu, You-Long Li, Chen-Long Chen, Ji-Gang Li, Kun Sun, Chao-Ying He*. 2025. Expression variation of Viola APETALA3 orthologous genes is correlated with chasmogamous and cleistogamous flower development. BMC Plant Biology, 25: 319.

5. Bin Yong, Jana Balarynová, Bing-Bing Li, Denisa Konečná, Jorge Rencoret, José C Del Río, Petr Smýkal*, Chao-Ying He*. 2024. Paralogous gene recruitment in multiple families constitutes genetic architecture and robustness of pod dehiscence in legumes. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16: evae267.

6. Qiao-Xia Li*, Zuo-Ming Zhang, Kun-Peng Li, Yuan-Yuan Zhu, Kun Sun, Chao-Ying He*. 2024. Identification of microRNAs and their target genes associated with chasmogamous and cleistogamous flower development in Viola prionantha. Planta, 259: 116.

7. Pei-Gang Li, Hui Quan, Wen-Chao He, Lan-Feng Wu, Zhi-Xiong Chen, Bin Yong, Xiang-Dong Liu, Chao-Ying He*. 2024. Rice BARENTSZ genes are required to maintain floral developmental stability against temperature fluctuations. The Plant Journal, 120: 637-657.

8. Lan-Feng Wu, Qian-Qian Liu, Wei Gou, Jun Li, Qian-Hui Cao, Chao-Ying He*. 2024. Deciphering the evolutionary development of the "Chinese lantern" within Solanaceae. Planta, 260: 98.

9. Si-Ming Wei, Bin Yong, Hong-Wei Jiang, Zheng-Hong An, Yan Wang, Bing-Bing Li, Ce Yang, Wei-Wei Zhu, Qing-Shan Chen*, Chao-Ying He*. 2023. A loss-of-function mutant allele of a glycosyl hydrolase gene has been co-opted for seed weight control during soybean domestication. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 65: 2469-2489.

10. Bin Yong, Wei-Wei Zhu, Si-Ming Wei, Bing-Bing Li, Yan Wang, Nan Xu, Jiang-Jie Lu, Qing-Shan Chen, Chao-Ying He*. 2023. Parallel selection of loss-of-function alleles of Pdh1 orthologous genes in warm-season legumes for pod indehiscence and plasticity is related to precipitation. New Phytologist, 240: 863-879.

11. Hong-Yan Liu, Jun Li, Pi-Chang Gong, Chao-Ying He*. 2023. The origin and evolution of carpels and fruits from an evo-devo perspective. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 65: 283-298.

12. Wei-Wei Zhu, Ce Yang, Bin Yong, Yan Wang, Bing-Bing Li, Yong-Zhe Gu, Si-Ming Wei, Zheng-Hong An, Wen-Kai Sun, Li-Juan Qiu*, Chao-Ying He*. 2022. An enhancing effect attributed to a nonsynonymous mutation in SOYBEAN SEED SIZE 1, a SPINDLY-like gene, is exploited in soybean domestication and improvement. New Phytologist, 236: 1375-1392.

13. Li Wang, Xue-Yang Liu, Qiao-Ru Li, Nan Xu, Chao-Ying He*. 2022. A lineage-specific arginine in POS1 is required for fruit size control in Physaleae (Solanaceae) via gene co-option. The Plant Journal, 111: 183-204.

14. Qiao-Xia Li*, Kun-Peng Li, Zheng-Rong Zhang, Ji-Gang Li, Bo Wang, Zuo-Ming Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Zhu, Chao-Chao Pan, Kun Sun, Chao-Ying He*. 2022. Transcriptomic comparison sheds new light on regulatory networks for dimorphic flower development in response to photoperiod in Viola prionantha. BMC Plant Biology, 22:336.

15. Pi-Chang Gong, Chun-Jing Song, Hong-Yan Liu, Pei-Gang Li, Ming-Shu Zhang, Ji-Si Zhang, Shao-Hua Zhang, Chao-Ying He*. 2021. Physalis floridana CRABS CLAW mediates neofunctionalization of GLOBOSA genes in carpel development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 72: 6882-6903.

16. Jiang-Jie Lu, Mei-Fang Luo, Li Wang, Kun-Peng Li, Yong-Yi Yu, Wei-Fei Yang, Pi-Chang Gong, Hui-Hui Gao, Qiao-Ru Li, Jing Zhao, Lan-Feng Wu, Ming-Shu Zhang, Xue-Yang Liu, Xue-Mei Zhang, Xian Zhang, Jie-Yu Kang, Tong-Yuan Yu, Zhi-Min Li, Yuan-Nian Jiao*, Hui-Zhong Wang*, Chao-Ying He*. 2021. The Physalis floridana genome provides insights into the biochemical and morphological evolution of Physalis fruits. Horticulture Research, 8: 244.

17. Qiao-Xia Li, Ji-Gang Li, Li Zhang, Chao-Chao Pan, Ning Yang, Kun Sun*, Chao-Ying He*. 2021. Gibberellins are required for the dimorphic flower development in Viola philippica. Plant Science, 303: 110749.

18. Jing Zhao, Pi-Chang Gong, Hong-Yan Liu, Ming-Shu Zhang, Chao-Ying He*. 2021. Multiple and integrated functions of floral C-class MADS-box genes in flower and fruit development of Physalis floridana. Plant Molecular Biology, 107: 101-116.

19. Hui-Hui Gao, Jing Li, Li Wang, Ji-Si Zhang, Chao-Ying He*. 2020. Transcriptomic variation of the flower-fruit transition in Physalis and Solanum. Planta, 252: 28.

20. Jing Li, Chun-Jing Song, Chao-Ying He*. 2019. Chinese lantern in Physalis is an advantageous morphological novelty and improves plant fitness. Scientific Reports, 9: 596.

21. Yan Wang, Hui-Hui Gao, Ling-Li He, Wei-Wei Zhu, Li-Xin Yan, Qing-Shan Chen, Chao-Ying He*. 2019. The PHOSPHATE1genes participate in salt and Pi signaling pathways and play adaptive roles during soybean evolution. BMC Plant Biology, 19: 353.

22. Hui-Hui Gao, Yan Wang, Wei Li, Yong-Zhe Gu, Ying-Dong Bi, Yong-Cai Lai, Chao-Ying He*. 2018. Transcriptomic comparison reveals genetic variation potentially underlying seed developmental evolution of soybeans. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69: 5089-5104.

23. Pi-Chang Gong, Jing Li, Chao-Ying He*. 2018. Exon junction complex (EJC) core genes play multiple developmental roles in Physalis floridana. Plant Molecular Biology, 98: 545-563.

24. Zhen-Zhen Hao, Pi-Chang Gong, Chao-Ying He*, Jin-Xing Lin*. 2018. Peptide aptamers to inhibit protein function in plants. Trends in Plant Science, 23: 281-284.

25. Pi-Chang Gong, Xiang Ao, Gai-Xiu Liu, Fang-Yun Cheng*, Chao-Ying He*. 2017. Duplication and whorl-specific downregulation of the obligate AP3-PI heterodimer genes explain the origin of Paeonia lactiflora plants with spontaneous corolla mutation. Plant and Cell Physiology, 58: 411-425.

26. Yong-Zhe Gu, Wei Li, Hong-Wei Jiang, Yan Wang, Hui-Hui Gao, Yong-Cai Lai, Qing-Shan Chen, Chao-Ying He*. 2017. Differential expression of a WRKY gene between wild and cultivated soybeans correlates to seed size. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68: 2717-2729.

27. Yong-Zhe Gu, Shi-Lai Xing, Chao-Ying He*. 2016. Genome-wide analysis indicates lineage-specific gene loss during Papilionoideae evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8: 635-648.

28. Qiao-Xia Li, Qing-Di Huo, Juan Wang, Jing Zhao, Kun Sun*, Chao-Ying He*. 2016. Expression of B-class MADS-box genes in response to variations in photoperiod is associated with chasmogamous and cleistogamous flower development in Viola philippica. BMC Plant Biology, 16: 151.

29. Yan Wang, Yong-Zhe Gu, Hui-Hui Gao, Li-Juan Qiu, Ru-Zhen Chang RZ, Shou-Yi Chen, Chao-Ying He*. 2016. Molecular and geographic evolutionary support for the essential role of GIGANTEAa in soybean domestication of flowering time. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16: 79.

30. Zhi-Chao Li, Chao-Ying He*. 2015. Physalis floridana Cell Number Regulator1 encodes a cell membrane- anchored modulator of cell cycle and negatively controls fruit size. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66: 257-270.

31. Li Wang, Jing Li, Jing Zhao, Chao-Ying He*. 2015. Evolutionary developmental genetics of fruit morphological variation within the Solanaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6: 248.

32. Shao-Hua Zhang, Ji-Si Zhang, Jing Zhao, Chao-Ying He*. 2015. Distinct subfunctionalization and neofunctionalization of the B-class MADS-box genes in Physalis floridana. Planta, 241: 387- 402.

33. Man Zhao, Yong-Zhe Gu, Ling-Li He, Qing-Shan Chen, Chao-Ying He*. 2015. Sequence and expression variations suggest an adaptive role for the DA1-like gene family in the evolution of soybeans. BMC Plant Biology, 15: 120.

34. Pi-Chang Gong, Hui Quan, Chao-Ying He*. 2014. Targeting MAGO proteins with a peptide aptamer reinforces their essential roles in multiple rice developmental pathways. The Plant Journal, 80: 905-914.

35. Pi-Chang Gong, Man Zhao, Chao-Ying He*. 2014. Slow co-evolution of the MAGO and Y14 protein families is required for the maintenance of their obligate heterodimerization mode. PLoS One, 9: e84842.

36. Pi-Chang Gong, Chao-Ying He*. 2014. Uncovering divergence of rice EJC core heterodimer gene duplication reveals their essential role in growth, development and reproduction. Plant Physiology, 165: 1047-1061.

37. Li Wang, Ling-Li He, Jing Li, Jing Zhao, Zhi-Chao Li, Chao-Ying He*. 2014. Regulatory change at Physalis Organ Size 1 locus correlates to natural variation in tomatillo reproductive organ size. Nature Communications, 5: 4271.

38. Ji-Si Zhang, Zhi-Chao Li, Jing Zhao, Shao-Hua Zhang, Hui-Quan, Man Zhao, Chao-Ying He*. 2014. Deciphering the Physalis floridana double-layered-lantern1 mutant provides insights into functional divergence of the GLOBOSA duplicates within the Solanaceae. Plant Physiology, 164: 748-764.

39. Ji-Si Zhang, Jing Zhao, Shao-Hua Zhang, Chao-Ying He*. 2014. Efficient gene silencing mediated by tobacco rattle virus in an emerging model plant Physalis. PLoS One, 9: e85534.

40. Man Zhao, Ling-Li He, Yong-Zhe Gu, Yan Wang, Qing-Shan Chen, Chao-Ying He*. 2014. Genome-wide analyses of a plant-specific LIM-domain gene family implicate its evolutionary roles in plant diversification. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6: 1000-1012.

41. Ling-Li He, Man Zhao, Yan Wang, Jun-Yi Gai, Chao-Ying He*. 2013. Phylogeny, structural evolution and functional diversification of the plant PHOSPHATE1 gene family: a focus on Glycine max. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13: 103.

42. Jing Zhao, Ying Tian, Ji-Si Zhang, Man Zhao, Pi-Chang Gong, Simone Riss, Rainer Saedler, Chao-Ying He*. 2013. The euAP1 protein MPF3 represses MPF2 to specify floral calyx identity and displays crucial roles in ‘Chinese lantern’ development in Physalis. The Plant Cell, 25: 2002-2021.

43. Muhammad-Ramzan Khan, Jin-Yong Hu, Chao-Ying He*. 2012. Plant hormones including ethylene are recruited in calyx inflation in Solanaceous plants. Journal of Plant Physiology, 169: 940-948.

44. Li Wang, Zhi-Chao Li, Chao-Ying He*. 2012. Transcriptome-wide mining of the differentially expressed transcripts for natural variation of floral organ size in Physalis philadelphica. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63: 6457-6465.

45. Ji-Si Zhang, Muhammad-Ramzan Khan, Ying Tian, Zhi-Chao Li, Simone Riss, Chao-Ying He*. 2012. Divergences of MPF2-like MADS-domain proteins have an association with the evolution of the inflated calyx syndrome within Solanaceae. Planta, 236: 1247-1260.

46. Ling-Li He, Jing Zhao, Man Zhao, Chao-Ying He*. 2011. Current development and application of soybean genomics. Frontiers in Biology, 6: 337-348.

47. Chao-Ying He*, Ying Tian, Rainer Saedler, Nadia Efremova, Simone Riss, Muhammad-Ramzan Khan, Alexander Yephremov, Heinz Saedler. 2010. The MADS-domain protein MPF1 of Physalis floridana controls plant architecture, seed development and flowering time. Planta, 231: 767-777.

48. Chao-Ying He*, Hans Sommer, Britta Grosardt, Peter Huijser, Heinz Saedler*. 2007. PFMAGO, a MAGO NASHI- like factor, interacts with the MADS-box protein MPF2 from Physalis floridana. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24: 1229-1241.

49. Chao-Ying He, Heinz Saedler*. 2007. Hormonal control of the inflated calyx syndrome, a morphological novelty, in Physalis. The Plant Journal, 49: 935-946.

50. Chao-Ying He, Heinz Saedler*. 2005. Heterotopic expression of MPF2 is the key to the evolution of the Chinese lantern of Physalis, a morphological novelty in Solanaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102: 5779-5784.

51. Chao-Ying He, Thomas Münster, Heinz Saedler*. 2004. On the origin of floral morphological novelties. FEBS Letters, 567: 147-151.

52. Chao-Ying He, Ai-Guo Tian, Jin-Song Zhang, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Jun-Yi Gai, Shou-Yi Chen*. 2003. Isolation and characterization of a full-length resistance gene homolog from soybean. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 106: 786-793.

53. Chao-Ying He, Jin-Song Zhang, Shou-Yi Chen*. 2002. A new soybean gene encoding a proline-rich protein is regulated by salicylic acid, an endogenous circadian rhythm and by various stresses. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 104: 1125-1131.