个人简介

       1992年生，山东曹县人，博士，副研究员（所聘研究员）。2013年获山东农业大学理学学士学位；2018年获中国农业大学农学博士学位；2018年至今在中国农业科学院蔬菜花卉研究所生物技术室生物信息课题工作。

科研情况

       主要从事辣椒与芸薹属作物的基因组学与分子育种研究，重点关注基因组等组学数据解析、多倍化演化与亚基因组形成机制以及重要农艺性状的遗传调控机制等科学问题。先后以第一或通讯（含并列）作者在Nature Genetics、Nature Plants、PNAS、Molecular Plant、Nature Communications、Plant Communications等高水平刊物发表论文近20篇，主持国家自然科学基金、中国农科院青年创新专项、国家重点研发计划子课题等多个项目。

主要成果

1. Kang Zhang^#, Hailong Yu#, Lingkui Zhang#, Yacong Cao, Xing Li, Yajie Mei, Xiang Wang, Zhenghai Zhang, Tianyao Li, Yuan Jin, Wenyuan Fan, Congcong Guan, Yihan Wang, Daiyuan Zhou, Shumin Chen, Huamao Wu, Lihao Wang*, Feng Cheng*. Transposon Proliferation Drives Genome Architecture and Regulatory Evolution in Wild and Domesticated Peppers. Nature Plants, 2025, Accept.

2. Kang Zhang^#, Lingkui Zhang#, Yinan Cui#, Yinqing Yang, Jian Wu, Jianli Liang, Xing Li, Xin Zhang, Yiyue Zhang, Zhongwei Guo, Lei Zhang, Shumin Chen, Jue Ruan, Michael Freeling*, Xiaowu Wang*, Feng Cheng*. The lack of negative association between TE load and subgenome dominance in synthesized Brassica allotetraploids. PNAS, 2023, 120 (42) e2305208120.

3. Kang Zhang^#, Xiang Wang#, Shunmin Chen#, Yuanhang Liu, Lingkui Zhang, Xiaolong Yang, Hailong Yu, Yacong Cao, Lei Zhang, Chengcheng Cai, Jue Ruan, Lihao Wang*, Feng Cheng*. The Gap-free Genome of Pepper Reveals the Transposable Element-driven Expansion and Rapid Evolution of Pericentromeres. Plant Communications, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101177.

4. Xing Li#, Yong Wang#, Chengcheng Cai#, Jialei Ji#, Fengqing Han#, Lei Zhang#, Shumin Chen, Lingkui Zhang, Yinqing Yang, Qi Tang, Johan Bucher, Xuelin Wang, Limei Yang, Mu Zhuang, Kang Zhang^*, Honghao Lv*, Guusje Bonnema*, Yangyong Zhang*, Feng Cheng*. Large-scale Gene Expression Variation Introduced by Structural Variation Drives Morphotype Diversification in Brassica oleracea. Nature Genetics, 2024, 56, 517-529. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01655-4.

5. LingKui Zhang#, Yuanhang Liu#, Yile Huang#, Yiyue Zhang, Yu Fu, Ya Xiao, Shumin Chen, Kang Zhang^*, Feng Cheng*. SolPGD: Solanaceae Pan-genomes Reveal Extensive Fractionation and Functional Innovation of Duplicated Genes. Plant Communications, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2024.101231.

6. Yacong Cao#, Kang Zhang^#, Hailong Yu#, Shumin Chen#, Donghui Xu#, Hong Zhao, Zhenghai Zhang, Yinqing Yang, Xiaozhen Gu, Xinyan Liu, Haiping Wang, Yaxin Jing, Yajie Mei, Xiang Wang, Véronique Lefebvre, Weili Zhang, Yuan Jin, Dongliang An, Risheng Wang, Paul Bosland, Xixiang Li, Ilan Paran, Baoxi Zhang, Giovanni Giuliano*, Lihao Wang*, Feng Cheng*. Pepper variome reveals the history and key loci associated with fruit domestication and diversification. Molecular Plant, 2022, 15, 1744-1758.

7. Kang Zhang^#, Yinqing Yang#, Xin Zhang#, Lingkui Zhang, Yu Fu, Zhongwei Guo, Shumin Chen, Jian Wu, James C. Schnable*, Keke Yi*, Xiaowu Wang*, and Feng Cheng*. The genome of Orychophragmus violaceus provides genomic insights into the evolution of Brassicaceae polyploidization and its distinct traits. Plant Communications, 2022, 4, 100431.

8. Kang Zhang^#, Yinqing Yang#, Jian Wu, Jianli Liang, Shumin Chen, Lei Zhang, Honghao Lv, Xiaona Yin, Xin Zhang, Yiyue Zhang, Lingkui Zhang, Yangyong Zhang, Michael Freeling*, Xiaowu Wang*, Feng Cheng*. A cluster of transcripts identifies a transition stage initiating leafy head growth in heading morphotypes of Brassica. The Plant Journal, 2022, 110, 688-706.

9. Lei Liu#, Kang Zhang^#, Jin Rui Bai, Jinghua Lu, Xiaoxiao Lu, Junling Hu, Chunyang Pan, Shumin He, Jiale Yuan, Yiyue Zhang, Min Zhang, Yanmei Guo, Xiaoxuan Wang, Zejun Huang, Yongchen Du, Feng Cheng*, Junming Li*. All-flesh fruit in tomato is controlled by reduced expression dosage of AFF through a structural variant mutation in the promoter. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021, (73)1, 123-138.

10. Kang Zhang^#, Xiaowu Wang, Feng Cheng*.Plant Polyploidy: Origin, Evolution, and Its Influence on Crop Domestication. Horticultural Plant Journal, 2019, (5)6, 231-239.

科研项目(近五年)

1. 国家自然科学基金青年项目，主持人，2022.01-2024.12

2. 中国农业科学院青年创新专项，主持人，2024.01-2026.12

3. 国家重点研发计划，子课题主持人，2018.08-2021.12