Zhenghua Zhang
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
Area of expertise: Plant Evolutionary Biology, Genome Evolution, Extreme Environment Adaptation, Comparative Genomics, Gene Regulatory Networks
Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
Area of expertise: Plant Evolutionary Biology, Genome Evolution, Extreme Environment Adaptation, Comparative Genomics, Gene Regulatory Networks
Title: Associate professor
Email: zhzhang@njnu.edu.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://rjsci.com/zh/researcher/10344-7F10283242AC5E4B
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Cai K, Diao R, Zhao Z, Liu Y, Zhang Z*, Zhong B*. Insights into the phylogenetic, structural and functional evolution of LHC superfamily in photosynthetic organisms. Plant Diversity, 2026, 48(3): 518-528.
Cao C, Diao R, Zhao M, Ji Q, Wang J, Xu Z, Xie W, Zhou Y, Zhang Z*, Zhong B*. Functional evolution and rewiring of the UVR8–BES1/BIM1 module underpin the refinement of UV-B responses during plant terrestrialization. Plant Communications, 2026, 7(6): 101842.
Li Y, Fang J, Ma X, Wang H, Zhang S, Peng Y, Chen L, Liu G, Zhu H*, Zhang Z*, Zhong B*. Genome of aerial alga Trentepohlia odorata reveals insights into the evolution of terrestrial lifestyle in green algae. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2026, 53(3): 433-446.
Wang H, Xu Z, Zhang Z*, Zhong B*. Horizontal transposon transfer during plant terrestrialization. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2025, 67(1): 15-18.
Zhang Z, Diao R, Sun J, Liu Y, Zhao M, Wang Q, Xu Z, Zhong B*. Diversified molecular adaptations of inorganic nitrogen assimilation and signaling machineries in plants. New Phytologist, 2024, 241(5): 2108-2123.
Diao R, Zhao M, Liu Y, Zhang Z*, Zhong B*. The advantages of crosstalk during the evolution of the BZR1–ARF6–PIF4 (BAP) module. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2023, 65(12): 2631-2644.
Zhang Z, Ma X, Liu Y, Yang L, Shi X, Wang H, Diao R, Zhong B*. Origin and evolution of green plants in the light of key evolutionary events. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2022, 64: 516-535.
Zhang Z, Xu C, Zhang S, Shi C, Cheng H, Liu H, Zhong B*. Origin and adaptive evolution of UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8-mediated signaling during plant terrestrialization. Plant Physiology, 2022, 188: 332-346.
Zhang Z, Chang X, Su D, Yao R, Liu X, Zhu H, Liu G, Zhong B*. Comprehensive transcriptome analyses of two Oocystis algae provide insights into the adaptation to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2021, 59(6):1209-1219.
Zhang Z#, Qu C#, Zhang K#, He Y#, Zhao X#, Yang L#, …, Leliaert F, Bhattacharya D, De Clerck O, Zhong B*, Miao J*. Adaptation to extreme Antarctic environments revealed by the genome of a sea ice green alga. Current Biology, 2020, 30: 3330-3341.
Zhang Z#, Qu C#, Yao R, Nie Y, Xu C, Miao J, Zhong B*. The parallel molecular adaptations to the Antarctic cold environment in two psychrophilic green algae. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2019, 11: 1897-1908.
Zhang Z, An M, Miao J, Gu Z, Liu C, Zhong B*. The Antarctic sea ice alga Chlamydomonas sp. ICE-L provides insights into adaptive patterns of chloroplast evolution. BMC Plant Biology, 2018, 18: 53.
Xu Z, Sun W, Zhu Z, Zhong B, Zhang Z*. Phylogenetic inference of homologous/orthologous genes among distantly related plants. Bio-protocol, 2023,13(23): e4893.
Wang Q#, Sun J#, Wang R#, Zhang Z#, …, Zhu Z*. The origin, evolution and functional divergence of HOOKLESS1 in plants. Communications Biology, 2023, 6: 460.
Lin J#, Shi J#, Zhang Z#, Zhong B, Zhu Z*. Plant AFC2 kinase desensitizes thermomorphogenesis through modulation of alternative splicing. iScience, 2022, 25(4): 104051.