深圳理工大学未来农业研究院特聘副教授。博士毕业于美国德州农工大学（Texas A&M University），后在德州农工大学从事博士后研究。研究主要致力于植物-病毒相互作用，从RNA层面上关注植物感病抗病机制以及病毒致病性机制；也聚焦于RNA二级结构在基因表达调控方面的研究。近5年以第一作者（含共一）或通讯作者（含共通）身份在Nat Plants、Genome Biology、Journal of Experimental Botany等期刊上发表论文多篇，担任Nat Plants、Genome Biology、Frontiers in Plant Science等著名杂志审稿人。

1. 以RNA为基础的植物-病毒相互作用机制研究；

2. RNA二级结构及其重塑蛋白在基因表达调控方面的功能与机制；

3. 基于RNA二级结构的抗病植株及育种改良。
   

学习经历：

2011.09-2015.06，华南理工大学，学士学位

2015.09-2018.06，华南理工大学，硕士学位

2018.09-2024.09，美国德州农工大学，博士学位

工作经历：

2024.11-2025.07，美国德州农工大学，博士后

2025.11-至今，深圳理工大学，特聘副教授

1.Zhu, J. †*, Li, C. †, Onyia, C., Li, X., Yan, X., Zhong, S., Oh, T., Zhang, X. *, DMS-MaPseq and DREEM analysis implicate the critical role of RNA structural dynamics in Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus pathogenicity. Nature Communications (under revision). (†, 第一作者. *, 通讯作者)

2.Zhang, T.†, Li, C.†, Zhu, J.†*, Li, Y., Wang, Z., Tong, C., Xi, Y., Koiwa, H., Peng, X., Zhang, X.*, DMS-MaPseq implicates structured 3’UTRs in destabilization of mRNAs in plants. Genome Biology 25(1), 54. (†, 第一作者. *, 通讯作者)

3.Zhu, J., Yan, X., Zhang, X., The R-loop influences miRNA birth place. Nature Plants 8(4), 320-321.

4.Zhu, J., Li, C., Peng, X., Zhang, X., RNA architecture influences plant biology. Journal of Experimental Botany 72(11), 4144-4160.

5.Zhong, S., Li, X., Li, C., Bai, H., Chen, J., Gan, L., Zhu, J., Oh, T., Yan, X., Zhu, J., Li, N., Koiwa, H., Meek, T., Peng, X., Yu, B., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Reciprocal regulation of m6A modification and miRNA production machineries via phase separation-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Nature Cell Biology 26(12), 2129-2143.

6.Li, X., Zhong, S., Li, C., Yan, X., Zhu, J., Li, Y., Wang, Z., Peng, X., Zhang X., RNA helicase Brr2a promotes miRNA biogenesis by properly remodeling secondary structure of pri-miRNAs. Nature Plants 10(10), 1532-1547.

7.Yan, X., Li, C., Liu, K., Zhang, T., Xu, Q., Li, X., Zhu, J., Wang, Z., Yusuf, A., Cao, S., Peng, X., Cai, J., Zhang, X., Parallel degradome-seq and DMS-MaPseq substantially revise the miRNA biogenesis atlas in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 10(7), 1126-1143.

8.Wang, Z., Gonzalez, C., Zhao, C., Tong, C., Li, C., Zhong, S., Liu, Z., Xie, K., Zhu, J., Wu, Z., Jacob, Y., Michaels, S., Jacobsen, S., Zhang, X., Loss of H3.1K27me1 in Arabidopsis confers Arabidopsis resistance to Geminivirus by sequestering DNA repair proteins onto host genome. Nature Communications 14(1):7484.

9.Li, X., Li, C., Zhu, J., Zhong, S., Zhu, H., Zhang, X., Functions and mechanisms of RNA helicases in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 74(7), 2295-2310.

10.Sun, D., Ma, Z., Zhu, J., Zhang, X., Identification and quantification of small RNAs. Arabidopsis Protocols 225-254.