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Prof. Dr.

Jiayang Li

Year of election: 2012
Section: Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
City: Beijing
Country: China
CV Jiayang Li - English (PDF)
CV Jiayang Li - German (PDF)

Research

Research Priorities: Plant breeding, yield increase, stress resistance in plants, key genes, transgenic plants, breeding elite types of rice

Jiayang Li is a biologist. He researches the molecular mechanisms underlying plant architecture, with a particular focus on characteristics that improve harvest yield and quality. He and his team use modern technologies to breed rice which has a high yield and a good resistance to stress.

Jiayang Li researches the molecular mechanisms of the plant development and biosynthesis pathways in higher plants. He characterises and clones key genes that influence the plant height, panicle size and culm strength of rice. He is particularly interested in the molecular design of new elite types of rice. Using marker-supported selection and transgenic approaches, he aims to breed rice plants of good quality, nutritional use efficiency and with resistance to stress factors.

Jiayang Li discovered that the rapeseed element lactone can promote cell division. He cloned related genes from rapeseed mutations and developed a method with which botanical functional cells can be systematically assessed. He also researches external environmental factors for the growth of advanced plants. In addition to his research he has held various political offices. From 2001 to 2016 he was China’s Vice Minister of Agriculture.

Career

  • 2018 Member, Standing Committee, National People’s Congress, People’s Republic of China (PRC)
  • 2011-2016 Vice Minister of Agriculture, PRC
  • 2011-2016 President, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), PRC
  • 2001-2016 General Director, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), CAS, Beijing, PRC
  • 2001-2016 President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), PRC
  • 2001-2016 Professor and Principal Investigator, IGDB, CAS, Beijing, PRC
  • 2001-2016 Member, CAS, PRC
  • 2001-2011 Vice President, CAS, PRC
  • 1999-2004 Director, IGDB, CAS, Beijing, PRC
  • 1995 Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics, IGDB, CAS, Beijing, PRC
  • 1995 Doctorate, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
  • 1991 PhD in Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA
  • 1984 M.Sc. in Biology, IGDB, CAS, Beijing, PRC
  • 1982 B.Sc. in Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, PRC

Functions

  • 2018 Editor in Chief, Science China Life Sciences
  • since 2016 Member, Board of Trustees, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
  • since 2014 Member, Editorial Board, National Science Review
  • since 2014 Member, Advisory Board, Chinese Science Bulletin
  • since 2011 Member, Advisory Board, Molecular Plant
  • 2011-2016 President, CAAS, PRC
  • since 2008 Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Trends in Biotechnology
  • 2006-2011 Vice President, Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences (CSRS), PRC
  • 2004-2013 Associate Editor, Plant Molecular Biology
  • 2004-2011 Vice President, CAS, PRC
  • 2004-2008 Editor, Plant & Cell Physiology
  • 2004-2006 Member, Board of Directors, International Society of Plant Molecular Biology
  • 2003-2013 President, Genetics Society of China, PRC
  • since 2003 Member, Editorial Board, Cell Research
  • 2002-2012 Vice President, The Crop Science Society of China (CSSC), CAAS, PRC

Honours and Memberships

  • 2020 TWAS-Lenovo Science Award, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
  • 2021 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science, Clarivate
  • 2020 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science, Clarivate
  • 2019 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science, Clarivate
  • 2018 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science, Clarivate
  • 2018 Life Science Prize, Future Science Prize, PRC
  • 2018 Tan Kah Kee Science Award, Tan Kah Kee Science Award Foundation, Beijing, PRC
  • 2017 State Natural Science Award First Class, PRC
  • 2017 Outstanding Scientific Research Team Award, Qiu Shi Science & Technologies Foundation, Hong Kong, PRC
  • 2015 Foreign Member, The Royal Society, UK
  • 2014 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Citation Laureates (previously Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureates), Clarivate
  • since 2014 Member, International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS)
  • 2013 Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize, CAS, PRC
  • since 2013 Foreign Associate, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • since 2012 Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany
  • since 2011 Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA
  • 2011 Corresponding Membership Award, The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), USA
  • 2006 Medal Lecture Award, TWAS
  • 2005 State Natural Science Award (Second Class), PRC
  • 2005 Cheung Kong Achievement Award, Ministry of Education of China and Li Ka Shing Foundation, Hong Kong, PRC
  • 2004 Science and Technology Progress Award (Life Sciences), Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation, Beijing, PRC
  • 2004 Fellow, TWAS
  • 2004 Award of Bioscientific Achievement, 10th International Symposium, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA), USA
  • 2001 Member, CAS, PRC
  • 1999 Member, Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network (A-IMBN)

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