2013.12-  至今  中国农业大学农学院，教授，博导

2009.9-2011.9.   美国佐治亚大学，访问学者

2007.12-2013.12  中国农业大学植物遗传育种系，副教授，博导

2005.8-2006.2    美国加州大学RIVERSIDE分校，访问学者

2005.7-2007.11  中国农业大学植物遗传育种系，讲师

2001.9-2005.6   中国农业大学植物遗传育种系，博士研究生

1997.9-2001.6.   中国农业大学植物遗传育种系，本科

本科生课程《作物育种学》；研究生课程《植物表观遗传学》

1．小麦小分子RNA的功能解析及调控农艺性状形成的分子机制

2．小麦籽粒性状的表观遗传调控

1、国家自然科学基金委“优秀青年”科学基金

2、国家自然科学基金”小麦杂交种上调表达基因TaLBD16的功能鉴定及其表达调控网络初步解析”

3、863项目“小麦重要农艺性状功能基因组研究”

共发表学术论文46篇，其中SCI论文33篇。

1.          Fenglong Sun, Guanghui Guo, Jinkun Du, Weiwei  Guo, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun* and Yingyin Yao* Whole-genome discovery of  miRNAs and their targets in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) BMC Plant Biology 2014,  14:142

2.          Fenglong  Sun, Weiwei Guo, Jinkun Du, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun, Yingyin Yao. Widespread, abundant, and  diverse TE-associated siRNAs in developing wheat grain. Gene 2013，522(1):1-7.

3.          Jing  Li, Susheng Song, Yusheng Zhao, Weiwei Guo, Guanghui Guo, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu  Ni, Qixin Sun, Yingyin Yao. 2013,  Ectopic Overexpression of Wheat Ta14-3-3 in Arabidopsis Leads to Growth Retard,  Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013, 12(2): 209-217

4.         Jonathan  I Gent, Nathanael  I Ellis, Lin  Guo, Alex  E Harkess, Yingyin  Yao, Xiaoyu  Zhang and R  Kelly Dawe. CHH islands: de novo DNA  methylation in near-gene chromatin regulation in maize. Genome Res. 2013 Apr;  23(4):628-37.

5.          Wang,  Fengde, Li, Libin, Liu, Lifeng, Li, Huayin, Zhang, Yihui, Yao, Yingyin, Ni, Zhongfu, *Gao,  Jianwei. High-throughput sequencing discovery of conserved and novel microRNAs  in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp pekinensis) Molecular Genetics and  Genomics, 2012, 287(7), pp 555-563.

6.          Yu  Wang, Fenglong Sun, Hua Cao, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun, Yingyin Yao., TamiR159 Directed Wheat  TaGAMYB Cleavage and its Involvement in Anther Development and Heat Response.  PloS One, 2012, 7, e48445

7.          Jing  Li, Guanghui Guo, Weiwei Guo, Ganggang Guo, Dan Tong, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun,  Yingyin Yao. miRNA164-directed  cleavage of ZmNAC1 leads to lateral root development in maize (Zea mays L.) BMC  Plant Biology, 2012, 12:220

8.          Yingyin Yao, Qixin Sun, Exploration of small non coding  RNAs in wheat, Plant Mol Biol, 2012,80:67–73

9.          Zhaorong Hu , Zongfu Han, Na Song, Yingyin Yao, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu Ni,  Qixin Sun. Epigenetic modification contributes to the expression divergence of  three TaEXPA1 homoeologs in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). New  Phytologist,2013,197(4):1344–1352,

10.      Bo  Wang, Baojiang Guo, Chaojie Xie, Yingyin  Yao, Huiru Peng,, YirongZhang, Qinxin Sun, Zhongfu Ni. A novel histidine  kinase gene, ZmHK9, mediate drought tolerance through the regulation of stomatal  development in Arabidopsis. Gene. 2012, 501(2):171-9.

11.      Mingming Xin, Yu Wang, Yingyin Yao, Na Song, Zhaorong Hu,  Dandan Qin, Chaojie Xie, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu Ni, Qinxin Sun. Identification and  characterization of wheat long non-protein coding RNAs responsive to powdery  mildew infection and heat stress by using microarray analysis and SBS  sequencing, BMC PLANT BIOLOGY, 2011,11：61

12.      Jian  Song, Baojian Guo, Fangwei Song, Huiru Peng, Yingyin Yao, Yirong Zhang, Qixin Sun,  Zhongfu Ni. Genome-wide identification of gibberellins metabolic enzyme genes  and expression profiling analysis during seed germination in maize, GENE, 2011,  482(1-2), pp 34-42

13.      Zhaorong Hu, Ying Yu, Rui Wang, Yingyin Yao, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu Ni,  Qixin Sun. Expression divergence of TaMBD2 homoeologous genes encoding methyl2  CpG-binding domain proteins in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Gene, 2011, 471, pp  13-18

14.      Guofang  Xing, Ganggang Guo, Yingyin Yao,  Huiru Peng, Sun Qixin, Ni Zhongfu. Identification and characterization of a  novel hybrid upregulated long non-protein coding RNA in maize seedling roots,  PLANT SCIENCE, 2010, 179(4), pp 356-363

15.      Mingming Xin, Yu Wang, Yingyin Yao, Chaojie Xie, Huiru Peng,  Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun. Diverse set of microRNAs are responsive to powdery mildew  infection and heat stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), BMC Plant Biology,  2010,10, pp 123-134

16.      Yingyin Yao, Zhongfu Ni, Huiru Peng, Fenglong Sun,  Mingming Xin, Sunkar Ramanjulu, Jian-Kang Zhu, Qixin Sun. Non-coding small RNAs  responsive to abiotic stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), FUNCTIONAL &  INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS, 2010, 10(2), pp 187-190

17.      Chuanzhi Zhao, Han Xia, Frazier, Taylor  Price, Yingyin Yao, Yuping Bi, Li,  Aiqin Li, Mengjun Li, Changsheng Zhang, Baohong Wang, Xingjun. Deep sequencing  identifies novel and conserved microRNAs in peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.), BMC  Plant Biology, 2010, 10, pp 3-15

18.      Xiuli  Wang, Yingyin Yao Yingyin, Huiru  Peng, Yi Zhang, Lahu Lu, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun. The relationship of differential  expression of genes in GA biosynthesis and response pathways with heterosis of  plant height in a wheat diallel cross, CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN, 2009,54(17), pp  3029-3034

19.      Jinkun  Du, Yingyin Yao, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin  Sun. Cloning and characterization of an up-regulated GA 20-oxidase gene in  hybrid maize, PROGRESS IN NATURAL SCIENCE, 2009, 19(2), pp 161-166  

20.      Xiao  Song, Zhongfu Ni, Yingyin Yao,  Yinhong Zhang, Qixin Sun. Identification of differentially expressed proteins  between hybrid and parents in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedling leaves,  THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 2009,118(2), pp 213-225

21.      Yingyin Yao, Zhongfu Ni, Jinkun Du, Zongfu Han, Yan  Chen, Qingbo Zhang, Qixin Sun. Ectopic Overexpression of Wheat Adenosine  Diphosphate-ribosylation Factor, TaARF, Increases Growth Rate in Arabidopsis,  JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY, 2009,51(1), pp 35-44