2022年8月至今，中国农业大学，副研究员

2019年3月-2022年8月，中国农业大学，博士后

2016年4月-2017年4月，Kansas State University，访问学者

2012年9月-2019年1月，中国农业大学，博士

2008年9月-2012年6月，吉林农业大学，本科

小麦株高关键基因挖掘与育种利用

国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，2022-2024，主持

博士后科学基金面上项目二等资助，2019-2022，主持

博士后创新人才支持计划，2019-2021，主持

1. Bian R, Liu N, Xu Y, Su Z, Chai L, Bernardo A, St Amand P, Fritz A, Zhang G, Rupp J, Akhunov E, Jordan KW, Bai G (2023) Quantitative trait loci for rolled leaf in a wheat EMS mutant from Jagger. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 136:52

2. Chai L^#, Xin M^#, Dong C, Chen Z, Zhai H, Zhuang J, Cheng X, Wang N, Geng J, Wang X, Bian R, Yao Y, Guo W, Hu Z, Peng H, Bai G, Sun Q, Su Z, Liu J, Ni Z (2022) A natural variation in Ribonuclease H-like gene underlies Rht8 to confer "Green Revolution" trait in wheat. Molecular Plant 15:377-380

3. Chen Z, Ke W, He F, Chai L, Cheng X, Xu H, Wang X, Du D, Zhao Y, Chen X, Xing J, Xin M, Guo W, Hu Z, Su Z, Liu J, Peng H, Yao Y, Sun Q, Ni Z (2022) A Single Nucleotide Deletion in the Third Exon of FT-D1 Increases the Spikelet Number and Delays Heading Date in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal 20(5):920-933.

4. Yang Z, Wang Z, Wang W, Xie X, Chai L, Wang X, Feng X, Li J, Peng H, Su Z, You M, Yao Y, Xin M, Hu Z, Liu J, Liang R, Ni Z, Sun Q, Guo W (2022) ggComp enables dissection of germplasm resources and construction of a multiscale germplasm network in wheat. Plant Physiology 188:1950-1965

5. Du D, Zhang D, Yuan J, Feng M, Li Z, Wang Z, Zhang Z, Li X, Ke W, Li R, Chen Z, Chai L, Hu Z, Guo W, Xing J, Su Z, Peng H, Xin M, Yao Y, Sun Q, Liu J, Ni Z (2021) FRIZZY PANICLE defines a regulatory hub for simultaneously controlling spikelet formation and awn elongation in bread wheat. New Phytologist 231:814-833

6. Liu J, Chen Z, Wang Z, Zhang Z, Xie X, Wang Z, Chai L, Song L, Cheng X, Feng M, Wang X, Liu Y, Hu Z, Xing J, Su Z, Peng H, Xin M, Yao Y, Guo W, Sun Q, Liu J, Ni Z (2021) Ectopic expression of VRT-A2 underlies the origin of Triticum polonicum and Triticum petropavlovskyi with long outer glumes and grains. Molecular Plant 14:1472-1488.

7. Li L, Chai L, Xu H, Zhai H, Wang T, Zhang M, You M, Peng H, Yao Y, Hu Z, Xin M, Guo W, Sun Q, Chen X, Ni Z (2021) Phenotypic characterization of the glossy1 mutant and fine mapping of GLOSSY1 in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 134:835-847.

8. Li L, Qi Z, Chai L, Chen Z, Wang T, Zhang M, You M, Peng H, Yao Y, Hu Z, Xin M, Guo W, Sun Q, Ni Z (2020) The semidominant mutation w5 impairs epicuticular wax deposition in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133:1213-1225.

9. Cheng X, Xin M, Xu R, Chen Z, Cai W, Chai L, Xu H, Jia L, Feng Z, Wang Z, Peng H, Yao Y, Hu Z, Guo W, Ni Z, Sun Q (2020) A Single Amino Acid Substitution in STKc_GSK3 Kinase Conferring Semispherical Grains and Its Implications for the Origin of Triticum sphaerococcum. Plant Cell 32:923-934.

10. Chen Z, Cheng X, Chai L, Wang Z, Bian R, Li J, Zhao A, Xin M, Guo W, Hu Z, Peng H, Yao Y, Sun Q, Ni Z (2020) Dissection of genetic factors underlying grain size and fine mapping of QTgw.cau-7D in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133:149-162.

11. Chen Z, Cheng X, Chai L, Wang Z, Du D, Wang Z, Bian R, Zhao A, Xin M, Guo W, Hu Z, Peng H, Yao Y, Sun Q, Ni Z (2020) Pleiotropic QTL influencing spikelet number and heading date in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133:1825-1838.

12. Chai L, Chen Z, Bian R, Zhai H, Cheng X, Peng H, Yao Y, Hu Z, Xin M, Guo W, Sun Q, Zhao A, Ni Z (2019) Dissection of two quantitative trait loci with pleiotropic effects on plant height and spike length linked in coupling phase on the short arm of chromosome 2D of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 132:1815-1831.

13. Cheng X, Chai L, Chen Z, Xu L, Zhai H, Zhao A, Peng H, Yao Y, You M, Sun Q, Ni Z (2015) Identification and characterization of a high kernel weight mutant induced by gamma radiation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). BMC Genet 16:127.

14. Hu Z, Han Z, Song N, Chai L, Yao Y, Peng H, Ni Z, Sun Q (2013) Epigenetic modification contributes to the expression divergence of three TaEXPA1 homoeologs in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum). New Phytologist 197:1344-1352.