李钱峰，中共党员，教授，博士生导师。2012年于香港中文大学博士毕业，毕业后在香港中文大学担任博士后研究员（Postdoc Research Fellow）。2013年底加入扬州大学，先后入选江苏省“双创博士”（2014）、扬州市绿扬金凤人才计划（2014）、扬州大学高端人才支持计划（拔尖人才）（2017）、江苏省“双创团队”（2017）、江苏省“青蓝工程”优秀青年骨干教师（2019）、江苏省六大人才高峰（2019）、江苏省杰出青年基金（2020）、江苏省“青蓝工程”中青年学术带头人（2023）等。目前兼任中国植物生理及分子生物学专业委员会副秘书长/委员、中国生化与分子生物学会农业专业分会委员、江苏省生物技术协会特邀常务理事、SCI期刊Journal of Integrative Agriculture、BMC Plant Biology、Frontiers in Plant Science、Agronomy、Phyton-Int J Exp Bot和中文核心期刊《中国水稻科学》编委/青年编委。入选2024年度全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单。

  教学和人才培养方面，主讲本科生《遗传学》、《植物生物技术导论》和《农科英语阅读与写作》等课程，共同负责研究生《高级遗传学》、《高级作物学》、《农艺与种业领域研究进展》等教学工作，副主编、参编教材2部。指导的本科生获国家级大学生科研创新项目3项，全国大学生挑战杯一等奖1项、全国大学生生命科学竞赛一等奖、三等奖各1项，江苏省挑战杯特等奖、扬州大学挑战杯特等奖各1项，江苏省优秀本科论文2篇，扬州大学优秀本科论文3篇。作为班主任所带班级获江苏省先进班集体、江苏省千优活力团支部等省级、校级集体荣誉18次。指导的研究生获江苏省优秀博士论文1篇、扬州大学优秀博士论文和优秀硕士论文各1篇，获江苏省科研创新计划资助6项。获评江苏高校协同创新工作先进个人（2023）、全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛优秀指导教师（2022）、扬州大学大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛优秀指导教师（2021）、扬州大学优秀共产党员（2021）、扬州大学中青年教师讲课比赛一等奖（2017）、扬州大学最受欢迎班主任（2016, 2022）等。

  科研方面，主要从事水稻种子相关重要性状（如粒形、食味品质、萌发特性等）的基因克隆和遗传调控机制研究。先后主持国家级科研项目7项，包括自然科学基金4项、国家转基因重大专项子课题1项、国家重点研发计划子课题1项、国家科技创新重大项目子课题1项，并主持江苏省杰出青年基金等省部级项目5项。此外，申请PCT专利1项，国家发明专利10项，获授权专利10项。在Science Signaling、Molecular Plant、Nature Communications、Plant Biotechnology Journal、Plant Physiology、Journal of Experimental Botany等国内外主流期刊发表科研论文80余篇，其中第一或通讯作者论文40余篇（包括3篇ESI高被引论文），发表SCI论文总他引3600余次，个人H指数31。此外，荣获江苏省生物技术科技创新奖（2019）、中国作物学学科青年学者论坛二等奖（2018）、江苏省高等学校科学技术研究成果三等奖（2024）等奖项。

招生专业：作物遗传育种、植物生物技术

研究方向：水稻种子相关重要性状的基因克隆和调控机制研究；

        植物激素BR信号转导及与其他信号的互作研究

欢迎对我们研究方向感兴趣的同学加入团队！

大家一起探索水稻种子和植物激素的奥秘！

代表作（#共同第一作者；*通讯作者）：

Wang JD^#, Wang J^#, Huang L, Kan L, Wang CX, Xiong M, Zhou P, Zhou LH, Chen C, Zhao DS, Fan XL, Zhang CQ, Zhou Y, Zhang L, Liu QQ*, Li QF*. ABA-mediated regulation of rice grain quality and seed dormancy via the NF-YB1-SLRL2-bHLH144 module. Nature Communications, 2024, 15:4493.

Zhao DS, Chen SY, Han YS, Liu GQ, Liu JY, Yang QQ, Zhang T, Shen JL, Fan XL, Zhang CQ, Zhang T*, Li QF*, Chen C*, Liu QQ*. A CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutant library of seed-preferred genes in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2024, 22: 3012-3014. 

Yang X^#, Lu J^#, Shi WJ, Chen YH, Yu JW, Chen SH, Zhao DS, Huang LC, Fan XL, Zhang CQ, Zhang L, Liu QQ*, Li QF*. RGA1 regulates grain size, rice quality and seed germination in the small and round grain mutant srg5. BMC Plant Biology, 2024, 24: 167.

Chen YH^#, Lu J^#, Yang X, Huang LC, Zhang CQ, Liu QQ*, Li QF*. Gene editing of non-coding regulatory DNA and its application in crop improvement. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023, 74 (19): 6158-6175.

 Wang Z, Zhou Y, Ren XY, Wei K, Fan XL, Huang LC, Zhao DS, Zhang L, Zhang CQ, Liu QQ*, Li QF*. Co-overexpression of two key source genes, OsBMY4 and OsISA3, improves multiple key traits of rice seeds. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2023, 71:615–625.

Xiong M, Yu J, Wang J, Gao Q, Huang L, Chen C, Zhang C, Fan X, Zhao D, Liu QQ*, Li QF*. Brassinosteroids regulate rice seed germination through the BZR1-RAmy3D transcriptional module. Plant Physiology, 2022, 189(1):402–418.

Li P, Chen YH, Lu J, Zhang CQ, Liu QQ*, Li QF*. Genes and their molecular functions determining seed structure, components, and quality of rice. Rice, 2022, 15(1): 18.

Xiong M, Feng GN, Gao Q, Zhang CQ, Li QF*, Liu QQ*. Brassinosteroid regulation in rice seed biology. Seed Biology, 2022, doi: 10.48130/SeedBio-2022-0002.

Wang Z, Wei K, Xiong M, Wang JD, Zhang CQ, Fan XL, Huang LC, Zhao DS, Liu QQ, Li QF*. Glucan, Water-Dikinase 1 (GWD1), an ideal biotechnological target for potential improving yield and quality in rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19(12), 2606–2618.

Wang C, Zhu C, Zhou Y, Xiong M, Wang J, Bai H, Lu C, Zhang C, Liu Q, Li QF*. OsbZIP09, a unique OsbZIP transcription factor of rice, promotes rather than suppresses seed germination by attenuating ABA pathway. Rice Science, 2021, 28(4): 358–367.

Xiong M, Chu LY, Li QF*, Yu JW, Yang YH, Zhou P, Zhou Y, Zhang CQ, Fan XL, Zhao DS, Yan CJ, Liu QQ*. Brassinosteroid and gibberellin coordinate rice seed germination and embryo growth by regulating glutelin mobilization. Crop Journal, 2021, 9: 1039–1048.

Huang L, Gu Z, Chen Z, Yu J, Chu R, Tan H, Zhao D, Fan X, Zhang C, Li QF*, Liu QQ*. Improving rice eating and cooking quality by coordinated expression of the major starch synthesis‑related genes, SSII and Wx, in endosperm. Plant Molecular Biology, 2021, 106(4-5): 419–432.

Huang L^#, Li QF^#, Zhang C^#, Chu R, Gu Z, Tan H, Zhao D, Fan X, Liu Q*. Creating novel Wx alleles with fine-tuned amylose levels and improved grain quality in rice by promoter editing using CRISPR/Cas9 system. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18: 2164–2166.

Li QF*, Zhou Y, Xiong M, Ren XY, Han L, Wang JD, Zhang CQ, Fan XL, Liu QQ*. Gibberellin recovers seed germination in rice with impaired brassinosteroid signaling. Plant Science, 2020, 293, 110435.

Li QF, Yu JW, Lu J, Fei HY, Luo M, Cao BW, Huang LC, Zhang C, Liu Q*. Seed-specific expression of OsDWF4, a rate-limiting gene involved in BR biosynthesis, improves both grain yield and quality in rice. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018, 66(15):3759–3772.

Li QF, Lu J, Yu JW, Zhang C, He JX, Liu QQ*. The brassinosteroid-regulated transcription factors BZR1/BES1 function as a coordinator in multisignal-regulated plant growth. BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 2018, 1861(6):561–571.

Zhao DS^#, Li QF^#, Zhang CQ^#, Zhang C, Yang QQ, Pan LX, Ren XY, Lu J, Gu MH, Liu QQ*. GS9 acts as a transcriptional activator to regulate rice grain shape and appearance quality. Nature Communications, 2018, 9(1):1240.

Li QF^#, Huang LC^#, Chu R, Li J, Jiang MY, Zhang CQ, Fan XL, Yu HX, Gu MH, Liu QQ*. Down-regulation of SSSII-2 gene expression results in novel low-amylose rice with soft, transparent grains. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018, 66(37):9750–9760.

Li QF, He JX*. BZR1 interacts with HY5 to mediate brassinosteroid- and light-regulated cotyledon opening in Arabidopsis in darkness. Molecular Plant, 2016, 9(1): 113–125.

Li QF, Wang C, Jiang L, Li S, Sun SSM, He JX*. An interaction between BZR1 and DELLAs mediates direct signaling crosstalk between brassinosteroids and gibberellins in Arabidopsis. Science Signaling, 2012, 5(244): ra72.