Prof. Huimin Yang is a faculty of the State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems and College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University. He obtained his PhD at Lanzhou University, China in 2004 and visited the Department of Biology at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China as a postdoctoral fellow during 2014–2015. After he returned, he started to work in the College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology at Lanzhou University as an associate and full Professor. In 2006, he visited the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide, Australia for one and a half month. During 2009-2010, he visited the Department of Biology at Duke University, USA as a visiting scholar for one year.

Prof. Yang has been elected as the Young Scholar of the Distinguished Feitian Scholar Program of Gansu Province (2016) and has been included in the Forage Production and Processing Committee of Chinese Grassland Society (2014). He has awarded with the first prize of the Progress Award in Science and Technology of Gansu Province (2011).

Currently, the research interests of Prof. Yang’s group focus on leaf trait, nutrient internal cycling and stress physiology of forage crops. He has published over 80 scientific papers, some of which were included in Nature, Plant & Soil, Biology & Fertility of Soils, Frontiers in Plant Science and Plant Science, etc.

Address: 768, Jiayuguanxi Road, Lanzhou 730020, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems,

College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University

Tel.: +86-931-8910945 (office/lab), Fax: +86-931-8910979

E-mail: huimyang@lzu.edu.cn

Selected Publications (*Corresponding author):

Yang Huimin*, Wang Yaya, Lu Jiaoyun, Duan Binghong, Shen Yuying, Zhang Xiaoyan. Lucerne adaptability to the arid and infertile loess plateau of north-western China. Grassland and Forage Science for Climate Change in the East Asia. Proceedings of the 6th Korea-China-Japan Grassland Conference, 17-20 August, 2016, Jeju, Korea. 28-33 (invited paper).

Wang Z, Lu J, Yang M, Yang H*, Zhang Q. Stoichiometric Characteristics of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus in Leaves of Differently Aged Lucerne (Medicago sativa) Stands. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015, 6:1062.

Yuan F, Yang H, Xue Y, Kong D, Ye R, Li C, Zhang J, Theprungsirikul L, Shrift T, Krichilsky B, Johnson DM, Swift GB, He Y, Siedow JN, Pei Z-M*. OSCA1 mediates osmotic-stress-evoked Ca2+ increases vital for osmosensing in Arabidopsis. Nature, 2014, 514(7522): 367-371.

Wang Zhennan, Lu Jiaoyun, Yang Huimin*, Zhang Xi, Luo Chongliang, Zhao Yuxin. Resorption of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium from leaves of lucerne stands of different ages. Plant and Soil, 2014, 383(1-2): 301-312.

He Shubin, Liu Guoli, Yang Huimin*. Water use efficiency by alfalfa: Mechanisms involving anti-oxidation and osmotic adjustment under drought. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2012, 59(3): 348-355.

Yang Huimin*, Unkovich Murray, McNeill Ann, Wang Xianzhi. Symbiotic N2 fixation and nitrate utilisation in irrigated lucerne (Medicago sativa) systems. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2011, 47(4): 377-385.

Yang Huimin, Zhang Xiaoyan, Zhao Liang. Stomatal control partly explains different photosynthetic characteristics in Helianthus laetiflora and H. annuus. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2009, 37(1), 33-39.

Yang Hui-Min*, Zhang Xiao-Yan, Wang Gen-Xuan, Zhang Jian-Hua*. Water channels are involved in stomatal oscillations encoded by parameter-specific cytosolic calcium oscillations. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2006, 48(7): 790-799.

Yang Hui-Min*, Zhang Xiao-Yan, Tang Qing-Long, Wang Gen-Xuan. Extracellular calcium is involved in stomatal movement through the regulation of water channels in broad bean. Plant Growth Regulation, 2006, 50: 79-83.

Yang Hui-Min, Zhang Jian-Hua*, Zhang Xiao-Yan. Regulation mechanisms of stomatal oscillation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2005, 47(10): 1159-1172.

Yang H. M., Zhang X. Y., Wang G. X*. Relationships between stomatal character, photosynthetic character and seed chemical composition in grass pea at different water availabilities. Journal of Agricultural Science, 2004, 142: 675-681.

Yang Hui-Min, Zhang Xiao-Yan, Wang Gen-Xuan*. Cytosolic calcium oscillation signaling in guard cell. Plant Science, 2004, 166: 549-556.

Yang Hui-Min, Zhang Xiao-Yan, Wang Gen-Xuan*, Li Yan, Wei Xiao-Ping. Cytosolic calcium oscillation may induce stomatal oscillation in Vicia faba. Plant Science, 2003, 165: 1117-1122.

Research Grants:

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31572460). Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2019.

The National Key Research & Development Program of China (2016YFC0400302). June 2016 – Dec. 2020.

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31172248). Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2014.

The Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province in China (096RJZA057). Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2012.

The Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education from the Ministry of Education of China (20070730032). Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2010.

Awards:

2016: The Young Scholar of the Distinguished Feitian Scholar Program of Gansu Province.

2011: The first prize of the Progress Award in Science and Technology of Gansu Province.

Education:

Sept. 1999 – June 2004: Ph.D. Ecology, Lanzhou University, China. Supervisor: Prof. Gen-Xuan Wang.

Sept. 1995 – June 1999: B.Sc. Biochemistry, Lanzhou University, China.

Research Experience:

May 2011 – Present: Professor, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

July 2005 – May 2011: Associate Professor, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2010: Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Duke University, USA. Mentor: Dr. Zhen-Ming Pei.

Oct. 2006 – Nov. 2006: Visiting Scholar, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia. Mentors: Dr. Ann McNeill and Dr. Murray Unkovich.

July 2004 – Feb. 2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China. Mentor: Prof. Jianhua Zhang.