• Ruixue Xiao

Ruixue Xiao received her PhD from Beijing Forestry University in 2023. As first author in Plant, Cell and Environment (2023), Molecular Biology Reports (2022), International Journal of Molecular Science (2021) and other journals published 6 SCI papers, 2 collaborative papers, and one patent. From 2017 to 2022, she won eight awards such as university-level scholarship, postgraduate National Scholarship and academic Innovation Award. Familiar with many molecular biology experiment techniques such as western and laser confocal.

• Yanbo Wang

Yanbo Wang obtained a Ph.D. degree in Crop Genetics and Breeding from Beijing University of Science and Technology in the year 2023.During postdoctoral research, primarily involved in the genetic exploration of the high-yielding and high-quality traits in forage sorghum. Through genetic and population genetics studies, combined with transcriptomics and molecular biology approaches, unravel the genetic basis of high-yielding and high-quality traits in sorghum, identify beneficial genes, and thereby guide the breeding of high-yielding and stress-resistant sorghum varieties.

• Lei Gao

Dr. Lei Gao received his PhD degree from China Agricultural University in November 2023, and joined AGIS in December 2023 as a postdoctoral researcher. His emphasis is on understanding the molecular mechanism of maize cold tolerance. Currently, his research focuses on mining the candidate genes that control sorghum cold tolerance, and exploring the genetic basis of cold adaptation of sorghum.