Ph.D., Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor. Leader of the Research Group, Distinguished Researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), member of State Key Laboratory of Forage Breeding-by-Design and Utilization. Concurrent Deputy Director, Standardization Committee of the Botanical Society of China; Secretary-General, Forage Botany Branch of the Botanical Society of China; Member, Professional Committee on Heavy Metal Pollution Prevention and Control of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences; Member, Plant Remediation Biology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Plant Biology; Council Member, Beijing Botanical Society; Editorial Board Member, Acta Botanica Sinica. Undertaking key national projects such as the Key Project and General Program of the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key R&D Program, the Major Special Program for Science and Technology Basic Work, and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. Published 19 papers in Nature Communications and other journals; granted 32 national invention patents and 1 PCT patent, and registered 4 new plant varieties.

Publications

Zhu X, Yan HL, Tu C, Li RJ, Zhang H, Li Y, Yang S, Zhao FJ , Peijnenburg W J G M, Ma M, He ZY*, Luo YM*. 2025. Promoter pLsi1 driven PvACR3 expression in rice enhances arsenic phytoextraction in paddy soils. Eco-Environment and Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eehl.2025.100168
Yan HL, Peng ZM, Zhang HZF, Wang BH, Xu WX, He ZY*. 2024. Cadmium minimization in crops: A trade-Off with mineral nutrients in safe breeding. Plant Cell and Envrionment, 48:1-14
Yan HL, Zhang HZF, Hao SN, Wang LY, Xu WX, Ma M, Luo YM*, He ZY*. 2023. Cadmium contamination in food crops: Risk assessment and control in smart age. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 53:1643-1661
Yan HL, Guo HY, Xu WX, Dai CH, Wilson K, Xie JY, Li T, Zhang HZF, Ma M, Hao ZF*, He ZY*. 2023. GWAS-assisted genomic prediction of cadmium accumulation in maize kernel with machine learning and linear statistical methods. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 441: 129929
Yan HL, Guo HY, Li T, Zhang HZF, Xu WX, Xie JY, Zhu XY, Yu YJ, Chen J, Zhao SQ, Xu J, Hu MJ, Jiang YG, Zhang HL, Ma M, He ZY*. 2023. High-precision early warning system for rice cadmium accumulation risk assessment. Science of The Total Environment, 859: 160135
Yan HL, Xu WX, Zhang T, Feng L, Liu RX, Wang LY, Wu LL, Zhang H, Zhang XH, Li T, Peng ZM, Jin C, Yu YJ, Ping JA, Ma M, He ZY*. 2022. Characterization of a novel arsenite long-distance transporter from arsenic hyperaccumulator fern Pteris vittata. New Phytologist, 233: 2488-2502
Huan YM, Li FB, Yi JC, Yan HL, He ZY, Li XM*. 2022. Transcriptomic and physio-biochemical features in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in response to mercury stress. Chemosphere, 309: 136612
Feng L, Yan HL, Dai CH, Xu WX, Gu FY, Zhang F, Li T, Xian JY, He XQ, Yu YJ, Ma M, Wang F*, He ZY*. 2020. The systematic exploration of cadmium-accumulation characteristics of maize kernel in acidic soil with different pollution levels in China. Science of the Total Environment, 729: 138972
Liu ZQ, Li HL, Zeng XJ, Lu C, Fu JY, Guo LJ, Kimani WM, Yan HL, He ZY, Hao HQ*. Jing HC. 2020. Coupling phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soil with safe crop production based on a sorghum farming system. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275: 123002
Zhang F, Gu FY, Yan HL, He ZY, Wang BL, Liu H, Yang TT, Wang F*. 2020. Effects of soaking process on arsenic and other mineral elements in brown rice. Food Science and Human Wellness, 9(2): 168-175
Yan HL, Xu WX, Xie JY, Gao YW, Wu LL, Sun L, Feng L, Chen X, Zhang T, Dai CH, Li T, Lin XN, Zhang ZY, Wang XQ, Li FM, Zhu XY, Li JJ, Li ZC, Chen CY, Ma, M, Zhang HL*, He ZY*. 2019. Variation of a major facilitator superfamily gene contributes to differential cadmium accumulation between rice subspecies. Nature Communications, 10: 2562
Yan HL, Gao YW, Wu LL, Wang LY, Zhang T, Dai CH, Xu WX, Feng L, Ma M, Zhu YG*, He ZY*. 2019. Potential use of the Pteris vittata arsenic hyperaccumulation-regulation network for phytoremediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 368: 386-396
Zhang T, Xu WX, Lin XN, Yan HL, Ma M, He ZY*. 2019. Assessment of heavy metals pollution of soybean grains in North Anhui of China. Science of The Total Environment, 646: 914-922
He ZY, Yan HL, Chen YS, Shen HL, Xu WX, Zhang HY, Shi L, Zhu YG, Ma M. 2016. An aquaporin PvTIP4;1 from Pteris vittata may mediate arsenite uptake. New Phytologist, 209: 746-761
Sun YY, Xu WZ, Wu L, Wang RZ, He ZY, Ma M. 2016. An Arabidopsis mutant of inositol pentakisphosphate 2-kinase AtIPK1 displays reduced arsenate tolerance. Plant, Cell & Environment, 39：416-426.