职    称：副 教 授

学院系所：皇冠买足球的官网，生化与分子生物学系

学科领域：植物分子生物学

联系电话：15305329660

电子邮件：meiai@qau.edu.cn

通讯地址：山东省青岛市城阳区长城路700号皇冠买足球的官网/科技楼6025房间

个人简介：

农学博士，副教授，硕士生导师。主要从事玉米功能基因挖掘、抗病耐盐机理及分子育种研究。在Journal of Experimental Botany、Plant Science、Frontiers in Plant Science、Journal of Integrative Agriculture、Plant Molecular Biology Reporter等SCI期刊发表多篇论文。主持或参与（过）山东省重点研发、青岛市应用基础研究、国家自然科学基金等科研项目。

教学情况：

1. 本科教育：分子生物学、分子生物学大实验、植物分子生物学。
2. 研究生教育：分子生物学研究进展。

科研方向：

1. 玉米基因组学与分子育种研究
2. 玉米功能基因克隆、抗病机理解析、GWAS、QTL定位、分子标记辅助育种

科研项目：

1. 山东省重点研发：利用抗病基因聚合育种技术提高玉米产量及关联基因挖掘
2. 青岛市应用基础：青岛市专用玉米种质资源库的建设与应用
3. 其  它：玉米重要性状分子标记的开发与应用

科研奖励：

发明专利：

1. 一种玉米基因ZmNAC7的克隆方法、应用及应用方法

代表性论文：

1. Zhao Mei-ai, Liu Shuang S, Pei Yu-he et al. Identification of genetic loci associated with rough dwarf disease resistance in maize by integrating GWAS and linkage mapping. Plant Science, 2022, 315:111100-111112.
2. Zhigang Shang; Yongzhe Zhu; Xinmei Guo; Meiai Zhao*; Identification of Polymorphic Markers by High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Assay for High-Throughput SNP Genotyping in Maize, Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021, 90, 6: 1711-1725.
3. Zhu Xiaomei, Shao Xiaoyu, Pei Yu-he, Guo Xin-mei, Jun Li, Song Xi-yun*, Zhao Mei-ai*. Genetic diversity and genome-wide association study of major ear quantitative traits using high-density SNPs in maize. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, (7), doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00966. (IF=4.106)
4. Zhao Mei-ai, Lei Zhen, Pei Yu-he, Shao Xiao-yu, Guo Xin-mei, Song Xi-yun*. Comparative proteomic analysis of maize (Zea mays L.) leaves infected by small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus), Journal of Integrateive Agriculture, 2018, 17(: 796 -805. (IF=1.337)
5. Hee-Jin Jeong, Jin-Ho Kang, Meiai Zhao, Jin-Kyung Kwon, Hak-Soon Choi, Jung Hwan Bae, Hyun-ah Lee, Young-Hee Joung, Doil Choi and Byoung-Cheorl Kang, Tomato Male sterile 1035 is essential for pollen development and meiosis in anthers. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2014, 65(22):6693-6709. (IF=5.794)
6. Mei-ai Zhao, Songji An, Suk-Chan Li, Do-Sun Kim, Byoungcheorl Kang*. Overexpression of single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibody confers unstable resistance to TuMV in Chinese cabbage, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013, 31(:1203-1211. (IF=2.374)