王茂军，2007-2017年就读于华中农业大学，先后获得学士、博士学位，2019年受聘华中农业大学教授、博导；2018-2019年美国农业部南方研究中心访问学者，2024-2025年美国康奈尔大学唐氏学者（访问教授）。面向国家优质棉花纤维短缺这一产业问题，运用基因组学、生物信息学、分子生物学、基因编辑和人工智能等多学科手段解析棉花纤维发育和品质形成的遗传基础，揭示染色质高级结构对性状形成的调控机制，回答多倍体作物基因组演化相关的基础科学问题。在棉花基因组演化和驯化、纤维发育和品质形成生物学等方面取得多个创新性成果，为优质棉基因组育种提供了理论基础和技术手段。

以通讯或第一作者在Nature Genetics、Nature Communications、Nature Plants、Genome Biology、Advanced Science、Molecular Biology and Evolution、Nucleic Acids Research、Trends in Plant Science等期刊发表论文30余篇，其中10篇入选期刊封面论文、ESI高被引论文或被F1000推荐，获国家发明专利/软件著作权6件。获国家自然科学基金委“优青”（2019）、农业农村部青年人才项目（2023）、新疆“天池英才”计划特聘教授（2023）等资助。受聘The Innovation、BMC Biology等期刊编委，担任国际棉花基因组协会共同主席、中国农学会棉花分会副秘书长、湖北省青联第十四届常委及界别副主任委员等职务。

主持国家自然科学基金（国际合作重点、优青、面上、青年项目）、国家重点研发计划青年科学家项目、湖北省支持种业高质量发展专项课题、新疆自治区重大科技专项课题等。获湖北省自然科学一等奖（2项，皆为第二完成人）、神农中华农业科技奖优秀创新团队奖（第五完成人）、中国农学会青年科技奖、中国作物学会科学技术成就奖（青年奖）、湖北向上向善好青年等荣誉。

部分论文（#共同一作，*通讯作者）：

1. Jianying Li#, Zhenping Liu#, Chunyuan You#, Zhengyang Qi, Jiaqi You, Corrinne E. Grover, Yuexuan Long, Xianhui Huang, Sifan Lu, Yuejin Wang, Sainan Zhang, Yawen Wang, Ruizhe Bai, Mengke Zhang, Shuangxia Jin, Xinhui Nie, Jonathan F. Wendel, Xianlong Zhang*, Maojun Wang*. Convergence and divergence of diploid and tetraploid cotton genomes. Nature Genetics, 2024, 56(11):2562–2573.

2. Xianhui Huang#, Yuejin Wang#, Sainan Zhang#, Liuling Pei, Jiaqi You, Yuexuan Long, Jianying Li, Xianlong Zhang, Longfu Zhu, Maojun Wang*. Epigenomic and 3D genomic mapping reveals developmental dynamics and subgenomic asymmetry of transcriptional regulatory architecture in allotetraploid cotton. Nature Communications, 2024.

3. Xinyuan Chen#, Xiubao Hu#, Guo Li#, Corrinne E. Grover, Jiaqi You, Ruipeng Wang, Zhenping Liu, Zhengyang Qi, Xuanxuan Luo, Yabing Peng, Mengmeng Zhu, Yuqi Zhang, Sifan Lu, Yuan-ming Zhang, Zhongxu Lin, Jonathan F. Wendel*, Xianlong Zhang*, Maojun Wang*. Genetic regulatory perturbation of gene expression impacted by genomic introgression in fiber development of allotetraploid cotton. Advanced Science, 2024, 11(40):e2401549.

4. Yuexuan Long, Jonathan F. Wendel, Xianlong Zhang, Maojun Wang*. Evolutionary insights into the organization of chromatin structure and landscape of transcriptional regulation in plants. Trends in Plant Science, 2024, 29(6):638–649.

5. Xuehan Tian, Mengyuan Ji, Jiaqi You, Yuqi Zhang, Keith Lindsey, Xianlong Zhang, Lili Tu, Maojun Wang*. Synergistic interplay of redox homeostasis and polysaccharide synthesis promotes cotton fiber elongation. Plant Journal, 2024, 118(2):405–422.

6. Xing Chang, Xin He, Jianying Li, Zhenping Liu, Ruizhen Pi, Xuanxuan Luo, Ruipeng Wang, Xiubao Hu, Sifan Lu, Xianlong Zhang, Maojun Wang*. High-quality Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense genome assemblies reveal the centromeric landscape and evolution. Plant Communications, 2024, 5(2):100722.

7. Xin He, Zhengyang Qi, Zhenping Liu, Xing Chang, Xianlong Zhang, Jianying Li*, Maojun Wang*. Pangenome analysis reveals transposon-driven genome evolution in cotton. BMC Biology, 2024, 22, 92.

8. Jiaqi You#, Zhenping Liu#, Zhengyang Qi#, Yizan Ma#, Mengling Sun, Ling Su, Hao Niu, Yabing Peng, Xuanxuan Luo, Mengmeng Zhu, Yuefan Huang, Xing Chang, Xiubao Hu, Yuqi Zhang, Ruizhen Pi, Yuqi Liu, Qingying Meng, Jianying Li, Qinghua Zhang, Longfu Zhu, Zhongxu Lin, Ling Min, Daojun Yuan, Corrinne E. Grover, David D Fang, Keith Lindsey, Jonathan F. Wendel, Lili Tu*, Xianlong Zhang*, Maojun Wang*. Regulatory controls of duplicated gene expression during fiber development in allotetraploid cotton. Nature Genetics, 2023, 55(11):1987–1997.

9. Xin He, Xianhui Huang, Yuexuan Long, Zhenping Liu, Xing Chang, Xianlong Zhang, Maojun Wang*. Tcbf: A novel user-friendly tool for pan-3D genome analysis of topologically associating domain in eukaryotic organisms. Bioinformatics, 2023, 39(9): btad576.

10. Yuefan Huang, Zhengyang Qi, Jianying Li, Jiaqi You, Xianlong Zhang*, Maojun Wang*. Genetic interrogation of phenotypic plasticity informs genome-enabled breeding in cotton. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2023, 50(12):971–982.

11. Maojun Wang#, Jianying Li#, Zhengyang Qi#, Yuexuan Long#, Liuling Pei, Xianhui Huang, Corrinne E. Grover, Xiongming Du, Chunjiao Xia, Pengcheng Wang, Zhenping Liu, Jiaqi You, Xuehan Tian, Yizan Ma, Ruipeng Wang, Xinyuan Chen, Xin He, David D Fang, Yuqiang Sun, Lili Tu, Shuangxia Jin, Longfu Zhu, Jonathan F. Wendel*, Xianlong Zhang*. Genomic innovation and regulatory rewiring during evolution of the cotton genus Gossypium. Nature Genetics, 2022, 54(12):1959–1971.

12. Liuling Pei#, Xianhui Huang#, Zhenping Liu, Xuehan Tian, Jiaqi You, Jianying Li, David D. Fang, Keith Lindsey, Longfu Zhu, Xianlong Zhang, Maojun Wang*. Dynamic 3D genome architecture of cotton fiber reveals subgenome-coordinated chromatin topology for 4-staged single-cell differentiation. Genome Biology, 2022, 23(1):45.

13. Xianhui Huang#, Xuehan Tian#, Liuling Pei, Xuanxuan Luo, Yuqi Zhang, Xingtan Zhang, Xianlong Zhang, Longfu Zhu*, Maojun Wang*. Multi-omics mapping of chromatin interaction resolves the fine hierarchy of 3D genome in allotetraploid cotton. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2022, 20(9):1639–1641.

14. Jiaqi You#, Min Lin#, Zhenping Liu, Liuling Pei, Yuexuan Long, Lili Tu, Xianlong Zhang, Maojun Wang*. Comparative genomic analyses reveal cis-regulatory divergence after polyploidization in cotton. The Crop Journal, 2022, 10(6):1545–1556.

15. Jianying Li, Daojun Yuan, Pengcheng Wang, Qiongqiong Wang, Mengling Sun, Zhenping Liu, Huan Si, Zhongping Xu, Yizan Ma, Boyang Zhang, Liuling Pei, Lili Tu, Longfu Zhu, Ling-Ling Chen, Keith Lindsey, Xianlong Zhang, Shuangxia Jin*, Maojun Wang*. Cotton pan-genome retrieves the lost sequences and genes during domestication and selection. Genome Biology, 2021, 22(1):119.

16. Maojun Wang#, Jianying Li#, Pengcheng Wang, Fang Liu, Zhenping Liu, Guannan Zhao, Zhongping Xu, Liuling Pei, Corrinne E. Grover, Jonathan F. Wendel*, Kunbo Wang*, Xianlong Zhang*. Comparative genome analyses highlight transposon-mediated genome expansion and the evolutionary architecture of 3D genomic folding in cotton. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2021, 38(9):3621–3636.

17. Liuling Pei, Guoliang Li, Keith Lindsey, Xianlong Zhang, Maojun Wang*. Plant 3D genomics: the exploration and application of chromatin organization. New Phytologist, 2021, 230(5):1772–1786.

18. Zhonghua Li#, Pengcheng Wang#, Chunyuan You, Jiwen Yu, Xiangnan Zhang  Feilin Yan, Zhengxiu Ye, Chao Shen, Baoqi Li, Kai Guo, Nian Liu, Gregory N. Thyssen, David D. Fang, Keith Lindsey, Xianlong Zhang, Maojun Wang*, Lili Tu*. Combined GWAS and eQTL analysis uncovers a genetic regulatory network orchestrating the initiation of secondary cell wall development in cotton. New Phytologist, 2020, 226(6):1738–1752.

19. Maojun Wang#, Lili Tu#, Daojun Yuan#, De Zhu, Chao Shen, Jianying Li, Fuyan Liu, Liuling Pei, Pengcheng Wang, Guannan Zhao, Zhengxiu Ye, Hui Huang, Feilin Yan, Yizan Ma, Lin Zhang, Min Liu, Jiaqi You, Yicheng Yang, Zhenping Liu, Fan Huang, Baoqi Li, Ping Qiu, Qinghua Zhang, Longfu Zhu, Shuangxia Jin, Xiyan Yang, Ling Min, Guoliang Li, Ling-Ling Chen, Hongkun Zheng, Keith Lindsey*, Zhongxu Lin*, Joshua A. Udall*, Xianlong Zhang*. Reference genome sequences of two cultivated allotetraploid cottons, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense. Nature Genetics, 2019, 51(2):224–229.

20. Maojun Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Min Lin*, Zhengxiu Ye, Guoliang Li, Lili Tu, Chao Shen, Jianying Li, Qingyong Yang*, Xianlong Zhang*. Evolutionary dynamics of 3D genome architecture following polyploidization in cotton. Nature Plants, 2018, 4(2):90–97.

21. Maojun Wang#, Pengcheng Wang#, Fan Liang, Zhengxiu Ye, Jianying Li, Chao Shen, Liuling Pei, Feng Wang, Jiang Hu, Lili Tu, Daohua He*, Xianlong Zhang*. A global survey of alternative splicing in allopolyploid cotton: landscape, complexity and regulation. New Phytologist, 2018, 217(1):163–178.

22. Maojun Wang, Lili Tu, Min Lin, Zhongxu Lin, Pengcheng Wang, Qingyong Yang, Zhengxiu Ye, Chao Shen, Jianying Li, Lin Zhang, Xiaolin Zhou, Xinhui Nie, Zhonghua Li, Kai Guo, Yizan Ma, Cong Huang, Shuangxia Jin, Longfu Zhu, Xiyan Yang, Ling Min, Daojun Yuan, Qinghua Zhang, Keith Lindsey*, Xianlong Zhang*. Asymmetric subgenome selection and cis-regulatory divergence during cotton domestication. Nature Genetics, 2017, 49(4):579–587.

23. Maojun Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Lili Tu, Sitao Zhu, Lin Zhang, Zhonghua Li, Qinghua Zhang, Daojun Yuan, Xianlong Zhang*. Multi-omics maps of cotton fibre reveal epigenetic basis for staged single-cell differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research, 2016, 44(9):4067–4079.

24. Maojun Wang, Daojun Yuan, Lili Tu, Wenhui Gao, Yonghui He, Haiyan Hu, Pengcheng Wang, Nian Liu, Keith Lindsey, Xianlong Zhang*. Long noncoding RNAs and their proposed functions in fibre development of cotton (Gossypium spp.). New Phytologist, 2015, 207(4):1181–1197.