潘志勇，教授，博导。2011年12月获华中农业大学博士学位并留校工作；2010年8月-2011年8月获国家留学基金委资助于美国马里兰大学联合培养一年。现任果蔬园艺作物种质创新与利用全国重点实验室固定研究人员、湖北省水果（柑橘、猕猴桃）产业技术体系岗位科学家、武汉市科技特派员、中国柑橘学会会员，担任《果树学报》青年编委、《中国果树》编委以及Horticulture Advances、《华中农业大学学报》等期刊客座编辑。

        主要从事柑橘土壤微生态调控与高效栽培研究，重点开展柑橘根际养分精准管理、土壤有益微生物发掘与利用、土壤生物改良等栽培技术的研发、示范和推广。主要研究方向包括：（1）柑橘铁养分高效吸收与稳态机制：发掘和创制养分高效柑橘砧木资源，解析砧木在盐碱土等逆境条件下高效吸收铁养分的机制；（2）柑橘-根际微生物互作机制及益生菌发掘利用：鉴定柑橘与菌根真菌等根际微生物共生互作的关键基因，发掘促生、提质、增抗的柑橘根际微生物菌属（株），解析其作用路径；（3）柑橘土壤生物改良及轻简化栽培技术集成：针对南方产区酸化土和西部产区盐碱土，研发生物（砧木、微生物）加化学（活性化合物）土壤协同改良技术，结合水肥一体化、AI管理决策，形成土壤轻简智慧管理体系并示范推广。

        迄今主持国家重点研发计划课题、国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家国际科技合作专项、湖北省自然科学基金等30余项。以通讯作者（含共同）在PNAS、Molecular Plant、New Phytologist、Plant Physiology、Plant, Cell & Environment、Horticulture Research、Journal of Experimental Botany等期刊发表论文40余篇；获授权国家发明专利5件，发布地方和团体标准3项，参编专著3部。曾获教育部自然科学奖一等奖（序6）、湖北省优秀博士学位论文、湖北省优秀学士学位论文指导老师、华耐园艺科技奖（序6）、首届新秀奖励基金、全国科技助力精准扶贫先进个人、湖北省科技助力精准扶贫先进团队、华中农业大学教学成果二等奖（序3）等奖励或荣誉。

 代表性论文：

(1)   Huimin Yu, Fuxi Bai, Chuanya Ji, Zhengyan Fan, Jinying Luo, Bo Ouyang, Xiuxin Deng, Shunyuan Xiao, Ton Bisseling, Erik Limpens, Zhiyong Pan*. Plant lysin motif extracellular proteins are required for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023, 120(27): e2301884120.

(2)   Xiongjie Zheng, Kaijie Zhu, Quan Sun, Wei Zhang, Xia Wang, Hongbo Cao, Mingfei Tan, Zongzhou Xie, Yongrui Zeng, Junli Ye, Lijun Chai, Qiang Xu, Zhiyong Pan*, Shunyuan Xiao, Paul D. Fraser, Xiuxin Deng*. Natural variation in CCD4 promoter underpins species-specific evolution of red coloration in citrus peel. Molecular Plant, 2019, 12(9): 1294-1307.

(3)   Songwei Wu*, Yayu Wang, Hongfei Li, Xiaolong Fang, Jingdan Guo, Xinyue Luo, Ming Li, Fang Song, Qiling Tan, Xiuxin Deng, Shunyuan Xiao, Huan Liu, Chengxiao Hu*, Zhiyong Pan*. Rhizosphere microbiome influences fruit quality in citrus. New Phytologist, 2026, Accepted.

(4)   Jiaxuan Peng, Haiguang Zheng, Xingxing Zhou, Shimin Chen, Zhengyan Fan, Qiang Xu, Shunyuan Xiao, Xiuxin Deng, Zhiyong Pan*. PtWRKY20 negatively regulates salt tolerance in citrus rootstock Poncirus trifoliata. Plant Physiology, 2026, Accepted.

(5)   Shimin Chen, Zhengyan Fan, Jiaxuan Peng, Haiguang Zheng, Qiang Xu, Shunyuan Xiao, Zhiyong Pan*. PtARF6/PtARF8-PtGH3.1 transcriptional module regulates auxin homeostasis and dwarfism in citrus. Plant Physiology, 2026, Accepted.

(6)   Hongfei Li, Dongxi Liu, Huailong Teng, Lile Deng, Bo Zheng, Qiang Xu, Shunyuan Xiao, Xiuxin Deng, Zhiyong Pan*. Rhizobacteria promote plant growth via secretion of N-(3-Oxooctanoyl) L-1 homoserine lactone. Horticulture Research, 2026, 13: uhag071.

(7)   Chuanya Ji, Fang Song, Chang He, Jianyong An, Shengyu Huang, Huimin Yu, Hang Lu, Shunyuan Xiao, Marcel Bucher, Zhiyong Pan*. Integrated miRNA-mRNA analysis reveals candidate miRNA family regulating arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis of Poncirus trifoliata. Plant, Cell & Environment, 2023, 46: 1805-1821.

(8)   Zhengyan Fan, Yating Wu, Liang Zhao, Linlin Fu, Lile Deng, Juanjuan Deng, Ding Ding, Shunyuan Xiao, Xiuxin Deng, Shu’ang Peng, Zhiyong Pan*. MYB308-mediated transcriptional activation of plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase 6 promotes iron uptake in citrus. Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhac088.

(9)   Jianyong An, Tian Zeng, Chuanya Ji, Sanne de Graaf, Zijun Zheng, Ting Ting Xiao, Xiuxin Deng, Shunyuan Xiao, Ton Bisseling, Erik Limpens*, Zhiyong Pan*. A Medicago truncatula SWEET transporter implicated in arbuscule maintenance during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. New Phytologist, 2019, 224: 396-408.

(10)  Jianyong An, Ming Sun, Robin van Velzen, Chuanya Ji, Zijun Zheng, Erik Limpens, Ton Bisseling, Xiuxin Deng, Shunyuan Xiao, Zhiyong Pan*. Comparative transcriptome analysis of Poncirus trifoliata identifies a core set of genes involved in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69: 5255-5264.