向艳丽，华中农业大学副教授、博士生导师，作物遗传改良全国重点实验室固定研究人员，湖北洪山实验室副研究员。课题组隶属于华中农业大学玉米团队代明球教授课题组，研究方向聚焦玉米耐高温的遗传和分子机制解析。2019年获华中农业大学博士学位，2019至2025年先后在法国凡尔赛让-皮埃尔·布尔金研究所和比利时根特大学从事博士后研究工作，长期专注于植物非生物胁迫应答机制研究。以第一（含共同）作者身份在Nature Biotechnology、Molecular Plant等杂志发表6篇SCI论文，获批专利3项。2025年入选湖北省海外高层次人才引进计划和武汉市人才计划。

每年招收博士生1-2名、硕士生1-2名；随时欢迎对玉米耐高温研究感兴趣的博士后研究人员、本科生等加入。

发表论文：

Sun X#, Xiang Y#, Dou N#, Zhang H#, Pei S, Franco AV, Menon M, Monier B, Ferebee T, Liu T, Liu S, Gao Y, Wang J, Terzaghi W, Yan J, Hearne S, Li L*, Li F*, Dai M*. The role of transposon inverted repeats in balancing drought tolerance and yield-related traits in maize. 2023, Nature Biotechnology ,41(1) 120–127.

Zhang H#, Xiang Y#, He N, Liu X, Liu H, Fang L, Zhang F, Sun X, Zhang D, Li X, Terzaghi W, Yan J, Dai M*. Enhanced Vitamin C Production Mediated by an ABA-Induced PTP-like Nucleotidase Improves Plant Drought Tolerance in Arabidopsis and Maize. 2020, Molecular Plant, 13(5) 760–776.

Xiang Y#, Sun X#, Gao S, Qin F, Dai M*. Deletion of an Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response Element in a ZmPP2C-A Gene Facilitates Drought Tolerance of Maize Seedlings. 2017, Molecular Plant 10(3) 456–469.

Xiang Y, Sapir T, Rouillard P, Ferrand M, Jiménez-Gómez JM*. Interaction between photoperiod and variation in circadian rhythms in tomato. 2022, BMC Plant Biology, 22(1) 187.

Pedroza-Garcia JA, Xiang Y, De Veylder L*. Cell cycle checkpoint control in response to DNA damage by environmental stresses. 2022, The Plant Journal, 109(3) 490–507.

Liang Y, Heyman J, Xiang Y, Vandendriessche W, Canher B, Goeminne G, De Veylder L*. The wound-activated ERF15 transcription factor drives Marchantia polymorpha regeneration by activating an oxylipin biosynthesis feedback loop. 2022, Science Advances, 8(32) eabo7737.

Li Q, Li H, De Moor J, Sbrocca I, Xiang Y, Yang S, Jiang Z, He L, Wang J, Herbst J, Van de C, De Smet I, Cimini S, De Veylder L*. Ancestral and divergent roles of the Marchantia polymorpha ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA AND RAD3-RELATED kinase in maintaining genome integrity and clonal fitness. 2026, The Plant Cell, 38(6): koag151.