Editors-in-Chief

Dr. Sanzhen Liu, Professor
Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, USA
Interests: Plant embryogenesis/regeneration, Plant/microbial genomics, Plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses

Dr. Jinliang Yang, Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Interests: Improving maize NUE through omics innovations, Evolutionary and functional genomics, Statistical modeling between genotype and phenotype

Dr. Zhiqiang Wu, Professor 
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Evolutionary biology, Genome variation mechanism, Plant genome sequencing

Associate Editors

Dr. Hong An, Assistant Director
Bioinformatics and Analytics Core, University of Missouri, USA
Interests: Bioinformatics, genomics, and plants

Dr. Yaoqing Chen, Professor
School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, China
Interests: Single cell sequencing, BCR, Influenza virus, Antibody, Adaptive immunity, Vaccine

Dr. Ismail Dweikat, Professor
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Interests: Genetics of sorghum and pearl millet with emphasis on the identification of DNA-based markers and mapping systems useful in practical selection schemes

Dr. Lingzhao Fang, Assistant Professor
Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG), Aarhus University, Denmark
Interests: Developing integrative genomics approaches to understand the genetic and biological determinants of molecular and complex phenotypes, as well as adaptive evolution

Dr. Yuannian Jiao, Professor
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Evolutionary genomics, Polyploidy, Bioinformatics, Plant genome

Dr. Aaron Kusmec, Assistant Professor 
Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, USA
Interests: Bioinformatics, Population genetics, Evolutionary biology, Genotype-phenotype modeling, Plant breeding

Dr. Zhikai Liang, Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, USA
Interests: Leverage a 3R approach–Response omics, Response modeling and Response phenotyping–to uncover the genetics underlying crop resilience to diverse environmental challenges, driving innovations that enhance productivity, resource efficiency, and economic returns for agricultural systems.

Dr. Mingcheng Luo, Professor
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, USA
Interests: Plant genetics, Plant genome evolution, Plant structural genomics, Bioinformatics

Dr. Jianfeng Mao, Associate Professor
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, Sweden
Interests: Plant genomics, Transposable elements, Machine learning, Population genomics, Speciation

Dr. Bode Olukolu, Professor
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessse, USA
Interests: Entomology, Plant pathology

Dr. Zhiqiang Pang, Special Research Assistant
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Microbial genome, Plant-microbe interaction, Microbiome, Plant microbiome, Root exudate, Functional microorganism

Dr. Sunghun Park, Professor 
Department of Horticulture & Natural Resources, Kansas State University, USA
Interests: Crop functional genomics, Biotechnology, Genome editing

Dr. Brian Rice, Assistant Professor
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Interests: Quantitative genetics

Dr. Moira Sheehan, Professor
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA
Interests: Plant breeding, Genetics

Dr. Cheng Sun, Professor
College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, China
Interests: Genome evolution, Transposable element, Tandem repeat, Insect

Dr. Chuande Wang, Professor
Department of Plant Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Interests: Mitochondria, Chloroplast, Nuclues, Post-transcriptional processing, Sexual reproduction, Nucleocytoplasmic, Organelle

Dr. Jing Wang, Professor
College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, China
Interests: Evolutionary genomics, Molecular ecology, Plants

Dr. Penghao Wang, Senior Lecturer
School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia
Interests: Bioinformatics, Big data, Genomics, Proteomics, Data mining, Machine learning

Dr. Yutao Xiao, Researcher
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Insect genomics

Dr. Yongzhi Yang, Professor
College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, China
Interests: Phylogeny, Pangenomics, Conservation genomics, Adaptive evolution 

Dr. Won Yim, Assistant Professor
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources, University of Nevada, USA
Interests: Genomics, Systems biology, Bioinformatics

Dr. Guangchuang Yu, Professor
Department of Bioinformatics, Southern Medical University, China
Interests: Bioinformatics

Dr. Ticao Zhang, Professor
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Plant evolutionary genomics, Agronomic traits

Dr. Xingtan Zhang, Professor
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Assembly and phasing of complex genomes, including polyploid and highly heterozygous diploid genomes, Development of novel bioinformatics tools based on NGS and/or single-molecular sequencing technologies, Data mining of functional genes underlying important roles in plant development and crop domestication

Dr. Meixia Zhao, Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology & Cell Science, University of Florida, USA
Interests: Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics 

Dr. Qi Zhao, Professor
School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, China
Interests: Bioinformatics, Machine learning, Deep learning, ncRNA, Genome, Metabolite

Dr. Tianjing Zhao, Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Interests: Theoretical quantitative genetics

Dr. Renchao Zhou, Professor
School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Interests: Organellar genome evolution, Hybridization and introgression, Genetic basis of adaptation