Shunyuan Xiao
ShunyuanXiaoisanassociateprofessoroftheInstituteforBioscienceandBiotechnologyResearch(IBBR)(linkisexternal)andtheDepartmentofPlantSciencesandLandscapeArchitecture,UniversityofMarylandCollegePark.HereceivedhisBachelor’s,Master’sandDoctoraldegreesinPlantGeneticsfromHuazhongAgriculturalUniversity,China.AfterpostdoctoralresearchatUniversityofFlorida,USAandUniversityEastAnglia,UK,hebecameanassistantprofessoroftheUniversityofMarylandBiotechnologyInstitutein2003andjoinedtheUniversityofMarylandCollegeParkasanassociateprofessorin2010.Dr.Xiao’sresearchinterestisfocusedonelucidatingthemolecularmechanismsofplantresistanceagainstfungalpathogensandengineeringnovelresistance.