中国农业大学生物学院教授。1997-2004年于华中师范大学先后获得理学学士和农学硕士学位；2008年于中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所获得博士学位；2008-2013年在英国牛津大学植物系从事博士后研究；2014年受聘为中国农业大学生物学院教授。2019年获评教育部重大人才工程青年学者，2023年获得“国家杰出青年科学基金”资助，主要从事玉米耐盐碱的分子机制及生物育种的研究。

玉米是我国的第一大农作物，其生产的可持续发展是关乎国家“粮食安全”的大事。近年来，在高温、干旱等极端气候及灌溉依赖的耕作模式等因素的共同作用下，我国黄淮海平原等玉米主产区的耕地盐碱化形势日趋严重，已成为导致玉米减产的主要非生物逆境之一，因此我国玉米产业对耐盐碱高产品种有迫切需求。本课题组主要围绕玉米耐盐碱的分子机制及耐盐碱玉米生物育种开展研究。

Liang X, Li J, Yang Y*, Jiang C*, Guo Y*. (2024) Designing salt stress-resilient crops: Current progress and future challenges. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 66:303-329.

Yang Z, Cao Y, Shi Y, Qin F*, Jiang C*, Yang S*. (2023) Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture. Molecular Plant. 16:1496-1517.

Yin P, Liang X, Zhao H, Xu Z, Chen L, Yang X, Qin F, Zhang J*, Jiang C*. (2023) Cytokinin signaling promotes salt tolerance by modulating shoot chloride exclusion in maize. Molecular Plant. 16:1031-1047.

 Zhang M, Li Y, Liang X, Lu M, Lai J, Song W, Jiang C*. (2023) A teosinte-derived allele of an HKT1 family sodium transporter improves salt tolerance in maize. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21:97-108.

Wang Y, Cao Y, Liang X, Zhuang J, Wang X, Qin F, Jiang C*. (2022) A dirigent family protein confers variation of Casparian strip thickness and salt tolerance in maize. Nature Communications. 13:2222.

Zhou X, Li J, Wang Y, Liang X, Zhang M, Lu M, Guo Y, Qin F, Jiang C*. (2022) The classical SOS pathway confers natural variation of salt tolerance in maize. New Phytologist. 236:479-494.

Liang X, Liu S, Wang T, Li F, Cheng J, Lai J, Qin F, Li Z*, Wang X*, Jiang C*. (2021) Metabolomics-driven gene mining and genetic improvement of tolerance to salt-induced osmotic stress in maize. New Phytologist. 230:2355-2370.

Cao Y, Zhang M, Liang X, Li F, Shi Y, Yang X, Jiang C*. (2020) Natural Variation of an EF-hand Ca²⁺-binding-protein coding gene confers saline-alkaline tolerance in maize. Nature Communications. 11:186.

Zhang M, Liang X, Wang L, Cao Y, Song W, Shi J, Lai J, Jiang C* (2019) A HAK family Na⁺ transporter confers natural variation of salt tolerance in maize. Nature Plants 5:1297-1308.

Cao Y, Liang X, Yin P, Zhang M, Jiang C*. (2019) A domestication-associated reduction in K⁺-preferring HKT transporter activity underlies maize shoot K⁺ accumulation and salt tolerance. New Phytologist. 222:301-317.

Zhang M, Cao Y, Wang Z, Wang ZQ, Shi J, Liang X, Song W, Chen Q, Lai J, Jiang C*. (2018) A retrotransposon in an HKT1 family sodium transporter causes variation of leaf Na⁺ exclusion and salt tolerance in maize, New Phytologist. 217:1161-1176.

Jiang C^#,*, Mithani A^#, Belfield EJ, Mott R, Hurst LD, Harberd NP^*. (2014) Environmentally responsive genome-wide accumulation of de novo Arabidopsis thaliana mutations and epimutations. Genome Research. 24:1821-1829.

Jiang C, Belfield EJ, Cao Y, Smith JA, Harberd NP^*. (2013) An Arabidopsis soil-salinity-tolerance mutation confers ethylene-mediated enhancement of sodium/potassium homeostasis. Plant Cell 25: 3535-3552.

Jiang C, Belfield EJ, Mithani A, Visscher A, Ragoussis J, Mott R, Smith JA, Harberd NP^*. (2012) ROS-mediated vascular homeostatic control of root-to-shoot soil Na delivery in Arabidopsis. EMBO Journal. 31: 4359-4370.

Jiang C, Mithani A, Gan X, Belfield EJ, Klingler JP, Zhu JK, Ragoussis J, Mott R, Harberd NP^*. (2011) Regenerant Arabidopsis lineages display a distinct genome-wide spectrum of mutations conferring variant phenotypes. Current Biology. 21: 1385-1390.

Jiang C, Gao X, Liao L, Harberd NP, Fu X^*. (2007) Phosphate starvation root architecture and anthocyanin accumulation responses are modulated by the gibberellin-DELLA signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 145: 1460-1470.

Jiang C, Fu X^*. (2007) GA action: turning on de-DELLA repressing signaling. Current Opinion Plant Biology. 10: 461-465.