2012年获华中农业大学学士学位；2014年获华中农业大学硕士学位；2017年获东北农业大学博士学位；2018年-2019年，中国科学院遗传与发育研究所博士后；2020年-2022年，中国农业科学院深圳农业基因组研究所任副研究员；2022年12月-至今，中国科学院植物研究所工作。

研究成果以第一作者（含共同）身份发表在Nature、Nature Genetics、Briefings in Bioinformatics等期刊。

主要研究方向

1.燕麦的演化与驯化。利用群体遗传学分析揭示六倍体燕麦驯化及遗传改良过程中重要性状的形成及其演化规律；

2.燕麦复杂性状遗传调控解析。开发多倍体全基因组关联分析模型，挖掘调控燕麦重要性状的基因，利用分子生物学、遗传学等手段解析基因的功能及调控机制；

3.燕麦设计育种。利用基因组选择、多位点基因编辑等技术，建立燕麦智能设计育种新体系，创制燕麦新品种。

主持和参加的科研项目

[1]“创建生态草牧业科技体系”，中国科学院A类先导专项（2020-2025）；任务负责人

代表性论文

2025

Cheng L^#, Wang N^#, Bao Z^#, Zhou Q, Guarracino A, Yang Y, Wang P, Zhang Z, Tang D, Zhang P, Wu Y, Zhou Y, Zheng Y, Hu Y, Lian Q, Ma Z, Lassois L, Zhang C, Lucas WJ, Garrison E, Stein N, Städler T, Zhou Y, Huang S*. 2025. Leveraging a phased pangenome for haplotype design of hybrid potato. Nature, 640: 408-417.

Bai X, Wu S, Bai AN, Zhang YM, Zhang Y, Yao XF, Yang T, Chen MM, Liu JL, Li L*, Zhou Y, Liu CM*. 2025. OsSPL9 promotes Cu uptake and translocation in rice grown in high-Fe red soil. New Phytologist, 246: 2207-2221.

Cui X^#, Liu Y^#, Sun M^#, Zhao Q^#, Huang Y, Zhang J, Yao Q, Yin H, Zhang H, Mo F, Zhong H, Liu Y, Chen X, Zhang Y, Liu J, Qiu Y, Feng M, Chen X, Ghanizadeh H*, Zhou Y*, Wang A*. 2025. The nature of complex structural variations in tomatoes. Horticulture Research, 12: uhaf107.

2024

Sun M, Huang S, Zhou Y*. 2024. Enhancing sheepgrass through genomic exploration and targeted editing. Science China Life Sciences, 67: 629-630

Li D^#, Geng Z^#, Xia S, Feng H, Jiang X, Du H, Wang P, Lian Q, Zhu Y, Jia Y, Zhou Y, Wu Y, Huang C, Zhu G, Shang Y, Li H, Städler T, Yang W*, Huang S*, Zhang C*. 2024. Integrative multi-omics analysis reveals genetic and heterotic contributions to male fertility and yield in potato. Nature Communications, 15: 8652.

Zhang J^#, Lyu H^#, Chen J^#, Cao X, Du R, Ma L, Wang N, Zhu Z, Rao J, Wang J, Zhong K, Lyu Y, Wang Y, Lin T, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Zhu G, Fei Z, Klee H, Huang S*. 2024. Releasing a sugar brake generates sweeter tomato without yield penalty. Nature, 635: 647-656.

2022

Zhou Y^#, Zhang Z^#, Bao Z^#, Li H, Lyu Y, Zan Y, Wu Y, Cheng L, Fang Y, Wu K, Zhang J, Lyu H, Lin T, Gao Q, Saha S, Mueller L, Fei Z, Städler T, Xu S, Zhang Z, Speed D, Huang S*. 2022. Graph pangenome captures missing heritability and empowers tomato breeding. Nature, 606: 527-534

Tang D, Jia Y, Zhang J, Li H, Cheng L, Wang P, Bao Z, Liu Z, Feng S, Zhu X, Li D, Zhu G, Wang H, Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Bryan GJ, Buell CR, Zhang C, Huang S*. 2022. Genome evolution and diversity of wild and cultivated potatoes. Nature, 606: 535-541

Zhang J, Tang Y, Pu X, Qiu X, Wang J, Li T, Yang Z, Zhou Y, Chang Y, Liang J, Zhang H, Deng G, Long H*. 2022. Genetic and transcriptomic dissection of an artificially induced paired spikelets mutant of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135: 2543-2554

2020

Zhou Y^#, Zhao X^#, Li Y, Xu J, Bi A, Kang L, Xu D, Chen H, Wang Y, Wang YG, Liu S, Jiao C, Lu H, Wang J, Yin C, Jiao Y*, Lu F*. 2020. Triticum population sequencing provides insights into wheat adaptation. Nature Genetics, 52: 1412-1422

Wu Y, Lin F, Zhou Y, Wang J, Sun S, Wang B, Zhang Z, Li G, Lin X, Wang X, Sun Y, Dong Q, Xu C, Gong L, Wendel JF, Zhang Z, Liu B*. 2020. Genomic mosaicism due to homoeologous exchange generates extensive phenotypic diversity in nascent allopolyploids. National Science Review, 8: nwaa277

Tang Y, Li Z, Wang C, Liu Y, Yu H, Wang A, Zhou Y*. 2020. LDkit: a parallel computing toolkit for linkage disequilibrium analysis. BMC Bioinformatics, 21: 461

2019

Huang M, Liu X, Zhou Y, Summers RM, Zhang Z*. 2019. BLINK: a package for the next level of genome-wide association studies with both individuals and markers in the millions. Gigascience, 8: giy154

2018

Jernigan KL, Godoy JV, Huang M, Zhou Y, Morris CF, Garland-Campbell KA, Zhang Z, Carter AH*. 2018. Genetic dissection of end-use quality traits in adapted soft white winter wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 271

2017

Zhou Y, Vales MI, Wang A, Zhang Z*. 2017. Systematic bias of correlation coefficient may explain negative accuracy of genomic prediction. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 18: 744-753

2016

Li Z, Hu G, Liu X, Zhou Y, Li Y, Zhang X, Yuan X, Zhang Q, Yang D, Wang T, Zhang Z*. 2016. Transcriptome sequencing identified genes and gene ontologies associated with early freezing tolerance in maize. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1477