周超，博士，硕士研究生导师，威廉希尔WilliamHill官方网站植物学系党支部书记、系主任。
2024年被授予“齐鲁农业科技奖”荣誉称号，2018年12月至2021年12月，在美国布鲁克海文国家实验室进行了为期三年的博士后研究。主持2项国家重点研发计划子课题项目，1项国家自然科学基金项目，1项山东省自然科学基金项目，同时参与多项国家级与省部级课题。申请授权国家发明专利8项，制定团体标准4项，在Nature communications、PNAS、The Plant Cell、Plant Biotechnology Journal、The Plant Journal、Plant Physiology、The Crop Journal等国内外学术刊物发表科研论文近三十篇。指导学生获得“第二届全国博士后创业创新大赛”铜奖、“第二届淄博创业大赛”二等奖、全国大学生生命科学竞赛二等奖等比赛奖项，现为山东省普通本科高等学校示范性基层教学组织核心成员，国家一流本科课程和山东省本科教育课程思政示范课程建设骨干教师。担任山东农业大学学报（自然科学版）编委会委员、BMC Genomics、Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science等多个期刊审稿人。
科研项目
（1）国家自然科学基金青年基金，拟南芥WUSCHEL互作因子WIC1调控茎端分生组织功能的机理研究，2017/01-2019/12，20万元，主持；
（2）国家重点研发计划子课题，作物耐盐碱和养分高效利用优异等位基因的挖掘与评价，2022/12-2027/11，40万元，主持；
（3）国家重点研发计划子课题，玉米籽粒性状关键基因位点挖掘与应用，2023/12-2027/11，60万元， 主持；
（4）山东省自然科学基因面上项目，ZmSSRG1 基因调控玉米耐盐胁迫分子机理研究，2024/01-2026/12，10万元，主持；
（5）转基因生物新品种培育重大专项，玉米叶片功能期延长和粒重增加等转基因新材料和新组合筛选，2016/01-2020/12，474.26万元，参加；
（6）国家自然科学基金面上项目，拟南芥SSR1调控种子大小的分子机理研究，2017/01-2020/12，62万元，参加；
（7）山东省自然科学基金重大基础研究，植物干细胞诱导及应用，2017/08-2019/07，1000万元，参加；
（8）国家自然科学基金面上项目，DG1调控拟南芥花粉发育及花粉管与柱头互作的分子机理研究，2018/01-2021/12，60万元，参加；
（9）国家自然科学基金面上项目, 茉莉酸和乙烯通过MdERF1L调控苹果花青苷合成与果实着色的分子机制, 2019/01-2022/12， 60万元, 参加；
（10）国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目, 转录因子FAM调控拟南芥茎端和根端分生组织形成和维持的分子机理研究, 2018/01-2020/12，24万元, 参加
发表论文
Yinghua Su1, Chao Zhou1, et al. (2020) Integration of pluripotency pathways regulates stem cell maintenance in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem. PNAS. 117(36): 22561-22571. (第一作者).
Mingyue Zhang, Xiaohan Li, Xiao Wang, Shuzhen Jiang, Junli Zhang, Mingfei Sun, Zixian Zhou, Jinxiao Zhang, Mengyao Li, Yanxiao Lv, Enlong Qi, Ziang Tian, Hongjie Zhu, Xuebin Zhang, Xiangyu Zhao, Changcheng Xu, Thomas Lübberstedt, Xiansheng Zhang, Xuerong Yang, Chao Zhou*, Hongjun Liu*. (2025) Modulation of lignin and anthocyanin homeostasis by GTP cyclohydrolase1 in maize. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 10.1111/pbi.70061. (通讯作者)
Xiaosong Li, Xuqing Tong, Bin Wang, Menglin Pu, Guangming Zheng, Bohui Wang, Jun Li, Xiaofei He, Zhilong Liu, Haiping Ding, Zhiming Zhang, Xiansheng Zhang, Chao Zhou* and Xiangyu Zhao*. (2025) Role of methyltransferase 1-dependent DNA methylation in affecting maize kernel development. The Plant Journal.121(4):e17250. doi:10.1111/tpj.17250 (通讯作者)
Menglin Pu1, Bohui Wang1, Chao Zhou1, Youqiang Li, Mingfei Sun, Guangming Zheng, Yuejia Zhang, Jiawen Wu, Jun Li, Xiaofei He, Zhiming Zhang, Haiping Ding, Xiansheng Zhang, Xiangyu Zhao. (2025) The B-type response regulator ZmRR5 controls maize kernel size by regulating BETL development. The Crop Journal.doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2025.03.008 (第一作者)
Mingfei Sun, Menglin Pu, Guangming Zheng, Ziang Tian, Mingyue Zhang, Xiaofei He, Yajie Zhao, Xiangyu Zhao, Xiansheng Zhang, Xuerong Yang, Hongjun Liu1* and Chao Zhou*. 2024） Enhanced antioxidant activity improves deepsowing tolerance in maize.BMC Plant Biology. 24:1229. (通讯作者)
Xiaofei He, Junke Zhu, Xuehua Gong, Dongqing Zhang, Yuan Li, Xiansheng Zhang, Xiangyu Zhao and Chao Zhou*. （2025）Advances in deciphering the mechanisms of salt tolerance in Maize.Plant signaling & behavior. 20(1), 2479513. (通讯作者)
Tong Li, Ziquan Feng, Tingting Zhang, Chunxiang You, Chao Zhou*, Xiaofei Wang*.(2023) The nitrate-responsive transcription factor MdNLP7 regulates callus formation by modulating auxin response. JIA. 22(10): 3022–3033. (通讯作者).
Linhui Yu#, Chao Zhou#, et al. (2021) Mechanisms and functions of membrane lipid remodeling in plants. The Plant Journal. 107:37–53. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15273 (第一作者).
YingHua Su1, Yu Bo Liu1, Chao Zhou1, et al. (2016) The microRNA167 controls somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis through regulating its target genes ARF6 and ARF8. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 124: 405–417. (第一作者).
Linhui Yu, Jilian Fan, Chao Zhou, et al. (2021) Sterols are required for the coordinated assembly of lipid droplets in developing seeds. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25908-6.
Linhui Yu, Chao Zhou, et al. (2021) Using 14C-acetate Pulse-chase Labeling to Study Fatty Acid and Glycerolipid Metabolism in Plant Leaves. BIO-PROTOCOL. doi: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3900.
Linhui Yu, Jilian Fan, Chao Zhou, et al. (2020) Chloroplast lipid biosynthesis is fine-tuned to thylakoid membrane remodeling during light acclimation. Plant Physiology. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa013.
Jilian Fan, Chao Zhou, et al. (2019) Diversion of Carbon Flux from Sugars to Lipids Improves the Growth of an Arabidopsis Starchless Mutant.Plants. 8:229. doi: 10.3390/plants8070229.
LiPing Tang, Chao Zhou, et al. (2017) FUSCA3 interacting with LEAFY COTYLEDON2 controls lateral root formation through regulating YUCCA4 gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, 213: 1740–1754.
Xun Yue*, Xing Guo Li, Xin Qi Gao, Xiang Yu Zhao, Yu Xiu Dong and Chao Zhou (2016) The Arabidopsis phytohormone crosstalk network involves a consecutive metabolic route and circular control units of transcription factors that regulate enzyme-encoding genes. BMC Systems Biology, DOI: 10.1186/s12918-016-0333-9.
Zhi Juan Cheng, Xiang Yu Zhao, Xing Xing Shao, Fei Wang, Chao Zhou, et al. (2014) Abscisic Acid Regulates Early Seed Development in Arabidopsis by ABI5-Mediated Transcription of SHORT HYPOCOTYL UNDER BLUE1. The Plant Cell, 26: 1053–1068.
Zhi Juan Cheng, Liang Wang, Wei Sun, Yan Zhang, Chao Zhou, et al. (2013) Pattern of Auxin and Cytokinin Responses for Shoot Meristem Induction Results from the Regulation of Cytokinin Biosynthesis by AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3. Plant Physiology, 161: 240–251.
Yan Zhang*, Sha Li, Liang Zi Zhou, Emily Fox, James Pao, Wei Sun, Chao Zhou, et al. (2011) Overexpression of Arabidopsis thaliana PTEN caused accumulation of autophagic bodies in pollen tubes by disrupting phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate dynamics. The Plant Journal, 68: 1081–1092.
