教育经历：

2004/06 - 2008/04，德国马普发育所，进化发育，博士，导师：Ralf Sommer

2000/09 - 2003/06，山东大学，细胞生物学，硕士，导师：陈靠山

1996/09 - 2000/06，烟台师范学院，生物技术，学士

工作经历：

2011/09 - 至今，山东大学，生命科学院，副教授

2008/6 - 2011/7，比利时根特大学，分子生物医学系，博士后

主持或参加科研项目：

1、山东省自然科学基金青年基金项目，ZR2013CQ042、调控根干细胞维持与分化的关键基因TAP1的功能及机理研究、2014/01-2016/12、6万元、在研、主持

2、国家自然科学基金面上项目，31270327、参与根尖干细胞维持的生长素相关关键基因RSD1的功能鉴定、2013/01-2016/12、90万元、在研、参加。

3. 国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，31500229，YUCCA调控生长素的局部合成参与铝毒害对拟南芥根伸长抑制的分子调控机制，2016.01-2018.12，26.4万，在研， 主持。

4. 植物激素介导的非生物胁迫信号和根的可塑性生长发育。山东省杰出青年科学基金/JQ201408，2014.12-2017.12， 60万， 在研， 参与。

发表论文：

1. Liu G, Gao S, Tian H, WuW, Robert H and Ding Z*. Local transcriptional control of YUCCA regulates auxin promoted root-growth inhibition in response to aluminium stress in Arabidopsis. PLOS Genetics, 2016, minor revision.

2. Yu Q, Tian H，Yue K and Ding Z*. A P-loop NTPase regulates quiescent center cell division and distal stem cell identity through the regulation of ROS homeostasis in Arabidopsis root. PLOS Genetics, 2016, 1;12(9):e1006175.

3. Yu Q, Liu J, Zheng H, Jia Y, Tian H*, Ding Z. Topoisomerase II-associated protein PAT1H1 is involved in the root stem cell niche maintenance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Rep. 2016 Jun;35(6):1297-307.

4. Kong X, Lu S, Tian H. and Ding Z*. WOX5 is shining in the root stem cell niche. Trends Plant Sci. 2015, Oct;20(10):601-3.

5. Jia Y, Tian H, Li H, Yu Q, Wang L, Friml J, Ding Z*. The Arabidopsis thaliana elongator complex subunit 2 epigenetically affects root development. J Exp Bot. 2015 Aug;66(15):4631-42.

6. Zhang M, Kong X, Xu X, Li C, Tian H, Ding Z*. Comparative transcriptome profiling of the maize primary, crown and seminal root in response to salinity stress. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 24;10(3):e0121222.

7. Tian H, De Smet I* and Ding Z*. Shaping a root system: regulating lateral versus primary root growth. Trends Plant Sci. 2014 Jul;19(7):426-31.

8. Tian H, Jia Y, Niu T, Yu Q and Ding Z*. The key players of the primary root growth and development also function in lateral roots in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep. 2014, 33(5):745-753.

9. Tian H, Wabnik K, Niu T, Li H, Yu Q, Pollmann S, Vanneste S, Govaerts W, Rolcík J, Geisler M, Friml J, Ding Z*. WOX5-IAA17 feedback circuit mediated cellular auxin response is crucial for the patterning of root stem cell niches in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant. 2014 Feb;7(2):277-289.

10. Tian H, Niu T, Yu Q, and Ding Z*. Auxin gradient is crucial for the maintenance of root distal stem cell identity in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2013, Sep 20;8(12). pii: e26429.

11. Tian H, Sanders E, Reynolds A, van Roy F, van Hengel J.Ocular anterior segment dysgenesis upon ablation of p120 catenin in neural crest cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Aug 7;53(9):5139-53. doi: 10.1167/iovs.12-9472.

12. Tian H, Schlager B, Xiao H, Sommer RJ.Wnt signaling induces vulva development in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus.Curr Biol. 2008 Jan 22;18(2):142-6.