EDUCATION

Ph.D 2002-2007 Ph D. in Cell Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University

Bachelor 1998-2002 B. Sc. in Biology, Qufu Normal University

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007-2009 Postdoctor in Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University

2008-2011 Instructor, School of Life Science, Shandong University

2012-present Associate Professor，School of Life Science, Shandong University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Isolation and identification of important functional genes in maize leaf and seed development

2. Cloning and functional analysis of plant promoter

3. Exploring regulatory mechanism of maize phosphorus nutrition

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Zhang H, Hou J, Jiang P, Qi S, Xu C, He Q, Ding Z, Wang Z, Zhang K and Li KP*(Correspondence), Identification of a 467 bp Promoter of Maize Phosphatidylinositol Synthase Gene (ZmPIS) Which Confers High-Level Gene Expression and Salinity or Osmotic Stress Inducibility in Transgenic Tobacco. Front. Plant Sci. 2016, 7:42.

2. Hou J, Jiang P, Qi S, Zhang K, He Q, Xu C, Ding Z, Zhang K and Li KP*(Correspondence), Isolation and Functional Validation of Salinity and Osmotic Stress Inducible Promoter from the Maize Type-II H+-Pyrophosphatase Gene by Deletion Analysis in Transgenic Tobacco Plants. Plos One, 2016，11(4): e0154041.

3. Zhang K, Liu H, Song J, Wu W, Li KP, Zhang J, Physiological and comparative proteome analyses reveal low-phosphate tolerance and enhanced photosynthesis in a maize mutant owing to reinforced inorganic phosphate recycling. BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16(1):129.

4. Li KP*(Correspondence), Xu C, Fan W, Zhang H, Hou J, Yang A and Zhang K, Phosphoproteome and proteome analyses reveal low-phosphate mediated plasticity of root developmental and metabolic regulation in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Physiol. Biochem. 2014, 83: 232-242.

5. Pei L, Jin Z, Li KP, Yin HY, Wang JM and Yang AF, Identification and comparative analysis of low phosphate tolerance-associated microRNAs in two maize genotypes. Plant Physiol Biochem. 2013, 70: 221-234.

6. Pei L, Wang JM, Li KP, Li YJ, Li B, Gao F and Yang AF, Overexpression of Thellungiella halophila H+-pyrophosphatase Gene Improves Low Phosphate Tolerance in Maize，Plos One, 2012,7: e43501.

7. Li ZX, Xu CZ, Li KP, Yan S, Qu X and Zhang JR, Phosphate starvation of maize inhibits lateral root formation and alters gene expression in the lateral root primordium zone, BMC Plant Biol. 2012, 12:89.

8. Li KP, Xu CZ, Zhang JR. Proteome profile of maize (Zea Mays L.) leaf tissue at the flowering stage after long-term adjustment to rice black-streaked dwarf virus infection. Gene, 2011, 485: 106–113.

9. Sun QH, Gao F, Zhao L, Li KP, Zhang JR. Identification of a new 130bp cis-acting element in the TsVP1 promoter involved in the salt stress response from Thellungiella halophila. BMC Plant Biol., 2010, 10: 90.

10. Li KP, Xu CZ, Li ZX, Zhang KW, Yang AF, Zhang JR, Comparative proteome analyses of phosphorus responses in maize (Zea mays L.) roots of wild-type and low-P-tolerant mutant reveal root characteristics associated with P-efficiency. The Plant Journal, 2008，55：927-939.

11. Li KP, Xu CZ, Li ZX, Zhang KW, Yang AF, Zhang JR, Proteomic analysis of roots growth and metabolic changes under phosphorus deficit in maize (Zea mays L.) plants. Proteomics, 2007, 7: 1501-1512.

12. Li KP, Xu ZP, Zhang KW, Yang AF, Zhang JR, Efficient production and characterization for maize inbred lines with low-phosphorus tolerance. Plant Science, 2007, 172: 255–264.

13. Xu Z, Li KP, Liu Z, Zhang K and Zhang J, Correlations between Kinetic Parameters of Phosphate Uptake and Internal Phosphorus Concentrations in Maize (Zea mays L.)Plants: Making It Possible to Estimate the Status of Phosphate Uptake According to Shoot Phosphorus Concentrations. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2007, 38:2519–2533.

PATENTS

1. The application of the promoter sequence and its deletion mutant of phosphatidylcholine synthetase gene from Zea mays L. Authorization time 2016.02.10, Patent No. ZL201410254931.4.

2. The application of methyltransferase gene from betaine biosynthesis pathway, Authorization time 2013.7.24.，Patent No. ZL201210104875.7

3. Cloning and application of the promoter of malate dehydrogenase gene from maize, Authorization time 2013.06.26，Patent No. ZL201010500394.9

4. Cloning and application of the promoter of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene from maize, Authorization time 2012.06.27，Patent No. ZL201010500388.3

5. The modification and application of methyltransferase gene from betaine biosynthesis pathway, Authorization time 2012.08.08，Patent No. ZL200910018647.6

6. The application of the promoter sequence and its deletion mutant of H+-Pyrophosphatase gene from Thellungiella halophila, Authorization time 2011.11.23，Patent No. ZL200910018649.5