Education & work experiences  

　　January, 2017- Present: Associate Professor  

　　July, 2012-December, 2016: Assistant Professor  

　　Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xinshuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

　　September, 2007- July, 2012: Ph.D. , Botany  

　　Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences   

　　September, 2003- July, 2007:  B.S., Ecology  

　　College of Life Sciences, Yunnan University  

　　Research Interests  

　　Hormone regulation of floral transition and flower sex determination  

　　Honors and Awards  

　　2011: Chinese academy of sciences, Zhu Li yuehua outstanding doctoral scholarship  

　　Research Grants  

　　Project leader  

　　2016-2019: “Study of interaction of cytokinin and gibberellin on the induction of bisexual flower in Jatropha curcas” (2016FB033) supported by Yunnan Natural Science Foundation. (￥10, 000)  

　　2016-2018: “Screening and functional identification of genes related to the promotion of pistil and stamen development in Jatropha curcas” (No. 31500500) supported by Chinese Natural Science Foundation of China (￥200, 000)  

　　Scientific publications  

　　Bang-Zhen Pan, Yan Luo, Liang Song, Mao-Sheng Chen, Jia-Long Li, Zeng-Fu Xu. (2016). Thidiazuron increases fruit number in the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas by promoting pistil development. Industrial Crops and Products 81, 202-210. (IF：3.554)  

　　Bang-Zhen Pan, Mao-Sheng Chen, Jun Ni, Zeng-Fu Xu. (2014).Transcriptome of the inflorescence meristems of the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas treated with cytokinin. BMC Genomics. 15, 974. (IF：4.276)  

　　Bang-Zhen Pan, and Zeng-Fu Xu. (2011)  Benzyladenine treatment significantly increases the seed yield of the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 30 (2), 166-174(IF：2.437)  

　　Mao-Sheng Chen, Bang-Zhen Pan, Qian-Tang Fu, Yan-Bing Tao, J., Martinez Herrera, Jun Ni, and Zeng-Fu Xu. (2016). Comparative transcriptome analysis between gynoecious and monoecious plants identifies regulatory networks controlling sex determination in Jatropha curcas. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, 1953. (IF：4.461)  

　　Jun Ni, Cong-Cong Gao, Mao-Sheng Chen, Bang-Zhen Pan, Kai-Qin Ye, and Zeng-Fu Xu. (2015). Gibberellin Promotes Shoot Branching in the Perennial Woody Plant Jatropha curcas. Plant and Cell Physiology. 56, 1655-1666. (IF：4.847)  

　　Mao-Sheng Chen, Bang-Zhen Pan, Gui-Juan Wang, Jun Ni, Long-Jian Niu, Zeng-Fu Xu. (2014) Analysis of the transcriptional responses in inflorescence buds of Jatropha curcas exposed to cytokinin treatment. BMC Plant Biology 2014, 14:318. (IF：4.604)  

　　Qian-Tang Fu, Long-Jian Niu, Qing-Feng Zhang, Bang-Zhen Pan, Hui-Ying He, Zeng-Fu Xu. (2014) Benzyladenine treatment promotes floral feminization and fruiting in a promising oilseed crop Plukenetia volubilis. Industrial Crops and Products 59: 295-298. (IF：3.554)  

　　Qian-Tang Fu, Chao-Qiong Li, Ming-Yong Tang, Yan-Bin Tao, Bang-Zhen Pan, Lu Zhang, Long-Jian Niu, Hui-Ying He, Xiu-Lan Wang, Zeng-Fu Xu. (2015) An efficient protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas by optimizing kanamycin concentration and duration of delayed selection. Plant Biotechnology Reports, 1-12. (IF：1.603)