近年立项主持项目

2023-2025年 国家自然科学基金青年项目 30万 在研 主持；

2021-2024年 江苏省自然科学基金青年项目 20万 在研 主持；

2023.5-2023.12 桑树种质资源精准鉴定 48万 结题 主持；

2024.5-      桑树种质资源精准鉴定 18万 在研 主持；

2021-2023年 江苏省高等学校自然科学研究面上项目（教育厅拨款） 3万 在研 主持；

2019年-     江苏科技大学引进博士科研启动项目 8万 在研 主持；

2017-2019年 生命科学联合中心（CLS）优秀博士后基金  结题 主持；

2015-2017年 中央高校研究生创新训练 3万 结题 主持。

2020年  梁希科学技术奖第八届梁希青年科技论文奖三等奖

2018年  CLS优秀博士后基金

2017年  北京林业大学研究生优秀毕业生

2017年  研究生国家奖学金（博士）

2014年  研究生国家奖学金（硕士）

近5年内发表的论著（第一作者或通讯作者）

Chao, N*., S. Huang*, X. Kang, K. Yidilisi, M. Dai and L. Liu. 2022. Systematic functional characterization of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase family members revealed their functional divergence in lignin biosynthesis and stress responses in mulberry. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 186:145-156.

Liu, L*., N. Chao*, K. Yidilisi, X. Kang and X. Cao. 2022. Comprehensive analysis of the MYB transcription factor gene family in Morus alba. BMC Plant Biology. 22

Dai, M., X. Kang, Y. Wang, S. Huang, Y. Guo, R. Wang, N. Chao* and L. Liu*. 2022. Functional Characterization of Flavanone 3-Hydroxylase (F3H) and Its Role in Anthocyanin and Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Mulberry. Molecules. 27

Nan Chao, Weiqi Chen， Xu Cao, Xiangning Jiang, Ying Gai, Li,Liu, Plant hormones coordinate monolignol biosynthesis with seasonal changes in Populus tomentosa,Environmental and Experimental Botany,2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.104784

X. Wang+, N. Chao+, A. Zhang, J. Kang, X. Jiang, Y. Gai, Systematic Analysis and Biochemical Characterization of the Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase Gene Family in Poplar, Int J Mol Sci, 22 (2021).(+:contributed equally)

Chao, N.; Wang, R. F.; Hou, C.; Yu, T.; Miao, K.; Cao, F. Y.; Fang, R. J.; Liu, L., Functional characterization of two chalcone isomerase (CHI) revealing their responsibility for anthocyanins accumulation in mulberry. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2021, 161, 65-73.

Chao, N.; Qi, Q.; Li, S.; Ruan, B.; Gai, Y., Characterization and functional analysis of the Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HCT) gene family in poplar. Peerj 2021, 9, (22), e10741.

Chao, N., Yu, T., Hou, C., Liu, L., Zhang, L., 2021. Genome-wide analysis of the lignin toolbox for morus and the roles of lignin related genes in response to zinc stress. PeerJ 9.

Nan Chao, Wen-Ting Jiang, Xue-Chun Wang, Xiang-Ning Jiang, Ying Gai*, Novel motif is capable of determining CCR and CCR-like proteins based on the divergence of CCRs in plants. Tree Physiology ,2019, 39, (12), 2019-2026.

Chao Nan, Li Ning, Qi Qi, Li Shuang, Lv Tong, Jiang Xiang-Ning, Gai Ying*, Characterization of the cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR) gene family in Populus tomentosa reveals the enzymatic active sites and evolution of CCR. Planta, 2017, 245(1):61-75.

Chao Nan, Li Shuang, Li Ning, Qi Qi, Jiang Wen-Ting, Jiang Xiang-Ning, Gai Ying*, Two distinct cinnamoyl-CoA reductases in Selaginella moellendorffii offer insight into the divergence of CCRs in plants. Planta, 2017, 246(1), 33-43.

非第一作者发表论文：

Wang, X.; Chao, N.; Zhang, M.; Jiang, X.; Gai, Y., Functional Characteristics of Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase in Larix Kaempferi and Monolignol Biosynthesis in Gymnosperms. Int J Mol Sci 2019, 20, (23).

Liu, S.; Chi, Z.; Nan, C.; Jiang, L.; Zhang, Y., Cloning, Characterization, and Functional Investigation of VaHAESA from Vitis amurensis Inoculated with Plasmopara viticola. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2018, 19, (4), 1204.

Chen, B.; Xiao, Y.; Li, J.; Liu, H.; Chen, H.; Jia, J.; Chao, N.; Gai, Y.; Jiang, X., Cloning and characterization of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthetase from Pinus massoniana and its correlation with resin productivity. journal of forestry research 2018, 29, (2), 311-320.

Liu, S.; Liu, J.; Hou, J.; Nan, C.; Ying, G.; Jiang, X., Three steps in one pot: biosynthesis of 4-hydroxycinnamyl alcohols using immobilized whole cells of two genetically engineered Escherichia coli strains. Microbial cell factories 2017，16, (4), 357-372.

5年以外的代表性论著

以第一作者发表论文：

Chao, N.; Liu, S. X.; Liu, B. M.; Li, N.; Jiang, X. N.; Gai, Y., Molecular cloning and functional analysis of nine cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase family members in Populus tomentosa. Planta 2014, 240, (5), 1097-112.

非第一作者发表论文：

Liu, S.; Qi, Q.; Chao, N.; Hou, J.; Rao, G.; Xie, J.; Lu, H.; Jiang, X.; Gai, Y., Overexpression of artificially fused bifunctional enzyme 4CL1–CCR: a method for production of secreted 4-hydroxycinnamaldehydes in Escherichia coli. Microbial cell factories 2015, 14, (1), 1.

Li, K.; Liu, S.; Tan, Y.; Chao, N.; Tian, X.; Qi, L.; Powell, W. A.; Jiang, X.; Gai, Y., Optimized GC-MS method to simultaneously quantify acetylated aldose, ketose, and alditol for plant tissues based on derivatization in a methyl sulfoxide/1-methylimidazole system. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2013, 61, (17), 4011-4018.