Chunquan Zhang

Biography

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011- Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS 2005-2011, Assistant Scientist, Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2000-2005, Ph.D Student, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 1996-1999, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China. Awards/ Grants KiOR Grant for Evaluation of a Plant Viral Gene Expression Platform for Disease Resistance and Protein Expression Studies, Alcorn State University, $43,600.00, 2013 USDA NIFA Grant for the Development of Virus Resistant Sweet potato Varieties through Biotechnology Approach, Alcorn State University, $292,076.00, 2008 USDA NIFA Grant for the Establishment of an Advanced Plant Pathology Course to Strengthen Agricultural Related Education, Alcorn State University, $146,125.00, 2010 Plant Science Institute of Iowa State University Grant for the Evaluation and Development of a High Throughput Gene Silencing Vector for Soybean Functional Genomics, $50,000, 2006-2008

Research Interest

Plant diseases, molecular host-virus-vector, interactions, plant genome expression, regulation, and germplasm improvement.