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Yinping Jiao is an Assistant Professor of Crop Population Genomics at Texas Tech University's Department of Plant and Soil Science, affiliated with the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST). She leads the Jiao Lab, focusing on enhancing sorghum's abiotic stress tolerance and grain quality through genomics approaches. Her research integrates transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of seed development, aiming to identify genes regulating starch, protein, and oil biosynthesis to improve breeding strategies.
Dr. Jiao holds a BSc in Biotechnology from Shandong Agricultural University (China) and a PhD in Plant Genetics & Breeding from China Agricultural University (Beijing). Prior to Texas Tech, she conducted postdoctoral research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and worked with the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
Her research interests include genetic diversity analysis, regulatory mechanisms of agronomic traits, and molecular breeding for sustainable agriculture. Key projects involve identifying loci for sorghum's stress tolerance and developing molecular markers for improved crop resilience. The Jiao Lab collaborates on initiatives like the sequenced sorghum mutant library, a critical resource for gene discovery and genome editing.
Her team includes PhD students and researchers exploring topics like sugarcane aphid resistance and mutant population characterization. Funding priorities align with advancing genomics-assisted breeding and addressing global food security challenges under climate change.
