2003年获山东大学博士学位；

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2010年1月至今中国农业科学院生物技术研究所副研究员。

主要研究领域与成果

主要从事植物抗逆分子机制研究，目前主持国家自然科学基金项目，参加转基因专项课题研究。以拟南芥和水稻为材料，研究植物响应高盐、干旱等非生物胁迫的分子机制，期望鉴定出植物响应胁迫的新基因，阐明胁迫反应调控途径，将基因工程与传统育种技术相结合，提高作物的抗逆性。近年来部分研究结果在Plant Cell，Plant Science，Plant Biotechnology Journal等杂志上发表，申请专利5项。

主要论著

1.Wang J, Yu Y, Zhang Z, Quan R, Zhang H, Ma L, Deng XW, Huang R (2013) Arabidopsis CSN5B interacts with VTC1 and modulates ascorbic acid synthesis. Plant Cell. doi: 10.1105/tpc.112.106880.

2.Zhang H, Zhang J, Quan R, Pan X, Wan L, Huang R (2013) EAR motif mutation of rice OsERF3 alters the regulation of ethylene biosynthesis and drought tolerance. Planta. doi：10.1007/s00425-013-1852-x.

3.Wang Y, Wan L, Zhang L, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Quan R, Zhou S, Huang R (2012) An ethylene response factor OsWR1 responsive to drought stress transcriptionally activates wax synthesis related genes and increases wax production in rice. Plant Mol Biol 78, 275-288.

4.Zhang, L, Li, Z, Quan, R, Li, G, Wang, R, and Huang, R. (2011). An AP2 domain-containing gene, ESE1, targeted by the ethylene signaling component EIN3 is important for the salt response in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 157, 854-865.

5.Wan L, Zhang J, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Quan R, Zhou S, Huang R (2011) Transcriptional activation of OsDERF1 in OsERF3 and OsAP2-39 negatively modulates ethylene synthesis and drought tolerance in rice. PloS one 6, e25216.

6.Li Z, Zhang L, Yu Y, Quan R, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Huang R (2011) The ethylene response factor AtERF11 that is transcriptionally modulated by the bZIP transcription factor HY5 is a crucial repressor for ethylene biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant J 68, 88-99

7.Quan R, Hu S, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Huang R. (2010) Overexpression of an ERF transcription factor TSRF1 improves rice drought tolerance. Plant Biotech J 8: 476-488.

8.Lin H, Yang, Y, Quan R, Mendoza I, Wu Y, Du W, Zhao S, Schumaker KS, Pardo JM, Guo Y. (2009) Phosphorylation of SOS3-LIKE CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN8 by SOS2 protein kinase stabilizes their protein complex and regulates salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21:1607-1619.

9.Quan R, Lin H, Mendoza I, Cao W, Yang Y, Shang M, Chen S, Pardo JM, Guo Y. (2007) SCABP8/CBL10, a putative calcium sensor, interacts with the protein kinase SOS2 to protect Arabidopsis shoots from salt stress. Plant Cell 19: 1415-1431.

10.Quan R, Shang M, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Zhang J. (2004) Engineering of enhanced glycine betaine synthesis improves drought tolerance in maize. Plant Biotech J 2: 477-486.

11.Quan R, Shang M, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Zhang J. (2004) Improved chilling tolerance by transformation with betA gene for the enhancement of glycinebetaine synthesis in maize. Plant Sci 166: 141-149.