主持国家自然科学基金1项，省部级科研项目10项；在Plant Physiology and Biochemistry、Planta等国际学术期刊发表学术论文30余篇，申报(授权)国家发明专利4项。重庆市高校一流本科课程《生物化学》、《生命科学与伦理》教学团队核心成员，主持重庆市教委高等教育教学改革研究项目（重点项目）1项，主编教材1部，参编教材2部，指导本科生主持国家级大学生科技创新项目4项，市级2项；指导学生第十二届“挑战杯”中国大学生创业计划竞赛重庆赛区“银奖”，中国第五届“互联网+”大学生创新创业大赛重庆赛区选拔赛银奖；荣获中国科协创新战略研究院第七届科协发展理论研讨会论文一等奖，重庆市青少年创新人才培养雏鹰计划优秀指导老师、青年教师课堂技能大赛一等奖、“十佳青年教师”等荣誉称号。
代表性学术成果：
一、科研项目：
1. 国家自然科学基金项目：DBR2 基因超表达与胞内ROS 协同作用对青蒿素生物合成的影响 (31200223)；
2.重庆市社会民生科技创新专项基金：高产托品生物碱颠茄优质种源培育与应用推广（cstc2016shmszx80101）；
3. 重庆市技术预见与制度创新项目：人工智能驱动的外来入侵植物智慧治理关键技术预见及重庆实施路径研究（CSTB2026TFII-TFAX0024）
4. 重庆市科技局技术预见与制度创新项目：重庆市合成生物学产业技术预见与发展路径研究（CSTB2022TFII-OFX0032）
5. 重庆市科委自然科学基金：DXS基因家族的克隆鉴定及其在青蒿素生物合成中的功能分化（cstc2014jcyjA10005）
6. 重庆市科技局水利局联合科技项目：梁平区龙溪河滨水植物富集重金属Cd性能与生化机制研究（CQSLK-2023027）
7. 重庆市教委科学技术研究项目(重点)：烟草miR156a介导NtNRAMP5a调控重金属Cd转运的分子机制研究（KJZD-K202001504）
二、学术论文：
1. Yingying Hu, Yannan Wang, Jincen Liu, Kejin Song, Tengfei Ma, Ji Chen, Shunqin Zhu, Wanhong Liu*. Melatonin Enhances Cadmium Tolerance in Bidens pilosa via Integrated Regulation of Antioxidant Activity, Metal Distribution, and Stress‑Responsive Genes. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2026, 45:278-294.
2. Wanhong Liu, Jincen Liu, Kunjian Yang, Yifan Zhou, Fang Yang, Chenlu Li, Shu Xiong*. Insights into the SULTR gene family of Solanum americanum: Genome-wide identification, expression profiling, and functional response to cadmium stress. Plant Stress, 2025, 18:101003.
3. Tengfei Ma, Kunjian Yang, Fang Yang, Li Chen, Ji Chen, Shunqin Zhu, Wanhong Liu*. The 14-3-3 gene family in Nicotiana tabacum: Genome-wide identification, expression profiling, subcellular localization, and protein interaction analysis in response to cadmium stress. Plant Gene, 2025, 43:100525.
4. Kejin Song, Hongwei Li, Kunjian Yang, Tengfei Ma, Yingying Hu, Ji Chen, Shunqin Zhu, Wanhong Liu*. Exogenous sodium nitroprusside exhibits multiple positive roles in alleviating cadmium toxicity in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Nitric Oxide, 2025, 154:8-18.
5. Wanhong Liu, Ya Yang, Yingying Hu, Xiang Peng, Linshen He, Tengfei Ma, Shunqin Zhu, Lien Xiang, Nan Chen*. Overexpression of SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like 4a (NtSPL4a) alleviates Cd toxicity in Nicotiana tabacum[J]. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2024, 210: 108656.
6. Xiang Peng, Tengfei Ma, Kejin Song, Xue Ji, Lien Xiang, Nan Chen, Ronglei Zu, Wenyi Xu, Shunqin Zhu, Wanhong Liu*. Overexpression of NtGPX8a Improved Cadmium Accumulation and Tolerance in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Genes, 2024, 15, 366.
7. Hanping Cao, Kejin Song, Yingying Hu, Qing Xiao, Tengfei Ma, Rui Li, Nan Chen, Shunqin Zhu, Wanhong Liu*. The role of exogenous hydrogen sulfide in mitigating cadmium toxicity in plants: A comprehensive meta-analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 2024, 13:30273–30287.
8. Wanhong Liu*, Ting Yu, Hanping Cao, Xiang Peng, Ya Yang, Rui Li. Effects of EDTA and Organic Acids on Physiological Processes, Gene Expression Levels, and Cadmium Accumulation in Solanum nigrum Under Cadmium Stress. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2023, 23:3823-3833.
9. Wanhong Liu, Xue Ji, Hanping Cao, Chunsong Huo, Linshen, He, Xiang Peng, Ya Yang, Fang Yang, Shu Xiong*. (2023). Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effect of miR156a Overexpression on Mineral Nutrient Homeostasis in Nicotiana tabacum. Plants, 2023, 12(9): 1739.
10. Rui Li, Ya Yang, Hanping Cao, Xiang Peng, Qin Yu, Linshen He, Ji Chen, Lien Xiang, Wanhong Liu*. Heterologous expression of the tobacco metallothionein gene NtMT2F confers enhanced tolerance to Cd stress in Escherichia coli and Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2023, 195: 247–255.
11. Linshen He, Xiang Peng, Hanping Cao, Kunjian Yang, Lien Xiang, Rui Li, Fangyuan Zhang and Wanhong Liu*. The NtSPL Gene Family in Nicotiana tabacum: Genome-Wide Investigation and Expression Analysis in Response to Cadmium Stress. Genes, 2023, 14(1): 183.
12. Wanhong Liu*, Chunsong Huo, Linshen He, Xue Ji, Ting Yu, Jinwei Yuan, Ziyi Zhou, Lingrong Song, Qin Yu, Ji Chen, Nan Chen. The NtNRAMP1 transporter is involved in cadmium and iron transport in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022, 173: 59–67.
13. Chunsong Huo, Linshen He, Ting Yu, Xue Ji, Rui Li, Shunqin Zhu, Fangyuan Zhang, He Xie, Wanhong Liu*. The Superoxide Dismutase Gene Family in Nicotiana tabacum: Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization, Expression Profiling and Functional Analysis in Response to Heavy Metal Stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 13:904105.
14. Qin Yu, Linshen He, Chunsong Huo, Xiaohan Jiang, Hua Chen, Run Wang, Minzhi Tang, Ling Dong, Ji Chen, Yonghao Li, Shunqin Zhu*, Wanhong Liu*. Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of Heavy Metal Stress–Responsive Metallothionein Family Genes in Nicotiana tabacum. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2021,39:443-454.
15. Shunqin Zhu, Qin Yu, Chunsong Huo, Yuanpeng Li, Linshen He, Botian Ran, Ji Chen, Yonghao Li, Wanhong Liu*. Ferroptosis: A Novel Mechanism of Artemisinin and its Derivatives in Cancer Therapy [J]. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2021;28(2):329 - 45.
