男，1989年生，汉族，中共党员，农学博士，副教授，硕士生导师。2016年于南京农业大学博士毕业. 2016年7月加入扬州大学农学院。

科研上，主要从事水稻抗病（尤其是纹枯病）分子遗传与育种研究工作。先后主持国家自然科学基金、国家转基因重大专项子课题、江苏省自然科学基金、江苏省种业振兴揭榜挂帅子课题等项目10多项。以第1或通讯作者（含共同）在Nature Genetics、Plant Biotechnology Journal、Journal of Experimental Botany、Theoretical and Applied Genetics、Rice、Journal of Integrative Agriculture等国内外期刊上发表SCI论文10余篇；以第1完成人申请植物新品种权4项、申请发明专利2项、制定江苏省地方标准1项；以主要完成人（排名前3）审定水稻新品种3个、授权植物新品种权3项、授权国家发明专利3项，其中2项品种/专利实现成果转化。

教学上，主讲本科生《专业实践》《作物学实验》《常用统计软件的应用》等课程，副主编教材3部，发表教学改革论文1篇；指导研究生获得江苏省研究生科研创新项目3项，指导本科生以第1作者发表SCI论文1篇、获江苏省大学生创新创业训练计划项目3项、获全国大学生生命科学竞赛二等奖1项。获评扬州大学最受学生欢迎的班主任；入选扬州大学“青蓝工程”优秀青年骨干教师。

招生专业：作物遗传育种、农艺与种业

研究方向：水稻抗病分子遗传与育种

主要代表性论文（#共同一作，*共同通讯）

1. Zhiming Feng#, Peng Gao#, Guangda Wang#, Houxiang Kang#, Jianhua Zhao, Wenya Xie, Rujia Chen, Ran Ju, Xuli Wang, Zhaogen Wei, Huimin Zhang, Jinqiao Zhang, Yafang Zhang, Keming Hu, Quanyi Sun, Yuntao Zhu, Yehui Xiong, Xi Liu, Xijun Chen, Zongxiang Chen, Chao Yang, Jun Liu, Guo-Liang Wang, Sheng-Wei Zhang, Zefeng Yang*, Shimin Zuo*. Natural variation in SBRR1 shows high potential for sheath blight resistance breeding in rice. Nature Genetics, 2025, 57: 2004-2016.

2. Zhiming Feng, Meng Yuan, Jie Zou, Lin-Bo Wu, Lang Wei, Taiyu Chen, Nana Zhou, Wenxia Xue, Yafang Zhang, Zongxiang Chen, Kemin Hu, Guo-Liang Wang, Wende Liu, Xuebiao Pan, Shimin Zuo*. Development of marker-free rice with stable and high resistance to rice black-streaked dwarf virus disease through RNA interference. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2021, 19: 212-214.

3. Zhiming Feng#, Chuanyin Wu#, Chunming Wang, Jeehee Roh, Long Zhang, Jun Chen，Shengzhong Zhang, Huan Zhang, Chunyan Yang, Jinlong Hu, Xiaoman You, Xi Liu, Xiaoming Yang, Xiuping Guo, Xin Zhang, Fuqing Wu, William Terzaghi, Seong-Ki Kim, Ling Jiang*, Jianmin Wan*. SLG controls grain size and leaf angle by modulating brassinosteroid homeostasis in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2016, 67(14): 4241-4253.

4. Yu Wang, Quanyi Sun, Jianhua Zhao, Taixuan Liu, Haibo Du, Wenfeng Shan, Keting Wu, Xiang Xue,·Chao Yang, Jun Liu, Zongxiang Chen, Keming Hu, Zhiming Feng*, Shimin Zuo*. Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of qSB12YSB conferring major quantitative resistance to rice sheath blight. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2023, 136: 246.

5. Zhiming Feng#, Houxiang Kang#, Mingyou Li, Lihua Zou, Xiaoqiu Wang, Jianhua Zhao, Lang Wei, Nana Zhou, Qianqian Li, Ying Lan, Yafang Zhang, Zongxiang Chen, Wende Liu, Xuebiao Pan, Guo-Liang Wang* and Shimin Zuo*. Identification of new rice cultivars and resistance loci against rice black-streaked dwarf virus disease through genome-wide association study. Rice, 2019, 12: 49.

6. Zhiming Feng, Peng Gao, Jianhua Zhao, Guangda Wang, Huimin Zhang, Wenlei Cao, Xiang Xue, Yafang Zhang, Yuyin Ma, Zongxiang Chen, Xijun Chen, Keming Hu, Shimin Zuo*. iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics analysis of defense responses triggered by the pathogen Rhizoctonia solani infection in rice. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022, 21(1): 139-152.

7. Yiwen Wang#, Yihan Chen#, Ze Cheng#, Yumeng Yuan, Xiang Xue, Zhenyu Li, Yuchen Song, Gaozhao Wu, Guangda Wang, Wenya Xie, Keming Hu, Zongxiang Chen, Shimin Zuo, Yi Liu, You Liang*, Zhiming Feng*. Salicylic acid-conjugated mesoporous silica nanoparticles elicit remarkable resistance to rice sheath blight. Agronomy, 2025, 15:874.

8. Zhiming Feng#, Mingyou Li#, Zhiwen Xu, Peng Gao, Yunyu Wu, Keting Wu,  Jianhua Zhao, Xiaoqiu Wang, Jianan Wang, Mengchen Li, Keming Hu, Hongqi Chen,  Yiwen Deng, Aihong Li, Zongxiang Chen*, Shimin Zuo*. Development of rice variety with durable and broad-spectrum resistance to blast disease through marker-assisted introduction of Pigm gene. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022, 13: 937767.

9. Zhiming Feng, Long Zhang, Chunyan Yang, Tao Wu, Jia Lv, Yilin Chen, Xi Liu, Shijia Liu, Ling Jiang*, Jianmin Wan*. EF8 is involved in photoperiodic flowering pathway and chlorophyll biogenesis in rice. Plant Cell Reports, 2014, 33(12): 2003–2014.

10. Zongxiang Chen#, Zhiming Feng#, Houxiang Kang#, Jianhua Zhao, Tianxiao Chen, Qianqian Li, Hongbing Gong, Yafang Zhang, Xijun Chen, Xuebiao Pan, Wende Liu, Guoliang Wang*, Shimin Zuo*. Identification of new resistance loci against sheath blight disease in rice through genome-wide association study. Rice Science, 2019, 26(1): 21-31.

11. Wangxin Shen#, Zhiming Feng#, Keming Hu, Wenlei Cao, Mengchen Li, Ran Ju, Yafang Zhang, Zongxiang Chen, Shimin Zuo*. Tryptamine 5-hydroxylase is required for suppression of cell death and uncontrolled defense activation in rice. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 2022, 6: 857760.