本人简历：
    1969年8月出生，中共党员，博士生导师，现任中国农业科学院作物科学研究所副所长、纪委书记。1996年7月毕业于东北农业大学，获博士学位；1996年至1998年在华中农业大学从事博士后研究；1999和2005年分别到国际玉米小麦改良中心和美国艾奥瓦州立大学进修；1999年至今在中国农科院作物科学所先后任副研究员、研究员。现为玉米产业技术体系育种岗位科学家，转基因专项重大课题负责人。现任中国作物学会常务理事、副秘书长，中国作物学会玉米专业委员会副主任委员。获科技部中青年科技创新领军人才，全国农业科研杰出人才。
研究方向：
    主要研究方向为玉米遗传改良与种质创新。
主要贡献：
    主要学术成绩为发掘抗病虫耐旱主效QTL/基因10个；建立优质蛋白玉米和抗矮花叶病分子标记辅助选择技术；探明我国温带主要玉米种质的遗传多样性，明确了玉米抗矮花叶病、丝黑穗病、粗缩病和耐旱的种质基础；创建并改良涵盖温带和热带种质的4个优良育种群体；创制特异育种新材料210份和优良自交系11个；选育6个玉米新品种；发表论文126篇，SCI收录38篇，出版著作1部；获得发明专利8项，获国家科技进步二等奖1项。
已获得专利：
1.编码杀虫蛋白基因Cry1Ab-Ma、其表达载体及应用,2012-08-29, 发明专利，ZL 2010 1 0574708.X，第一名。
2.辅助筛选早熟和/或矮杆和/或高收获指数玉米的方法，2011-05-04，发明专利，ZL 2008 1 0112764.4，第二名。
3.玉米低氮逆境条件下高籽粒数目优异等位基因功能分子标记开发与应用，2012-10-10，发明专利，ZL 2010 1 0263549.1，第二名。
4.与玉米抗丝黑穗病基因连锁的SNP位点，基于该位点的分子标记LSdCAPs2及其应用，2013-05-.15，发明专利，ZL 2010 10031438.7，第二名。
近期发表的代表性论文和著作：
1.Weng JF, Li B, Liu CL, Yang XY, Wang HW, Hao ZF, Li MS, Zhang DG, Ci XK, Li XH* and Zhang SH. A non-synonymous SNP within the isopentenyl transferase 2 locus is associated with kernel weight in Chinese maize inbreds (Zea mays L.). BMC Plant Biology, 2013, 13: 98.
2.Weng JF, Xie CX, Hao ZF, Wang JJ, Liu CL, Li MS, Zhang DG, Bai L, Zhang SH, Li XH*. Genome-wide association study identifies candidate genes that affect plant height in Chinese elite maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines. PLoS ONE, 2011, 6(12): e29229.
3.Shi LY, Hao ZF, Weng JF, Xie CX, Liu CL, Zhang DG, Li MS, Bai L, Zhang SH, Li XH*. Identification of a major QTL for resistance to maize rough dwarf virus in a Chinese maize inbred line X178 using a linkage map based on 514 gene-derived SNPs. Molecular Breeding, 2012, 30: 615-625.
4.Weng JF, Liu XJ, Wang ZH, Wang ZH, Wang JJ, Zhang L, Hao ZF, Xie CX, Li MS, Zhang DG, Bai L, Liu CL, Zhang SH, Li XH*. Molecular mapping of the major resistance quantitative trait locus qHS2.09 with simple sequence repeat and single nucleotide polymorphism markers in maize. Phytopathology, 2012, 102: 692-699.
5.Yong HJ, Zhang DG, Wang JJ, Li MS, Liu WG, Zhang XC, Zhao HY, Weng JF, Hao ZF, Bai L, Ci XK, Li XH*, Zhang SH. Broadening the Genetic Base of Chinese Maize Heterotic Pools with exotic Germplasm. Crop Science, 2013,53:1-10.
6.Li XH, Wang ZH, Gao SR, Shi HL, Zhang SH, George MLC, Li MS, Xie CX. Analysis of QTL for resistance to head smut (Sporisorium reiliana) in maize. Field Crops Research, 2008, 106: 148-155.
7.Shi LY, Weng JF, Liu CL, Song XY, Miao HQ, Hao ZF, Xie CX, Li MS, Zhang DG, Bai L, Pan GT, Li XH*, Zhang SH. Identification of promoter motifs regulating ZmeIF4E expression level involved in maize rough dwarf disease resistance in maize (Zea Mays L.). Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2013, 288: 89-99.
8.Yong HJ, Zhang XC, Zhang DG, Wang JJ, Zhang HX, Li MS, Liu WG, Weng JF, Hao ZF, Ci XK, Bai L, Li XH*, Zhang SH. Breeding potential of U.S. maize germplasm for utilization in Chinese temperate conditions. Euphytica, 2013, DOI: 10.1007/s10681-013- 0877-3.
9.Hao ZF, Li XH, Xie CX, Li MS, Zhang DG, Bai L, Zhang SH. Two consensus quantitative trait loci clusters controlling anthesis-silking interval, ear setting and grain yield might be related with drought tolerance in maize. Annals of Applied Biology, 2008, 158: 73-83.
10.Hao ZF, Li XH, Xie CX, Weng JF, Li MS, Zhang DG, Liang XL, Liu LL, Liu SS, Zhang SH. Identification of functional genetic variations underlying drought tolerance in maize using SNP markers. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2011. 53: 641-652.