Position　   2013.6 - present: Jianghua Chen has been the Chief Researcher and a Principal Investigator (Head of the Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Education   2000 - 2006: Ph.D. in genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, SIBS,CAS 1996 - 2000: B.Sc. in biology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China  2006 - 2013: worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in the United States Research work experience 2006 - 2006: Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2013 until present: Researcher at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research interests  1. Functional genomics and molecular marker-assisted breeding in legume and rice.    2.The secondary metabolism and regulation of active ingredients in major economic plants in the southwest of China.  3. The signal transduction mechanism of legume leaf movement.