2012年6月，河北科技师范学院，园林专业，农学学士；


2017年6月，北京林业大学，园林植物与观赏园艺专业，农学博士；


2017年7月~2020年6月，中国科学院植物研究所，博士后；


2020年7月~2020年12月，中国农业科学院生物技术研究所，助理研究员；


2021年1月至今，中国农业科学院生物技术研究所，副研究员。

围绕高温条件下水稻穗部性状形成和调控的作用机制及改良，剖析表观遗传因子介导高温信号调控水稻穗型发育的分子机理。

主持国家自然科学基金青年基金1项、北京市自然科学基金面上项目1项、中国博士后科学基金面上项目1项。在New Phytologist、Plant Physiology、Journal of Integrative Plant Biology、Horticulture Research等国际知名期刊发表SCI论文11篇，其中以第一（含并列第一）作者或通讯作者发表论文6篇。

主要论著

1. Yang L^#, Zhang P^#, Wang Y^#, Hu G, Guo W, Gu X^*, Pu L^* (2022) Plant synthetic epigenomic engineering for crop improvement. Sci China Life Sci 65(11): 2191-2204

2. Qu R^#, Zhang P^#, Liu Q, Wang Y, Guo W, Du Z, Li X, Yang L^*, Yan S^*, Gu X^* (2022) Genome-edited ATP BINDING CASSETTE B1 transporter SD8 knockouts have optimized rice architecture without yield penalty. Plant Commun 3(5):100347

3. Zhang P, Li X, Wang Y, Guo W, Chachar S, Riaz A, Geng Y, Gu X, Yang L^* (2021) PRMT6 physically associates with nuclear factor Y to regulate photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis. aBiotech 2(4): 403-414

4. Yang L^#, Jiang Z^#, Liu S, Lin R^* (2020) Interplay between REVEILLE1 and RGA-LIKE2 regulates seed dormancy and germination in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 225(4): 1593-1605

5. Yang L, Liu S, Lin R^* (2020) The role of light in regulating seed dormancy and germination. J Integr Plant Biol 62(9):1310-1326

6. Yang L, Jiang Z, Jing Y, Lin R^* (2020) PIF1 and RVE1 form a transcriptional feedback loop to control light-mediated seed germination in Arabidopsis. J Integr Plant Biol 62(9):1372-1384

7. Yang L, Wen X, Fu J, Dai S^* (2018) ClCRY2 facilitates floral transition in Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium by affecting the transcription of circadian clock-related genes under short-day photoperiods. Hortic Res 5: 58

8. Yang L, Fu J, Qi S, Hong Y, Huang H, Dai S^* (2017) Molecular cloning and function analysis of ClCRY1a and ClCRY1b, genes in Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium that play vital roles in promoting floral transition. Gene 02

9. Liu S, Yang L, Li J, Tang W, Li J, Lin R^* (2021) FHY3 interacts with phytochrome B and regulates seed dormancy and germination. Plant Physiol 187(1): 289-302

10. Zhang P, Zhu C, Geng Y, Wang Y, Yang Y, Liu Q, Guo W, Chachar S, Riaz A, Yan S, Yang L, Yi K^*, Wu C^*, Gu X^* (2021) Rice and Arabidopsis homologs of yeast CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION FIDELITY PROTEIN 4 commonly interact with Polycomb complexes but exert divergent regulatory functions. Plant Cell 33: 1417-1429

11. Qi S, Yang L, Wen X, Hong Y, Song X, Zhang M, Dai S^*. Reference gene selection for RT-qPCR analysis of flower development in Chrysanthemum morifolium and Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium. Front Plant Sci 2016, 7.

12. Hong Y, Yang L, Li M, Dai S^*. Comparative analyses of light-induced anthocyanin accumulation and gene expression between the ray florets and leaves in chrysanthemum. Plant Physiol Bioch, 2016, 103: 120-132.

13. Fu J, Yang L, Dai S^*. Identification and characterization of the CONSTANS-like gene family in a short day plant Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium. Mol Genet Genomics, 2015, 290: 1039-1054.

14. Fu J, Yang L, Dai S^*. Conservation of Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock genes in Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium. Plant Physiol Bioch, 2014, 80: 337-347.

15. Liang Z^#, Zhang Q^#, Ji C, Hu G, Wang Y, Zhang P, Yang L, Gu X (2021) Reorganization of the 3D chromatin architecture of rice genomes during heat stress. BMC Biol 19(1): 1-10

16. Feng D^#, Liang Z^#, Wang Y, Yao J, Yuan Z, Hu G, Qu R, Xie S, Li D, Yang L, Zhao X, Ma Y, Lohmann J, Gu X (2022) Chromatin accessibility illuminates single-cell regulatory dynamics of rice root tips. BMC Biol 20:274