EDUCATION
Apr. 2006---Mar. 2010 Doctor of Science, Advisor: Prof. Ichiro Terashima
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Apr. 2004---Mar. 2006 Master of Science, Advisor: Prof. Ichiro Terashima
Department of Biological Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
Sep. 1999---Jul. 2003 Bachelor of Science
College of Environmental Science, Peking University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Feb. 2019--- Present Assistant Professor (P.I.)
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, China
Oct. 2015--- Apr. 2016 Visiting Scholar, Collaborating faculty: Prof. Julian Schroeder
Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, USA
Mar. 2014--- Feb. 2019 Assistant Professor, Prof. Toshinori Kinoshita’s group
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Japan
Apr. 2011--- Feb. 2014 Postdoc, Collaborating faculty: Prof. Toshinori Kinoshita
Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Japan
Apr. 2010--- Mar. 2011 Postdoc, Collaborating faculty: Prof. Ichiro Terashima
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Selected publications
Book or book chapters:
Yin Wang, Kunfang Cao (2025) “Stomata”, in The Encyclopedia of China (3rd Edition): Ecology (《中国大百科全书（第三版）生态学》). Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. ISBN 9787520217958.
Chengjun Ji, Hongyan Liu, Yin Wang (2024) Botany (《植物学》). Peking University Press. ISBN 9787301349953. (Excellent Textbook Award of Peking University Press)
Yin Wang, Jian Wei† (2021) Chapter 16: The Method of Observing Stomata in Photosynthesis Research, in Photosynthesis Research Techniques (《光合作用研究技术》), 176-189, eds Xinguang Zhu and Daquan Xu. Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers. ISBN 9787547854310/Q·67.
Tracy Lawson, Ichiro Terashima, Takashi Fujita, Yin Wang (2018) Coordination between photosynthesis and stomatal behavior, in The Leaf: A Platform for Performing Photosynthesis Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 141–161, eds W. W. Adams III and I. Terashima. Cham: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319935928.
Yin Wang, Toshinori Kinoshita (2014) Promotion of Photosynthesis and Plant Productivity through Stomatal Regulation, in Frontiers of Photosynthesis Research and Industrial Applications (《光合成研究と産業応用最前線》), 147-157. NTS. ISBN 9784860434120.
Published / Accepted in Journals:
Menglong Liu†, Zirong Ren†, Jian Wei†, He Zhang, Yukang Li, Guyan Wang†, Peng Xie†, Yin Wang* (2026) Integrating automated detection and segmentation for quantitative analysis of stomata and pavement cells using StomataQuant. Journal of Plant Ecology, accepted.
Wenping Yuan*, Jie Tian, Mei Wang, Shuo Wang, Wenfang Xu, Yin Wang, Zheng Fu, Martin P. Girardin, Julia K. Green, Sha Zhou, Jiali Shang, Bin He, Miao Huang, Menglong Liu†, Haibo Lu, Shilong Piao, Yamin Qing, Meimei Xue, Chaoqing Song, Yongxian Su, Walid Sadok, Yao Zhang, Xiuzhi Chen* (2025) Impacts of rising atmospheric dryness on terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 6, 712-727.
Jian Wei†, Kunshen Hu, Menglong Liu†, Yali Liu, Wang Tian, Yue Zhou, Liu-Min Fan, Yizhou Wang*, Yin Wang* (2025) Guard cells on the adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces use different compositions of potassium ion channels to drive light-induced stomatal opening. Nature Plants, 11, 1260–1269.
Chunhua Lv§, Pubin Hong, Mingxin Liu, Xiancheng Lu, Yuhao Feng, Zhiyao Tang, Yanhong Tang, Yin Wang* (2025) Environmental gradients override phylogenetic effects in plant adaptation to high elevation. Plant, Cell and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70005
Hangjin Jiang#, Jinghan Su#, Zirong Ren†, Dexian Wang†, Adrian Hills, Toshinori Kinoshita, Michael R. Blatt, Yin Wang*, Yizhou Wang* (2024) Dual function of overexpressing plasma membrane H+-ATPase in balancing carbon-water use. Science Advances, 10, eadp8017.
Menglong Liu†, Jian Wei†, Zirong Ren†, Yali Zhang, Yin Wang* (2024) Research progress of stomata: from guard cells to photosynthesis. Chinese Bulletin of Life Sciences, 36(10), 1289-1304.
Wen-Lin Wang*, Yuan Yu, Xiangyang Yuan, Huixing Kang, Yin Wang, Yanrong Yang, Yanhong Tang (2024) Chloroplast redox state mediates the short-term regulation of leaf isoprene emission. Tree Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpae142
Daisuke Sugiura, Yin Wang, Masaru Kono, Yusuke Mizokami* (2024) Exploring the responses of crop photosynthesis to CO2 elevation at the molecular, physiological, and morphological levels toward increasing crop production. Crop and Environment, 3, 75-83.
Jin Fu#, Yiwei Jian#, Xuhui Wang#, Laurent Li, Philippe Ciais, Jakob Zscheischler, Yin Wang, Yanhong Tang, Christoph Müller, Heidi Webber, Bo Yang, Yali Wu, Qihui Wang, Xiaoqing Cui, Weichen Huang, Yongqiang Liu, Pengjun Zhao, Shilong Piao, Feng Zhou* (2023) Extreme rainfall reduces one-twelfth of China’s rice yield over the last two decades. Nature Food, 4: 416-426. (Web of Science Highly Cited Paper)
Yin Wang, Yizhou Wang, Yanhong Tang, Xin-Guang Zhu* (2022) Stomata conductance as a goalkeeper for increased photosynthetic efficiency. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 70:102310.
Chunhua Lv§, Zhenghua Hu, Jian Wei†, Yin Wang* (2022) Transgenerational effects of elevated CO2 on rice photosynthesis and grain yield. Plant Molecular Biology, 110: 413–424.
Zirong Ren#†, Ru-Yuan Wang#, Xin-Yuan Huang*, Yin Wang* (2022) Sulfur compounds in regulation of stomatal movement, Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:846518.
Jing Hu, Wenyi Jia, Xinyi Wu, Haiyun Zhang, Yin Wang, Junfeng Liu, Yu Yang, Shu Tao and Xilong Wang* (2022) Carbon dots can strongly promote photosynthesis in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), Environmental Science: Nano, 9, 1530-1540.
Maoxing Zhang#, Yin Wang#, Xi Chen#, Feiyun Xu#, Ming Ding, Wenxiu Ye, Yuya Kawai, Yosuke Toda, Yuki Hayashi, Takamasa Suzuki, Houqing Zeng, Liang Xiao, Xin Xiao, Jin Xu, Shiwei Guo, Feng Yan, Qirong Shen, Guohua Xu, Toshinori Kinoshita*, Yiyong Zhu* (2021) Plasma membrane H+-ATPase overexpression increases rice yield via simultaneous enhancement of nutrient uptake and photosynthesis, Nature Communications, 12:735. (Web of Science Highly Cited Paper, Recommended by Faculty Opinions, Selected as one of the Top 10 Agricultural Technology News of 2021 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan)
Zirong Ren#†, Bazhen Suolang#†, Tadashi Fujiwara, Dan Yang†, Yusuke Saijo, Toshinori Kinoshita*, Yin Wang* (2021) Promotion and upregulation of a plasma membrane proton-ATPase strategy: principles and applications, Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:749337.
Shigeo Toh#*, Naoki Takata#, Eigo Ando, Yosuke Toda, Yin Wang, Yuki Hayashi, Nobutaka Mitsuda, Soichiro Nagano, Toru Taniguchi, and Toshinori Kinoshita* (2021) Overexpression of plasma membrane H+-ATPase in guard cells enhances light-induced stomatal opening, photosynthesis, and plant growth in hybrid aspen, Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:766037.
Tenghua Wang, Wenxiu Ye, Yin Wang, Maoxing Zhang, Yusuke Aihara, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2021) Protease inhibitor-dependent inhibition of light-induced stomatal opening, Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:735328.
Tao Lang#, Chen Deng#, Jun Yao, Huilong Zhang, Yin Wang*, Shurong Deng* (2020) A salt-signaling network involving ethylene, extracellular ATP, hydrogen peroxide, and calcium mediates K+/Na+ homeostasis in Arabidopsis, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(22), 8683.
Saya Aoki#, Shigeo Toh#, Norihito Nakamichi, Yuki Hayashi, Yin Wang, Takamasa Suzuki, Hiroyuki Tsuji, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2019) Regulation of stomatal opening and histone modification by photoperiod in Arabidopsis thaliana, Scientific Reports, 9:10054.
Yin Wang, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2017) Measurement of Stomatal Conductance in Rice, Bio-protocol, 7(8).
Yosuke Toda, Yin Wang, Yuya Kawai, Akira Takahashi, Yasuomi Tada, Naoki Yamaji, Jian Feng Ma, Motoyuki Ashikari, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2016) Oryza sativa H+-ATPase (OSA) is involved in the regulation of dumbbell-shaped guard cells of rice, Plant and Cell Physiology, 57, 1220-1230.
Norihito Nakamichi*, Saori Takao, Toru Kudo, Takatoshi Kiba, Yin Wang, Toshinori Kinoshita, Hitoshi Sakakibara (2016) Improvement of Arabidopsis biomass and cold-, drought-, and salinity-stress tolerance by modified circadian clock-associated PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATORs, Plant and Cell Physiology, 57, 1085-1097.
Yin Wang*, Toshinori Kinoshita (2015) Stomatal Regulation on CO2 Uptake, The Japanese Society of Photosynthesis Research News Letter, 25(3): 194-201.（in Japanese）
Yin Wang, Ko Noguchi, Natsuko Ono, Shin-ichiro Inoue, Ichiro Terashima, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2014) Overexpression of plasma membrane H+-ATPase in guard cells promotes light-induced stomatal opening and enhances plant growth, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, 111, 533-538.
Yin Wang, Ken-ichiro Shimazaki, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2014) Multiple roles of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase and its regulation, The Enzymes, 35, 191-211.
Eigo Ando, Masato Ohnishi, Yin Wang, Tomonao Matsushita, Aiko Watanabe, Yuki Hayashi, Miho Fujii, JianFeng Ma, Shin-ichiro Inoue, Toshinori Kinoshita* (2013) TWIN SISTER OF FT, GIGANTEA, and CONSTANS have a positive but indirect effect on blue light-induced stomatal opening in Arabidopsis, Plant Physiology, 162, 1529 – 1538.
Yin Wang*, Ko Noguchi, Ichiro Terashima (2011) Photosynthesis-dependent and -independent responses of stomata to blue, red and green monochromatic light: differences between the normally oriented and inverted leaves of sunflower, Plant and Cell Physiology, 52, 479-489.
Yin Wang, Jingyun Fang*, Tomomichi Kato, Zhaodi Guo, Biao Zhu, Wenhong Mo, Yanhong Tang (2011) Inventory-based estimation of aboveground net primary production in Japan’s forests from 1980 to 2005, Biogeosciences, 8, 2099-2106.
Yin Wang*, Ko Noguchi, Ichiro Terashima (2008) Distinct light responses of the adaxial and abaxial stomata in intact leaves of Helianthus annuus L., Plant, Cell and Environment, 31, 1307-1316.
Patent:
Method for separately extracting protoplasts from stomatal guard cells on the adaxial and abaxial surfaces of Arabidopsis leaves, inventors: Yin Wang, Jian Wei†, Menglong Liu†. In the process of patent application.
Method of Increasing photosynthesis and production of plant, inventors: Toshinori Kinoshita, Yin Wang, Shin-Ichiro Inoue, Natsuko Ono. Australian Patent Grant, 2020.2.20, 2014230530.
Method of Increasing photosynthesis and production of plant, inventors: Toshinori Kinoshita, Yin Wang, Shin-Ichiro Inoue, Natsuko Ono. U.S. Patent Grant, 2019.3.12, 14775110.
Method of Increasing photosynthesis and production of plant, inventors: Toshinori Kinoshita, Yin Wang, Shin-Ichiro Inoue, Natsuko Ono. E.U. Patent Grant, 2018.8.22, 2014764116.