罗克明（1974.8-），博士，二级教授，博士生导师。主要从事林木次生发育调控分子机理及基因工程改良方面的研究。近年来已主持国家转基因新品种培育重大专项、农业生物育种国家科技重大专项、国家重点研发计划、国家自然科学基金等课题20余项，参加国家重点基础计划“973”、国家自然科学基金重点项目等6项。在国际著名学术刊物Nature Plants、Current Biology、Cell Reports、Plant Cell、Molecular Plant、Nucleic Acids Research、Plant Biotechnology Journal等发表论文100余篇，论文被他引超3000次，其中2篇论文被F1000推荐，3篇入选Web of Science高被引论文。获得国家发明专利25项，授权省级林木新品种1个，主编专著1部。曾获“全国百篇优秀博士论文”提名奖、“重庆市优秀博士论文”和重庆市自然科学二等奖等奖励多项。
兢兢业业，努力工作，书写在教育事业中！
教育经历：
1995 - 1999年 （原）西南师范大学生命科学学院 获学士学位；
1999 - 2004年 （原）西南农业大学/美国康涅狄格大学联合培养 获博士学位
工作经历：
2004 - 2005年 中国海洋大学 讲师
2005 - 2007年 （原）西南农业大学 副教授（破格）
2007 - 2008年 美国密歇根理工大学 博士后
2008 - 至今 西南大学生命科学学院 教授（破格）
2011 - 2020年 西南大学生命科学学院 副院长
2020 - 至今 西南大学生命科学学院 院长
学术奖励及荣誉：
1、获重庆市自然科学二等奖（排名第1）（2025）
2、获“国务院特殊津贴专家”称号（2024）
3、获重庆市“最美科技工作者”（2024）
4、入选国家“万人计划”科技创新领军人才（2020）
5、入选科技部“中青年科技创新领军人才”（2018）
6、入选重庆市“百千万工程领军人才” （2018）
7、入选重庆市学术技术带头人（生物学）（2018）
8、入选中科院“百人计划”（2012）
9、入选教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”（2011）
学术兼职：
1、 中国植物学会常务理事
2、林木基因组与基因工程国家创新联盟咨询委员会副主任
3、中国林学会林木遗传育种分会、树木生理生化分会常务理事
4、 “林木种质资源保护与创新利用”重庆市重点实验室主任
5、“杨树种质创新与品种改良”江苏省重点实验室学术委员会委员
6、“植物激素与发育调控”重庆市重点实验室学术委员会委员
7、重庆市植物学会理事长、重庆市林学会副理事长
8、Journal of Genetics and Genomics（JGG）、《林业科学》等杂志编委、International Journal of mechanical Sciences（IJMS）杂志学术编辑
研究方向：
本实验室以杨树、桢楠等为模式植物，围绕“木材安全”这一国家重大需求，解析林木维管组织次生生长发育的遗传调控机理，以及树木在干旱、盐碱、高光等逆境下适应性生长的分子机制，筛选和培育具有重要经济价值和生态价值的林木新品种。具体研究方向如下：
1、木材发育分子遗传机制解析；
2、林木新种质创制及高效利用；
3、树木抗逆机制解析及分子育种；
4、珍贵林木品种选育及繁育技术。
主持在研课题：
1、农业生物育种国家科技重大专项：杨树高产分子育种（2024-2030）（2024-2025年220万）；
2、国家级人才计划项目：木材发育的分子机制研究（2021-2025）（80万）；
3、国家重点研发计划项目子课题：林木全基因组选择育种技术（2021-2025）（400万）；
4、国家自然科学基金项目：细胞分裂素调控杨树木材发育的分子机制研究（2021-2024）（60万）；
5、重庆市林业科技兴林重大专项：珍贵用材树种高效培育技术创新与示范（2022-2026）（150万）。
代表性论文(*通讯作者)：
1. Hongbin Wei, Xingyue Xiao, Jiao Deng, Yi Li, Mengting Luo, Chengshan Zhang, Jieqiong Li, Jiayi Xu, Keming Luo*. (2025) A genetic pathway controlling shade-induced inhibition of vascular cambium activity in poplar. Cell Reports. (online)
2. Shuai Liu , Xiaokang Fu, Yue Wang, Xuelian Du, Lianjia Luo, Dong Chen, Chunzhao Liu, Jian Hu, Changjian Fa, Rongling Wu, Laigeng Li, Keming Luo*, Changzheng Xu*. (2025) The auxin-PLETHORA 5 module regulates wood fibre development in Populus tomentosa. Nature Plants, 11(3):580-594.
3. Chenglong Yuan, Shuang Zhou, Xuelian Du, Yue Wang, Shuai Liu, Changzheng Xu, Xiaokang Fu, Keming Luo*. (2025) PtoHP6a regulates vascular cambial activity by maintaining cytokinin signaling stability in Populus tomentosa. Plant Journal, 122(5):e70241.
4. Di Fan, Xianqiang Wang, Tingting Liu, Huimin Liu, Yingying Peng, Xiaofeng Tang, Xiao Ye, Kuan Sun, Yuchen Yue, Dan Xu, Chaofeng Li, Keming Luo*. (2024) Epigenetic regulation of high light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis by histone demethylase IBM1 in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 242(6): 2570-2585.
5. Fan Sun, Hongli Cheng, Zhi Song, Huiting Yan, Huajie Liu, Xingyue Xiao, Zhichao Zhang, Mengting Luo, Feier Wu, Jun Lu, Keming Luo*, Hongbin Wei*. (2024) Phytochrome interacting factors play shared and distinct roles in regulating shade avoidance responses in Populus trees. Plant Cell & Environment. 47(6): 2058-2073.
6. Hongbin Wei, Mengting Luo, Jiao Deng, Yue Xiao, Huiting Yan, Huajie Liu, Yi Li, Qin Song, Xingyue Xiao, Junlong Shen, Hanying Kong, Fan Sun, Keming Luo*. (2024) SPL16 and SPL23 mediate photoperiodic control of seasonal growth in Populus trees. New Phytologist, 241(4):1646-1661. (IF: 8.3)
7. Hongbin Wei, Fan Sun, Jianghai Mo, Bingrui Hu, Keming Luo*. (2024) Overexpression of CRYPTOCHROME 2 enhances shoot growth and wood formation in poplar under growth-restrictive short days. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 19:S1673-8527(24)00211-X
8. Xiaokang Fu, Ziwei Yang, Li Guo, Lianjia Luo, Yuanxun Tao, Ting Lan, Jian Hu, Zeyu Li, Keming Luo*, Changzheng Xu*. (2024) Restorer of Fertility Like 30 encoding a mitochondrion-localized pentatricopeptide repeat protein regulates wood formation in poplar. Horticulture Research. 15;11(9): uhae188.
9. Qin Song, Lingfei Kong, Jiarui Yang, Minghui Lin, Yuqian Zhang, Xuerui Yang, Xiaojing Wang, Zhengjie Zhao, Meng Zhang, Jiarui Pan, Shunqin Zhu, Bo Jiao, Changzheng Xu, Keming Luo*. (2024) The transcription factor PtoMYB142 enhances drought tolerance in Populus tomentosa by regulating gibberellin catabolism. Plant Journal, 118(1):42-57.
10. Wei Li, Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin, Ying-Lan Chen, Chenguang Zhou, Shuang Li, Nette De Ridder, Dyoni M Oliveira, Lanjun Zhang, Baocai Zhang, Jack P Wang, Changzheng Xu, Xiaokang Fu, Keming Luo, Ai-Min Wu, Taku Demura, Meng-Zhu Lu, Yihua Zhou, Laigeng Li, Toshiaki Umezawa, Wout Boerjan, Vincent L Chiang. (2024) Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization. Molecular Plant, 2024 Jan 1;17(1):112-140.
11. Qin Song, Fu He, Lingfei Kong, Jiarui Yang, Xiaojing Wang, Zhengjie Zhao, Yuqian Zhang, Changzheng Xu, Chunfen Fan*, Keming Luo*. (2024) The IAA17.1/HSFA5a module enhances salt tolerance in Populus tomentosa by regulating flavonol biosynthesis and ROS levels in lateral roots. New Phytologist, 241(2):592-606.
12. Lingfei Kong, Qin Song, Hongbin Wei, Yanhong Wang, Minghui Lin, Kuan Sun, Yuqian Zhang, Jiarui Yang, Chaofeng Li, Keming Luo*. (2023) The AP2/ERF transcription factor PtoERF15 confers drought tolerance via JA-mediated signaling in Populus. New Phytologist, 240:1848-1867 (IF: 9.4)
13. Hongbin Wei, Zhi Song, Yurong Xie, Hongli Cheng, Huiting Yan, Fan Sun, Huajie Liu, Junlong Shen, Laigeng Li, Xinhua He, Haiyang Wang*, Keming Luo*. (2023) High temperature inhibits vascular development via the PIF4-miR166-HB15 module in Arabidopsis. Current Biology, 7;33(15): 3203-3214. (Cell子刊)
14. Chunfen Fan, Wenyi Zhang, YuHao Guo, Kuan Sun, Lijun Wang, Keming Luo*. (2022) Overexpression of PtoMYB115 improves lignocellulose recalcitrance to enhance biomass digestibility and bioethanol yield by specifically regulating lignin biosynthesis in transgenic poplar. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 15(1):119.
15. Qin Song, Lingfei Kong, Xuerui Yang, Bo Jiao, Jian Hu, Zhichao Zhang, Changzheng Xu*, Keming Luo*. (2022) PtoMYB142, a poplar R2R3 MYB transcription factor, contributes to drought tolerance by regulating wax biosynthesis. Tree Physiology, 42(10):2133-2147.
16. Jian Hu, Huili Su, Hui Cao, Hongbin Wei, Xiaokang Fu, Xuemei Jiang, Qin Song, Xinhua He, Changzheng Xu*, Keming Luo*. (2022) AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR7 integrates gibberellin and auxin signaling via interactions between DELLA and AUX/IAA proteins to regulate cambial activity in poplar. Plant Cell. 34(7):2688-2707. (ESI高被引论文)
17. Xin Zhao, Nannan Li , Qin Song, Xiaohong Li, Hongjun Meng, Keming Luo*. (2021) OPDAT1, a plastid envelope protein involved in 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid export for jasmonic acid biosynthesis in Populus. Tree Physiology, 41(9):1714-1728.
18. Xiaokang Fu, Huili Su, Shuai Liu, Xuelian Du, Changzheng Xu*, Keming Luo*. (2021) Cytokinin signaling localized in phloem noncell-autonomously regulates cambial activity during secondary growth of Populus stems. New Phytologist, 30(4):1476-1488.
19. Changzheng Xu, Yuanxun Tao, Xiaokang Fu, Li Guo, Haitao Xing, Chaofeng Li , Ziwei Yang, Huili Su, Xianqiang Wang, Jian Hu, Di Fan, Vincent L Chiang, Keming Luo*. (2021) The microRNA476a-RFL module regulates adventitious root formation through a mitochondria-dependent pathway in Populus. New Phytologist, 230(5):2011-2028.
20. Xianqiang Wang, Denghui Wang, Wenjian Xu, Lingfei Kong, Xiao Ye, Qianye Zhuang, Di Fan*, Keming Luo*. (2021) Histone methyltransferase ATX1 dynamically regulates fiber secondary cell wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis inflorescence stem. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(1):190-205.
21. Shifei Qin, Chunfen Fan, Xiaohong Li, Yi Li, Jian Hu, Chaofeng Li, Keming Luo*. (2020) LACCASE14 is required for the deposition of guaiacyl lignin and affects cell wall digestibility in poplar. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13(1):197.
22. Di Fan, Lingyu Ran, Jian Hu, Xiao Ye, Dan Xu, Jianqiu Li, Huili Su, Xianqiang Wang, Sha Ren, Keming Luo*. (2020) The miR319a/TCP module and DELLA protein regulate synergistically trichome initiation and improve insect defenses in Populus tomentosa. New Phytologist, 227(3):867-883.
23. Nannan Li, Hongjun Meng, Shengting Li, Zhen Zhang, Xin Zhao, Shufeng Wang, Aihui Liu, Qing Li, Qin Song, Xiaohong Li, Liang Guo, Hanwen Li, Jianru Zuo, Keming Luo*. (2020) Two novel plastid fatty acid exporters contribute to seed oil accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 182(4):1910-1919. (被F1000 推荐)
24. Chunfen Fan, Hua Yu, Shifei Qin, Yongli Li, Aftab Alam, Changzhen Xu, Di Fan, Qingwei Zhang, Yanting Wang, Wanbin Zhu, Liangcai Peng, Keming Luo*. (2020) Brassinosteroid overproduction improves lignocellulose quantity and quality to maximize bioethanol yield under green-like biomass process in transgenic poplar. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13:9.
25. Di Fan, Chaofeng Li, Chunfen Fan, Jian Hu, Jianqiu Li, Shu Yao, Wanxiang Lu, Yangyang Yan, Keming Luo*. (2020) MicroRNA6443-mediated regulation of FERULATE 5-HYDROXYLASE gene alters lignin composition and enhances saccharification in Populus tomentosa. New Phytologist, 26:410-425.
26. Qing Fang, Xianqiang Wang, Haiyang Wang, Xiaowen Tang, Chi Liu, Heng Yin, Shenglong Ye, Yuanzhong Jiang, Yanjiao Duan, Keming Luo*. (2020) The poplar R2R3 MYB transcription factor PtrMYB94 coordinates with abscisic acid signaling to improve drought tolerance in plants. Tree Physiology, 40:46-59.
27. Lijun Wang, Wanxiang Lu, Lingyu Ran, Liwen Dou, Shu Yao, Jian Hu, Di Fan, Chaofeng Li, Keming Luo*. (2019) R2R3-MYB transcription factor MYB6 promotes anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis but inhibits secondary cell wall formation in Populus tomentosa. Plant Journal, 99:733-751.
28. Bo Jiao, Xin Zhao, Wanxiang Lu, Li Guo, Keming Luo*. (2019) The R2R3 MYB transcription factor MYB189 negatively regulates secondary cell wall biosynthesis in Populus. Tree Physiology, 39:1187-1200.
29. Changzheng Xu, Yun Shen, Fu He, Xiaokang Fu, Hong Yu, Wanxiang Lu, Yongli Li, Chaofeng Li, Di Fan, Hua Cassan Wang*, Keming Luo*. (2019) Auxin-mediated Aux/IAA-ARF-HB signaling cascade regulates secondary xylem development in Populus. New Phytologist, 222:752-767.
30. Di Fan, Xianqiang Wang, Xiaofeng Tang, Xiao Ye, Sha Ren, Denghui Wang, Keming Luo*. (2018) Histone H3K9 demethylase JMJ25 epigenetically regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in poplar. Plant Journal, 96:1121-1136.
31. Yun Shen, Yongli Li, Dan Xu, Chen Yang, Chaofeng Li, Keming Luo*. (2018) Molecular cloning and characterization of a brassinosteriod biosynthesis-related gene PtoDWF4 from Populus tomentosa. Tree Physiology, 38:1424-1436.
32. Fu He, Changzheng Xu, Xiaokang Fu, Yun Shen, Li Guo, Mi Leng, Keming Luo*. (2018) The MicroRNA390/TRANS-ACTING SHORT INTERFERING RNA3 module mediates lateral root growth under salt stress via the auxin pathway. Plant Physiology, 177(2):775-791
33. Lijun Wang, Lingyu Ran, Yisu Hou, Qiaoyan Tian, Chaofeng Li, Rui Liu, Di Fan, Keming Luo*. (2017) The transcription factor MYB115 contributes to the regulation of proanthocyanidin biosynthesis and enhances fungal resistance in poplar. New Phytologist, 215(1):351-367
34. Changzheng Xu, Xiaokang Fu, Rui Liu, Li Guo, Lingyu Ran, Chaofeng Li, Qiaoyan Tian, Bo Jiao, Bangjun Wang, Keming Luo*. (2017) PtoMYB170 positively regulates lignin deposition during wood formation in poplar and confers drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Tree Physiology, 37: 1713-1726.
35. Yuanzhong Jiang, Li Guo, Xiaodong Ma, Xin Zhao, Bo Jiao, Chaofeng Li, Keming Luo*. (2017) The WRKY transcription factors PtrWRKY18 and PtrWRKY35 promote Melampsora resistance in Populus. Tree Physiology, 37:665–675.
36. Nannan Li, Hongjun Meng, Haitao Xing, Lan Liang, Xin Zhao, Keming Luo*. (2017) Genome-wide analysis of MATE transporters and molecular characterization of aluminum resistance in Populus. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68:5669-5683.
37. Chaofeng Li, Xianqiang Wang, Lingyu Ran, Qiaoyan Tian, Di Fan, Keming Luo*. (2015) PtoMYB92 is a transcriptional activator of the lignin biosynthetic pathway during secondary cell wall formation in Populus tomentosa. Plant and Cell Physiology, 56:2436-46.
38. Abdul Karim, Yuanzhong Jiang, Li Guo, Zhengyi Ling, Shenglong Ye, Yanjiao Duan, Chaofeng Li, Keming Luo*. (2015) Isolation and characterization of a subgroup IIa WRKY transcription factor PtrWRKY40 from Populus trichocarpa. Tree Physiology, 35:1129-39.
39. Di Fan, Tingting Liu, Chaofeng Li, Bo Jiao, Shuang Li, Yishu Hou, Keming Luo*. (2015) Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in Populus in the first generation. Scientific Reports, 5:12217. （ESI高被引论文）
40. Shenglong Ye, Yuanzhong Jiang, Yanjiao Duan, Abdul Karim, Di Fan, Li Yang, Xin Zhao, Jia Yin, Keming Luo*.(2014) Constitutive expression of the poplar WRKY transcription factor PtoWRKY60 enhances resistance to Dothiorella gregaria Sacc. in transgenic plants. Tree Physiology，34: 1118- 29.
41. Yuanzhong Jiang, Yanjiao Duan, Jia Yin, Shenglong Ye, Jingru Zhu, Faqi Zhang, Wanxiang Lu, Di Fan, Keming Luo*. (2014) Genome-wide identification and characterization of the Populus WRKY transcription factor family and analysis of their expression in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65:6629-6644. (ESI高被引论文)
人才培养:
已出站博士后4名（均获得国家自然科学基金青年基金），目前在站3名。
已毕业博士生12人、硕士生56人，其中3人获得重庆市优秀博士论文，3人获得重庆市优秀硕士论文。10余博士和硕士毕业生前往美国德克萨斯奥斯丁分校、德国哥廷根大学、日本东京大学等国际著名高校继续深造。
培养留学生2名（1名博士，1名硕士）。
招生及招聘：
实验室真诚欢迎立志于从事植物分子生物学及基因工程研究的优秀学子（包括保送生和调剂生）加入本实验室。
本实验室常年招收博士后，待遇从优（不低于20万/年+成果奖励），优秀者可留校工作。
同时，热烈欢迎从事植物（尤其是林木）功能基因组研究的高水平青年俊才加入课题组。
地址：重庆市北碚区天生路2号西南大学生命科学学院 邮编400716
电话：023-68253021（办公室） E-mail：kemingl@swu.edu.cn。
