2001-2005年在南京农业大学农学院攻读学士学位；2005-2010年在南京农业大学资源与环境科学学院硕博连读，并获得农学博士学位。2011年进入上海市农业生物基因中心，致力于陆稻资源评价、有利遗传位点发掘与利用研究。以第一作者或通讯作者在The Plant Cell,Journal of Genetics and Genomics, Plant Cell and Environment 和Journal of Experimental Botnay等知名期刊上发表多篇SCI论文，获得国家发明专利1项，主持国家863计划子课题，国家自然科学基金青年基金和上海市自然科学基金等项目。目前为华中农业大学专业硕士生导师和南京农业大学专业硕士生校外导师。

陆稻旱作适应相关基因资源发掘、利用和种质创新研究

分子生物学与作物遗传育种

获得国家发明专利1项

(1)Yan M; Feng HM; Gu M; Mei HW; Wang L; Xu K; Chen SJ; Zhang AN; Zhou LG; Xu XY; Fan PQ; Chen L; Feng FJ; Xu GH; Luo LJ; Xia H; Variation in the promoter of OsNPF7.1 contributes to nitrate uptake, remobilization, and grain yield in upland rice, Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2025, 52: 954-957, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2025.03.010 

(2)Zhou Hl; Wang L; Yue YX; Luo Z; Wang SJ; Zhou LG; Luo LJ; Xia H; Yann M; Independent genetic differentiation between upland and lowland rice ecotypes within japonica and indica subspecies during their adaptations to different soil-nitrogen conditions, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2024, 62: 915-927, https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13046 (共同通讯)

(3)Wang TT; Jin Y; Deng LX; Li F; Wang ZY; Zhu YY; Wu YF; Qu HY; Zhang SN; Liu Y; Mei HW; Luo LJ; Yan M; Gu M; Xu GH; The transcription factor MYB110 regulates plant height, lodging resistance, and grain yield in rice, The Plant Cell, 2024, 36: 298-323, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad268 (共同通讯)

(4)Yan M; Feng FJ; Xu XY; Fan PQ; Lou QJ; Chen L; Zhang AN; Luo LJ; Mei HW; Genome-wide association study identifies a gene conferring high physiological phosphorus use efficiency in rice, Frontiers in plant science, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.115396714 

(5)Guo N; Hu JQ; Yan M; Qu HY; Luo L; Tegeder, M; Xu GH ; Oryza sativa Lysine-Histidine-type Transporter 1 functions in root uptake and root-to-shoot allocation of amino acids in rice, Plant Journal, 2020, 103(1): 395-411, https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14742