在教学上主要承担本科生作物育种学、种子学、种子生物学等部分课程的教学，能广泛收集最新研究进展融合到讲课当中，教学内容丰富，理论联系实际，教学效果优良。在科研上主要从事水稻种子相关新基因挖掘、定位、克隆和功能分析及利用研究。先后主持完成国家863、国家自然科学基金、转基因专项等9项课题，目前在研国家转基因专项优质转基因水稻新品种选育课题1项。作为团队核心成员，在水稻光钝感及广亲和基因挖掘和籼粳杂交新品种培育、品质优异基因挖掘和稻米品质改良、抗条纹叶枯病基因挖掘和抗病高产优质粳稻新品种选育等方面取得了显著成绩。近五年来在国内外核心刊物上发表上述研究领域相关论文120余篇，其中发表在Plant Cell, Plant Physiology, Planta, TAG, Field Crop Research, Plant Science, Breeding Science等刊物上的SCI收录60余篇，已获得授权发明专利9项，已获得授权植物新品种保护权11项，获得2006年度获得浙江省科技进步二等奖1项，2010年获得国家科学技术进步奖一等奖1项，并入选2010年度中国高等学校十大科技进展。
发表的代表性论文;
1. Jiang L, Liu SJ, Hou MY, Tang JY, Chen LM, Zhai HQ, Wan JM. Analysis of QTLs for seed low temperature germinability and anoxia germinability in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Field Crop Research, 2006. 98: 68-75
2. Jiang L, Xun MM, Wang JK, Wan JM. QTL Analysis of cold tolerance at seedling stage in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using recombination inbred lines. Journal of Cereal Science, 2008, 48: 173-179
3. Lu BY, Xie K, Yang CY, Wang SF, Liu X, Zhang L, Jiang L*, Wan JM*. Mapping two major effect grain dormancy QTL in rice. Molecular Breeding. 2011, 28:453–462 (*通讯作者)
4. Guo T, Liu XL, Wan XY, Weng JF, Liu SJ, Liu X, Chen MJ, Li JJ, Su N, Wu FQ, Cheng ZJ, Guo XP, Lei CL, Wang JL, Jiang L*, Wan JM*. Identification of a stable quantitative trait locus for percentage grains with white chalkiness in rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2011, 53 (8): 598–607 (*通讯作者)
5. Lu BY, Xie K, Yang CY, Zhang L, Wu T, Liu X, Jiang L*, Wan JM*. Genetic analysis of two weak dormancy mutants derived from strong seed dormancy wild type rice N22 (Oryza sativa). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2011, 53 (5): 338–346 (*通讯作者)
6. Qin HD, Wu FQ, Xie K, Cheng ZJ, Guo XP, Zhang X, Wang J, Lei CL, Wang JL, Mao L, Jiang L*, Wan JM*. Transcriptomics analysis identified candidate genes colocalized with seed dormancy QTLs in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Plant Biology, 2010, 53: 330–337 (*通讯作者)
7. Wan JM, Jiang L, Tang JY. Wang CM, Hou MY, Jing W, Zhang LX. Genetic dissection of the seed dormancy trait in cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Science. 2006, 170: 786–792
8. Wei XJ, Xu JF, Guo HN, Jiang L, Chen SH, Yu CY, Zhou ZL, Hu PS, Zhai H, Wan JM. DTH8 suppresses flowering in rice, influencing plant height and yield potential simultaneously. Plant Physiology, 2010, 153: 1747–1758
9. Wang YH, Zhu SS, Liu SJ, Jiang L, Chen LM, Ren YL, Han XH, Liu F, Ji SL, Liu X, Wan JM. The vacuolar processing enzyme OsVPE1 is required for efficient glutelin processing in rice. The Plant Journal 2009, 58, 606–617
10. Wan XY, Wan JM, Weng JF, Jiang L, Bi JC, Wang CM, Zhai HQ. Stability of QTLs for rice grain dimension and endosperm chalkiness characteristics across eight environments. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2005, 110(7): 1334-1346
