博士，副教授。主要从事园艺作物生物技术与分子生物学研究。主持国家自然科学基金、教育部博士点基金、博士后基金和江苏省普通高校研究生科研创新计划各1项，参加多项国家、省部级课题及加拿大NSERC研究课题。2008年受国家留学基金委“建设高水平大学”联合培养博士生项目的资助到加拿大西安大略大学生物系从事植物病毒与寄主基因互作和植物抗病毒新策略的研究工作，在Plos Pathogens发表论文1篇，其它SCI论文6篇，获得国家发明专利1项，参加国际会议2次。

主要科研成果

·          Wei Taiyun, Zhang Changwei, Hong Jian, Xiong Ruyi, Kasschau Kristin D., Zhou Xueping, Carrington James C., Wang Aiming. Formation of Complexes at Plasmodesmata for Potyvirus Intercellular Movement Is Mediated by the Viral Protein P3N-PIPO. PLoS Pathogens, 2010, 6(6): e1000962. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000962.

·          Wei Taiyun, Zhang Changwei (co-first author), Hou Xilin, Hélène Sanfaçon,Wang Aiming. 2013. The SNARE Protein Syp71 Is Essential for Turnip Mosaic Virus Infection by Mediating Fusion of Virus-Induced Vesicles with Chloroplasts (submitted to PLoS Pathogens, minor revision).

·          Zhang Changwei, Qi Li,  Hou Xilin, Shi Gongjun, Zhang Jingyi. Differential gene expression analysis of a new Ogura CMS line and its maintainer in non-heading Chinese cabbage by cDNA-AFLP. Acta Physiol Plant, 2010, 32:781–787.

·          Jingyi Zhang,Changwei Zhang(co-first author),Yan Cheng,Li Qi,Shumin Wang and Xilin Hou. Microtubule and male sterility in a gene-cytoplasmic male sterile line of non-heading Chinese cabbage. J Sci Food Agric, 2012, DOI 10.1002/jsfa.5722.

·          Liu TK, Zhang CW(co-first author), Qi L, Sun FF, Hou XL^*. Cloning and expression analysis of a CMS-related gene BcCoi1 from Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis.Russian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2013, 60(1), 124–130.

·          Liu TK, Li Y, Zhang CW, Qian Y, Wang Z, Hou XL^*. Overexpression of FLOWERING LOCUS C, isolated from non-heading chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis Makino), influences fertility in Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2012, 30(6), 1444–1449.

·          张昌伟，张蜀宁，侯喜林，等. 不结球白菜Pol胞质雄性不育系和保持系蕾期基因的差异表达. 西北植物学报，2010, 30 (8) :1545-1550.

·          杨学东,戴薇, 张昌伟, 王金彦,孔敏, 侯喜林.白菜病毒诱导基因沉默技术体系的建立.园艺学报，2012，39（11）：2168-2174.