研究方向：微生物学及分子生物学
教学情况 
1.主讲课程：
基因操作原理:本科生专业基础课, 45学时,25人,2005/2006
微生物遗传育种: 本科生专业基础课, 48学时, 120人/届, 2008/2011
微生物生物技术：研究生专业课 , 56学时，120人/届, 2008-2012。
2.实践教学：
现代生物学技术：本科生创新课, 40学时, 20人, 2012毕业设计/论文：共约18人。
科研情况 
承担的科研项目：
①根瘤菌结瘤因子信号转导及其网络调控蛋白的研究,26 万, 国家自然基金, 2006-2008 主持人
②MAPK激酶在豆科植物共生信号转导中的功能及作用机制, 35万, 国家自然基金,2009-2011 主持人
③豆科植物根瘤形成和发育中蛋白质互作及其调控机制,60 万, 国家自然科学基金 , 2011-2014, 主持人
④大豆优质、抗病基因发掘体系及百脉根共生基因在水稻中的功能验证, 350万, 转基因专项 , 2009-2011, 主持人
5) 根瘤菌固氮系统调控的分子机理，650万，973计划课题，2010-2014课题主持人
近5年发表SCI论文:  
1.Tao Chen, Hui Zhu, Danxia Ke, Kai Cai, Chao Wang, Honglan Gou, Zonglie Hong, Zhongming Zhang*, A MAP Kinase Kinase Interacts with SymRK and Regulates Nodule Organogenesis in Lotus japonicus, The Plant Cell, 2012, 24:823-838
2. Songli Yuan, Hui Zhu, Honglan Gou, Weiwei Fu, Lijing Liu, Tao Chen, Danxia Ke, Heng Kang, Qi Xie, Zonglie Hong, and Zhongming Zhang*, A Ubiquitin Ligase of Symbiosis Receptor Kinase Involved in Nodule Organogenesis, Plant Physiol, 2012, doi.org/10.1104/pp.112.199000

3. Danxia Ke, Qing Fang, Chunfen Chen, Tao Chen, Xiaojun Chang, Lian Ma, Zonglie Hong, Zhongming Zhang*, A NFR5 interacting small GTPase ROP6 is involved in the perception and signaling of Nod factor in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol. 2012, 159:131-143
4. Heng Kang, Hui Zhu, Xiaojie Chu, Zhenzhen Yang, Songli Yuan, Dunqiang Yu, Chao Wang, Zonglie Hong, Zhongming Zhang*. A Novel Interaction between CCaMK and a Protein Containing the Scythe_N Ubiquitin-Like Domain inLotus japonicus.Plant Physiol.2011, 115:1312-1324
5. Bo Xie, Xiaomin Wang, Maosheng Zhu, Zhongming Zhangand Zonglie Hong*, CalS7 encodes a callose synthase responsible for callose deposition in the phloem, The Plant Journal, 2011, 65:1–14
6. Zhongming Zhang*, William Sullivan, Sara J. Felts, Bishun D. Prasad, David O. Toft, Priti Krishna. Characterization of plant p23-like proteins for their co-chaperone activities, Cell Stress and Chaperones, 2010, 15:703-715
7. Xingzhou Chen, Shunqing Xu, Maosheng Zhu, Luosheng Cui, Hui Zhu, Yunxiang Liang, Zhongming Zhang*, Site-directed mutagenesis of an Aspergillus nigerxylanase B and its expression, purification and enzymatic characterization in Pichia pastoris, Process Biochemistry, 2010, 45:75–80
8. Hui Zhu, Tao Chen, Maosen Zhu, Fang Qing, Zhongming Zhang*, A Novel ARID/BRIGHT-like transcription factor interacted with SYMRK involved in Nod factor signaling in Lotus japonicus,Plant Physiol., 2008, 148:337-347
9. Lian Ma, Zonglie Hong, DPS Verma, Zhongming Zhang*, A Novel RNA binding protein, PhrIP1, involved in cell plate formation during cytokinesis.Plant Physiol., 2008, 148:223-234
10. Fei Long, Xin-na Zhu, Zhong-ming Zhang*, Xian-ming Shi, Development of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction method using a live bacterium as internal control for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2008, 62:374–381
11. Lian Ma, Zonglie Hong, Zhongming Zhang*. ArabidopsisRan2, a small Ras-like GTP-binding protein, is localized in the perinuclear region and concentrated at the nuclear envelope Plant Cell Rep.2007，26:1373-1382