2009年8月-2016年12月，Purdue University，农业学院，生物化学系，获得博士学位，导师：Scott Briggs教授

2005年8月-2009年6月，北京大学，生命科学学院，获得理学学士学位，导师：郑晓峰教授

2019年7月至今，中国农业大学，动物医学院，副教授，硕士生导师

2017年7月-2019年6月，北京化工大学，高精尖中心，博士后，合作导师：中国工程院外籍院士Jens Nielsen教授

酵母合成生物学，真菌致病机理以及耐药性机制，宠物疫苗。

主持国家自然科学基金委青年科学基金项目一项，曾获第12批中国博士后科学基金特别资助，担任重点研发计划（合成生物学）“酿酒酵母基因组深度设计原则研究”课题项目骨干。

(#为共同第一作者，*为通讯作者)：

[1] Zhibo Yang^#, Zan Chen^#, and Yueping Zhang*, A simple and economical site-directed mutagenesis method for large plasmids by direct transformation of two overlap PCR. Biotechniques. 2022, DOI: 10.2144/btn-2022-0085

[2] Yijin Zhao, Kaiwen Meng, Jinyu Fu, Shijie Xu, Guang Cai, Geng Meng, Jens Nielsen, Zihe Liu* & Yueping Zhang*, Protein engineering of invertase for enhancing yeast dough fermentation under high sucrose conditions. Folia Microbiologica 2022 Oct 6, DOI: 10.1007/s12223-022-01006-y

[3] Liyang Wang^#, Jinyu Fu^#, Guang Cai, Xiyu Cheng, Di Zhang, Shuobo Shi*, and Yueping Zhang*, Rapid and Visual RPA-Cas12a Fluorescence Assay for Accurate Detection of Dermatophytes in Cats and Dogs. Biosensors (Basel) 2022, 12(8), 636; DOI: 10.3390/bios12080636

[4] Zehui Qu^#, Hongtao Kang^#, Chenxi Cui, Kaiwen Meng, Xinzheng Zhang, Liandong Qu, Yueping Zhang*, Geng Meng*, Purification-induced damage to calicivirus particles at near-atomic resolution. Journal of General Virology 2022 103(5), DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001742

[5] Kaiwen Meng^#, Yueping Zhang^#, Qi Liu, Yangnan Huyan, Wenzhuang Zhu, Ye Xiang and Geng Meng*, Structural Design and Assessing of Recombinantly Expressed African Swine Fever Virus p72 Trimer in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022, 13:802098, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.802098

[6] Wenzhuang Zhu, Kaiwen Meng, Yueping Zhang, Zhigao Bu, Dongming Zhao*, Geng Meng*, Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of African Swine Fever Virus Antibodies Using Gold Nanoparticle-Labeled Acid-Treated p72. Front Chem. 2022 Jan 3;9:804981. DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.804981

[7] Kortany M Baker, Smriti Hoda, Debasmita Saha, Justin B Gregor, Livia Georgescu, Nina D Serratore, Yueping Zhang, Lizhi Cheng, Nadia A Lanman, Scott D Briggs, The Set1 Histone H3K4 Methyltransferase Contributes to Azole Susceptibility in a Species-Specific Manner by Differentially Altering the Expression of Drug Efflux Pumps and the Ergosterol Gene Pathway. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 May 17;66(5):e0225021. DOI: 10.1128/aac.02250-21.

[8] Junhao Cheng, Marhaba Ahmat, Henan Guo, Xubiao Wei, Lulu Zhang, Qiang Cheng, Jing Zhang, Junyong Wang, Dayong Si, Yueping Zhang*, Rijun Zhang*, Expression, Purification and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid Peptide CLP with Excellent Antibacterial Activity. Molecules 2021, 26, 7142. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237142

[9] Junhao Cheng, Mingkun Wu, Ren Zhong, Dayong Si, Geng Meng, Rijun Zhang*, Yueping Zhang*, Rapid Golden Gate assembly of exons from genomic DNA for protein expression in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris. Biotechniques. 2021 Aug 10. DOI: 10.2144/btn-2021-0039

[10] Yu Fu, Zhenglin Zhu, Geng Meng, Rijun Zhang*, Yueping Zhang*, A CRISPR‑Cas9 based shuffle system for endogenous histone H3 and H4 combinatorial mutagenesis. Scientific Reports. 2021, Feb 8;11(1):3298, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82774-4

[11] Jinyu Fu^#, Yueping Zhang^#, Guang Cai, Geng Meng*, Shuobo Shi*, Rapid and sensitive RPA-Cas12a-fluorescence assay for point-of-care detection of African swine fever virus. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 19;16(7):e0254815. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254815

[12] Guiping Gong^#, Yueping Zhang^#, Zibai Wang, Luo Liu, Shuobo Shi, Verena Siewers, Qipeng Yuan, Jens Nielsen, Xu Zhang*, and Zihe Liu*, GTR 2.0: gRNA-tRNA Array and Cas9-NG Based Genome Disruption and Single-Nucleotide Conversion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACS Synthetic Biology. 2021 May 20, DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00560

[13] Yijin Zhao^#, Yueping Zhang^#, Jens Nielsen, Zihe Liu*, Production of β‐carotene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through altering yeast lipid metabolism. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2021 May;118(5):2043-2052. DOI: 10.1002/bit.27717

[14] Yueping Zhang^#, Juan Wang#, Zibai Wang, Yiming Zhang, Shuobo Shi, Jens Nielsen, Zihe Liu*, A gRNA-tRNA Array CRISPR-Cas9 Based Rapid Multiplexed Genome Editing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nature Communications. 2019 Mar 5;10(1):1053, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09005-3

[15] Zihe Liu, Yueping Zhang, Jens Nielsen*; Synthetic Biology of Yeast. Biochemistry. 2019 Mar 19;58(11):1511-1520, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01236

[16] Yueping Zhang, Jens Nielsen, Zihe Liu*, Engineering yeast metabolism for production of terpenoids for use as perfume ingredients, pharmaceuticals and biofuels. FEMS Yeast Research. 2017 Dec 1;17(8), DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fox080 

[17] Yueping Zhang, Nina D. Serratore, Scott D. Briggs*, (2017) N-ICE plasmids for generating N-terminal 3×FLAG tagged genes that allow Inducible, Constitutive, or Endogenous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 2017 May;34(5):223-235, DOI: 10.1002/yea.3226