2004年从北京大学生命科学学院获得博士学位，先后在多伦多大学、加拿大农业部研究中心、中国科学院水生生物研究所从事植物生理、发育和生态学研究及其应用，聚焦模式植物和水生植物的特色科学问题，开展了原创性工作：1）通过对模式植物拟南芥和百脉根的研究，揭示了生长素在叶脉发生中的功能，解析了细胞分裂素受体家族在固氮根瘤形成中的作用机制。2）建立了浮萍种质资源库和多种遗传转化方法，运用生理、发育和多组学方法，解析了浮萍生长特征、营养模式及其与产量的关系，为浮萍替代蛋白等方面研究与应用奠定了基础。3）建立了多种特色植物的研究模型，解析了水生植物在不同水陆生境下的光合与固碳特征，在水生植物的微观研究及其在抗逆和资源化应用方面进行了大胆的尝试。
先后主持国家重点研发计划、国家自然科学基金和中国科学院级项目等10多项，在“Plant Cell”、 “Plant Physiology”、“New Phytologist”、“PlantJournal”、“Current Biology”、“PNASNEXUS”等期刊发表高水平论文60余篇。
1.LiGJ；WeiN*；HouH*.Uncovering thesecrets ofhowplantsadapt towaterstress.Plant Cell Environ.2025
2. Li GJ; Zhao XY; Yang JJ; Hu SQ; Ponnu J; Kimura S; Hwang I; Torii KU; Hou HW*. Water wisteria genome reveals environmental adaptation and heterophylly regulation in amphibious plants. Plant Cell Environ. 2024
3. Sun ZL; Zhao XY; Li GJ; Yang JJ; Chen Y; Xia ML; Hwang I; Hou HW*, Metabolic flexibility during a trophic transition reveals the phenotypic plasticity of greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza 7498), New Phytol. 2023,
4. Li FI; Yang JJ; Sun ZY；Wang L；......;Xu ZH； Hou HW*； Bai SN*； Li L*. Plant-on-chip: Core morphogenesis processes in the tiny plant Wolffia australiana. PNAS Nexus. 2023
5. Ikematsu S； Umase T; Shiozaki M; Nakayama S; Noguchi F; Sakamoto T; Hou HW; Gohari G; Kimura S; Torii KU. Rewiring of hormones and light response pathways underlies the inhibition of stomatal development in an amphibious plant Rorippa aquatica underwater. Curr Biol. 2023
6. Li GJ; Yang, JJ; Chen YM; Zhao, XY; Chen Y; Kimura S; Hu SQ; Hou HW*, SHOOT MERISTEMLESS participates in the heterophylly of Hygrophila difformis (Acanthaceae). Plant Physiol, 2022
7. Sun ZL; Guo WJ; Zhao XY; Chen Y; Yang JJ; Xu SQ; Hou HW*, Sulfur limitation boosts more starch accumulation than nitrogen or phosphorus limitation in duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza). Ind Crop Prod, 2022
8. Yang JJ; Li GJ; Xia ML; Chen YM; Chen Y; Kumar S; Sun ZL; Li XZ; Zhao XY*; Hou HW*, Combined effects of temperature and nutrients on the toxicity of cadmium in duckweed (Lemna aequinoctialis). J Hazard Mater, 2022
9. Chen Y; Li GJ; Yang JJ; Zhao XY; Sun ZL; Hou HW*, Role of nramp transporter genes of Spirodela polyrhiza in cadmium accumulation. Ecotox Environ Safe, 2021
10. Zhao XY; Li GJ; Sun ZL; Chen Y; Guo WJ; Li YX; Chen YM; Yang JJ*; Hou HW*, Identification, structure analysis, and transcript profiling of phosphate transporters under Pi deficiency in duckweeds. Int J Biol Macromol. 2021
11. Zhao XY; Yang JJ; Li GJ; Sun ZL; Hu SQ; Chen Y; Guo WJ; Hou HW*, Genome-wide identification and comparative analysis of the WRKY gene family in aquatic plants and their response to abiotic stresses in giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza). Genomics. 2021
12. Sun ZL; Guo WJ; Yang JJ; Zhao XY; Chen Y; Yao LG; Hou HW*. Enhanced biomass production and pollutant removal by duckweed in mixotrophic conditions. Bioresour Technol. 2020
13. Mariyamma NP; Hou HW; Carland FM; Nelson T; Schultz EA*, Localization of Arabidopsis FORKED1 to a RABA positive compartment suggests a role in secretion. J Exp Bot. 2017
14. Mariyamma N; Clarke K; Yu H; Hou HW; Wilton E; Dyk J; Schultz E*, Members of the Arabidopsis FORKED1-LIKE gene family act to localize PIN1 in developing veins. J Exp Bot. 2018
15. Mariyamma N; Hou HW; Carland F; Nelson T; Schultz E*, Localization of Arabidopsis FORKED1 to a RABA positive compartment suggests a role in secretion. J Exp Bot. 2017
16. Held M#; Hou HW#; Miri M#; Huynh C; Ross L; Hossain S; Sato S; Tabata S; Perry J; Wang T; Szczyglowski K*, Lotus japonicus cytokinin receptors work partially redundantly to mediate nodule formation. Plant Cell. 2014
17. Yoon H#; Hossain M#; Held M; Hou HW; Kehl M; Tromas A; Sato S; Tabata T; Andersen S; Stougaard J; Ross L; Szczyglowski K*, Lotus japonicus SUNERGOS1 encodes apredicted subunit A of a DNA topoisomerase VI and is required for nodule differentiationand accommodation of rhizobial infection. Plant J. 2014
18. Garrett J#; Meents M; Blackshaw M; Blackshaw L; Hou HW; Styranko D; Kohalmi S; Schultz E*, A novel, semi-dominant allele of MONOPTEROS provides insight into leaf initiation and vein pattern formation. Planta. 2012
19. Hou HW; Erickson J; Meservy J; Schultz E*, FORKED1 encodes a PH domain proteinthat is required for PIN1 canalization in developing leaf veins. Plant J. 2010
20. Hou HW; Zhou Y; He X; Mwange K; Li W; Cui K*, The ABP1 expression regulated by IAA and ABA is associated with the cambial activity periodicity in Eucommia ulmoides. J Exp Bot. 2006
聚焦浮萍等植物的生物质能、光合固碳和垂直农业，利用解剖、生理、发育和多组学等工具，阐明植物合成生物质能的过程，改造浮萍等植物底盘，借助工厂化设施和人工智能技术合成生物质能和高附加值产品。
1、浮萍生物学研究与应用：利用标准化的浮萍种质资源库和高通量浮萍种质筛选技术，通过光合、固碳、呼吸代谢和生长发育调理途径的解析，结合GWAS等多组学手段，挖掘浮萍快速生长和高效积累蛋白质的关键基因资源，阐明浮萍优势性状形成的分子基础，进而利用合成生物学手段创制高产高蛋白聚合性状的优异浮萍种质，推动浮萍源高蛋白饲料的研发与利用；
2、高等水生植物光合固碳的特征与机制研究：运用解剖、生理、细胞和多组学手段，解析水生条件下植物高光效、高固碳和快速生长的机制，开发新型水生经济植物，开拓新型农业种质和生产模式，推动农业的高效、环保和可持续发展。
3、研究环境因素（光照、温度、湿度、CO2、营养、生物互作等）与植物产量的形成关系，建设高产、优质、绿色的植物工厂，探索标准化、模块化和智能化设施农业发展模式。
