1. 小G蛋白OsRab6a在水稻铁营养中的功能研究，国家自然科学基金青年基金，主持，2014.1-2016.12
2. 示范区高产优质牧草（品）种筛选，国家重点研发计划子课题，主持，2016.7-2020.12
3. 乡土草种生产水肥调控，国家重点研发计划子课题，主持，2022.9-2026.8
代表性论文专著：
Chunyan Guo, An Yang*, and Wen-Hao Zhang. 2023. Host Identity Determines the Bacterial and Fungal Community and Network Structures in the Phyllosphere of Plant Species in a Temperate Steppe. Phytobiomes Journal,
An Yang, Wenwu Han, Yuting Li, Xueqin Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Meng Zhou, Lifei Ren, Qiuying Tian, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2022. Linkage of vegetation and abiotic attributes to grazing effects on biogeographical patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in temperate grasslands. Plant and Soil, 478: 79–490.
An Yang, Qian Li, Lei Chen, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2020. A rice small GTPase, Rab6a, is involved in the regulation of grain yield and iron nutrition in response to CO2 enrichment. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(18): 5680-5688.
Qian Li, An Yang*. 2020. Comparative studies on seed germination of two rice genotypes with different tolerances to low temperature. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 179: 104216.
Qian Li, Lei Chen, An Yang*. 2020. The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Iron Deficiency Responses in Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 43.
Qian Li, Yan Gao, An Yang*. 2020. Sulfur Homeostasis in Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 8926.
Qian Li*, Changkun Ma, Huanhuan Tai, Huan Qiu, An Yang*. 2020. Comparative transcriptome analysis of two rice genotypes differing in their tolerance to saline-alkaline stress. PLoS ONE, 15(12): e0243112.
Yuan Liu, Sherry Wu, Yeonjong Koo, An Yang, Yanwan Dai, Htet Khant, Samantha R Osman, Mamur Chowdhury, Haichao Wei, Yang Li, Karem Court, Elaine Hwang, Yunfei Wen, Santosh K Dasari, Michael Nguyen, E. Chia-Cheng Tang, E. Wassim Chehab, Natalia de Val, Janet Braam*, Anil K Sood*. 2020. Characterization of and isolation methods for plant leaf nanovesicles and small extracellular vesicles. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 29: 102271.
Qian Li, An Yang*, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2019. Higher endogenous bioactive gibberellins and α-amylase activity confer greater tolerance of rice seed germination to saline-alkaline stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 162: 357-363.
Qian Li, An Yang, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2017. Comparative studies on tolerance of rice genotypes differing in their tolerance to moderate salt stress. BMC Plant Biology, 17:141.
An Yang, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2016. A Small GTPase, OsRab6a, is Involved in the Regulation of Iron Homeostasis in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology, 57(6):1271-1280.
Qian Li, An Yang, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2016. Efficient acquisition of iron confers greater tolerance to saline-alkaline stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Experimental Botany,67 (22): 6431-6444.
Qiuying Tian, Xinxin Zhang, An Yang, Tianzuo Wang, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2016. CBL1/CBL9-CIPK23-complex is involved in response of Arabidopsis thaliana to iron deficiency by affecting ferric chelate reductase activity. Plant Science, 246: 70-79.
Qiuying Tian, Nana Liu, Wenming Bai, Linghao Li, Jiquan Chen, Reich B Peter, Qiang Yu, Dali Guo, Smith D Melinda, Knapp K Alan, Weixin Cheng, Peng Lu, Yan Gao, An Yang, Tianzuo Wang, Xin Li, Zhengwen Wang, Yibing Ma, Xingguo Han, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2016. A novel soil manganese mechanism drives plant species loss with increased nitrogen deposition in a temperate steppe. Ecology, 97(1): 65-74.
An Yang, Nana Liu, Qiuying Tian, Wenming Bai*, Williams Mark, Qibing Wang, Linghao Li, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2015. Rhizosphere bacterial communities of dominant steppe plants shift in response to a gradient of simulated nitrogen deposition. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6: 789.
An Yang, Yansu Li, Yunyuan Xu, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2013. A receptor-like protein RMC is involved in regulation of iron acquisition in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64: 5009-5020.
An Yang, Xiaoyan Dai, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2012. A R2R3-type MYB gene, OsMYB2, is involved in salt, cold and dehydration tolerance in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63: 2541-2556.
Xiaoyan Dai, Yuanyuan Wang, An Yang, Wen-Hao Zhang*. 2012. OsMYB2P-1, a R2R3 MYB transcription factor, is involved in regulation of phosphate-starvation responses and root architecture in rice. Plant Physiology, 159:169-183.