副研究员。主要从事玉米氮信号通路关键基因鉴定和生物信息学研究。主要承担国家自然科学基金，江苏省自主创新基金。目前的研究方向为玉米氮相关转录因子功能的鉴定分析和玉米基因组学研究。研究成果在The Plant Journal，New Phytologist，BMC genomics 等期刊杂志发表。  
论文发表：
Yuancong Wang, Jingyan Xu, Min Ge, Lihua Ning, Mengmei Hu, and Han Zhao. High-resolution profile of transcriptomes reveals a role of alternative splicing for modulating response to nitrogen in maize. BMC genomics. 2020 Dec;21:1-9.
Min Ge#, Yuancong Wang#, Yuhe Liu#, Lu Jiang, Bing He, Lihua Ning, Hongyang Du, Yuanda Lv, Ling Zhou, Feng Lin, Tifu Zhang, Shuaiqiang Liang, Haiyan Lu, and Han Zhao*. The NIN-like protein 5 (ZmNLP5) transcription factor is involved in modulating the nitrogen response in maize. The Plant Journal, 2020, 102(2):353-368
Yuancong Wang, Bing He, Lihua Ning, Chao-Feng Huang, and Han Zhao*. A role of ETR1 in regulating leaf petiole elongation mediated by elevated temperature in Arabidopsis. Plant Growth
Regulation, 2018, 86: 311-321.
Yao Zhang#, Yuancong Wang#, Jingyan Liu, Yanglin Ding, Shanshan Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yule Liu and Shuhua Yang*. Temperature-dependent autoimmunity mediated by chs1 requires its neighboring TNL gene SOC3. New Phytologist, 2017, 213(3): 1330-1345.
Yuancong Wang, Bing He, Zhilan Sun, and Yi-Feng Chen*. Chemically enhanced lipid production from microalgae under low sub-optimal temperature. Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2016, 20-27.
Yuancong Wang, Yao Zhang, Zheng Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang and Shuhua Yang*. A missense mutation in CHS1, a TIR-NB protein, induces chilling sensitivity in Arabidopsis, The Plant Journal, 2013, 75: 553-565.
Yunpeng Wang#, Ruoxue Liu#, Lei Chen#, Yuancong Wang#, YuancunLiang, Xiaojing Wu, Baoyan Li, Jiandong Wu, Yuan Liang, Xiaomeng Wang, Chunling Zhang, Qiuxia Wang, Xiaoyue Hong, and Hansong Dong*. Nicotiana tabacum TTG1 contributes to ParA1-induced signalling and cell death in leaf trichomes. Journal of Cell Science, 2009, 122(15), 2673-2685.