研究员，小麦种质资源创新团队首席，长期从事小麦种质资源搜集、鉴定、评价与创新研究。主要承担国家自然科学基金、国家重点研发计划、转基因专项、国家外专局高端外国专家项目和江苏省农业科技自主创新资金等项目。目前的研究方向为小麦抗病、优质基因资源的挖掘与遗传解析、分子标记开发和种质创新研究，建立了抗病耐逆、优质小麦种质资源的鉴定技术体系，筛选出抗小麦赤霉病、纹枯病和低多酚氧化酶活性等小麦种质，定位多个新基因/QTL。近年来，获江苏省科学技术奖三等奖1项、院科学技术奖一等奖1项；获得国家发明专利8项；审定小麦新品种10个，获得国家植物新品种权16个；发表论文30多篇，其中SCI 论文10余篇。先后在美国、德国和国际玉米小麦改良中心等国际高水平实验室访学与开展合作研究。

论文发表：

[1] Liu Caiyun#, Guo Wei#, Wang Yang, Fu Bisheng, Jaroslav Doležel, Liu Ying, Zhai Wenling, Mahmoud Said, István Molnár, Kateřina Holušová, Zhang Ruiqi*, Wu Jizhong*. Introgression of sharp eyespot resistance from Dasypyrum villosum chromosome 2VL into bread wheat. The Crop journal, 2023, online

[2] Wu Jizhong, Jia Haiyan, Qiao Linyi, Fu Bisheng, Gina Brown-Guedira, Ragupathi Nagarajan, Yan Liuling *. Genetic basis of resistance against powdery mildew in the wheat cultivar “Tabasco”. Molecular Breeding, 2023, 43:56

[3] Zhang Xiaoyu #, Jia Haiyan #, Li Tian #, Wu Jizhong, Ragupathi Nagarajan, Lei Lei, Carol Powers, Kan Chia-Cheng, Hua Wei, Liu Zhiyong, Chen Charles, Brett F.Carver*, Yan Liuling *. TaCol-B5 modifies spike architecture and enhances grain yield in wheat. Science, 2022, 376:180-183

[4] Wu Jizhong, Qiao Linyi, Liu Ying, Fu Bisheng, Ragupathi Nagarajan, Yahya Rauf, Jia Haiyan, Yan Liuling *. Rapid identification and deployment of major genes for flowering time and awn traits in common wheat. Frontier in Plant Science. 2022, 13: 992811

[5] Liu Caiyun#, Guo Wei#, Zhang Qiaofeng, Fu Bisheng, Yang Zujun, Sukumaran Sivakumar, Cai Jin, Liu Ying, Zhai Wenling, Wu Xiaoyou, and Wu Jizhong*．. Genetic Dissection of Adult Plant Resistance to Sharp Eyespot Using an Updated Genetic Map of Niavt14 × Xuzhou25 Winter Wheat Recombinant Inbred Line Population. Plant disease, 2021, 997-1005

[6] 刘彩云，张巧凤，郭炜，付必胜，李伟，杨学明，陈怀谷，吴纪中*．成株期抗纹枯病小麦种质的发掘．麦类作物学报，2023，43(1)：56-63

[7] 蔡瑾，杨继书，翟文玲，付必胜，张巧凤，吴纪中*．长江中下游麦区小麦低多酚氧化酶活性种质的初步鉴定．江苏农业学报，2021，37(3)：545-554

[8] 吴纪中，吴小有，张巧凤，付必胜，蔡瑾，蔡士宾．优质高产抗病小麦新品种宁麦资126的选育及栽培技术．江苏农业科学，2019，47（21）：157-159