1、1996.9-2000.6: 中山大学生物学专业获理学学士；
2、2000.9-2003.6：中山大学遗传学专业获理学硕士；
3、2003.8-2010.5：爱荷华州立大学(Iowa State University, USA)植物生物学专业获哲学博士；

4、2010.5-2013.7：爱荷华州立大学(Iowa State University, USA)生物化学系，博士后； 5、2013.7-至今: 华中农业大学植物科学技术学院，副教授。

十三五小麦等作物功能基因组研究与应用， 2017.1-2020.12，
大豆皂苷的合成调控以及合成皂苷后修饰酶, 湖北省科学自然基金，2014.1-2015.12， 主持;
大豆挥发性化合物的合成代谢, 新进博士科研启动专项, 2014.1-2015.12, 主持.

.Huanan Jin, Zhihong Song, Basil J. Nikolau. Reverse Genetic Characterization of Two Paralogous Acetoacetyl CoA Thiolase genes in Arabidopsis reveals Their Importance in Plant Growth and Development. Plant J. 2012 Jun;70(6):1015-32.

2.Huanan Jin, Basil J. Nikolau. Role of Genetic Redundancy in Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Polymerases in PHA Biosynthesis in Rhodospirillum rubrum. J Bacteriol. 2012 Oct;194(20):5522-9

3.Huanan Jin, Basil J. Nikolau. Evaluating PHA productivity of bioengineered Rhodosprillum rubrum. PLoS One. 2014 May 19;9(5):e96621.

4. Disequilibrium of Flavonol Synthase and Dihydroflavonol-4-Reductase Expression Associated Tightly to White vs. Red Color Flower Formation in Plants. Luo P, Ning G, Wang Z, Shen Y, Jin H, Li P, Huang S, Zhao J, Bao M. Front Plant Sci. 2016 Jan 13;6:1257. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01257. eCollection 2015.

5. Microbial production of bi-functional molecules by diversification of the fatty acid pathway. Garg S, Rizhsky L, Jin H, Yu X, Jing F, Yandeau-Nelson MD, Nikolau BJ. Metab Eng. 2016 May;35:9-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.01.003. Epub 2016 Jan 28.

6. Temporal interactions of plant - insect - predator after infection of bacterial pathogen on rice plants. Sun Z, Liu Z, Zhou W, Jin H, Liu H, Zhou A, Zhang A, Wang MQ. Sci Rep. 2016 May 17;6:26043. doi: 10.1038/srep26043.