2006年6月毕业于华中农业大学生命科学技术学院，获理学学士学位。2006年起攻读博士学位2012年获得华中农业大学理学博士学位

2012年7月至今一直在华中农业大学植物科学技术学院从事教学与科研工作

1.国家自然科学基金青年科学基金，31300208、蒺藜苜蓿MAPKK Tnt1 突变体的分离及共生表型分析、2014/01-2016/12、22万元、结题、主持。

2.湖北省自然科学基金，2013CFB202、油菜根肿病的发病分子机理研究、2013/01-2015/12、6万元、结题、主持。

3.高等学校博士点专项科研基金新教师类，20130146120032、苜蓿MAPKK在共生信号转导中调控及生物学功能研究、2014/01-2016/12、4万元、结题、主持。

4.校自科技主创新基金，青年教师科技创新专项，2013QC041、MAPK级联在根瘤菌与苜蓿共生信号转导中的调控机制、2013.01-2014.12、8万元、结题，主持。

5.校自主科技创新基金，学科交叉研究专项（教育部创新团队支持项目），2662017JC004、再生稻防病促生有益微生物筛选及应用、2017.01-2019.12、30万元、在研、主持。

1. Tao Chen, Hui Zhu, Danxia Ke, Kai Cai, Chao Wang, Honglan Gou, Zonglie Hong, Zhongming Zhang*. A MAP Kinase Kinase Interacts with SymRK and Regulates Nodule Organogenesis in Lotus japonicus. Plant Cell, 2012, 24(2): 823-838.

2. Hui Zhu, Tao Chen, Maosheng Zhu, Qing Fang, Heng Kang, Zonglie Hong, Zhongming Zhang*. A novel ARID DNA-binding protein interacts with SymRK and is expressed during early nodule development in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol, 2008, 148, 337-347.

3. Danxia Ke#, Qing Fang#, Chunfen Chen, Hui Zhu, Tao Chen, Xiaojun Chang, Lian Ma, Zhongming Zhang*. The Small GTPase ROP6 Interacts with NFR5 and Is Involved in Nodule Formation in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol, 2012, 159(1): 131-143.

4. Songli Yuan, Hui Zhu, Honglan Gou, Weiwei Fu, Lijing Liu, Tao Chen, Danxia Ke, Heng Kang, Qi Xie, Zonglie Hong and Zhongming Zhang*. A Ubiquitin Ligase of Symbiosis Receptor Kinase Involved in Nodule Organogenesis. Plant Physiol, 2012, 160(1):106-17.

5. Chao Wang, Hui Zhu, Liping Jin, Tao Chen, Longxiang Wang, Heng Kang, Zonglie Hong, Zhongming Zhang*. Splice variants of the SIP1 transcripts play a role in nodule organogenesis in Lotus japonicus. Plant Mol Biol, 2013, 82 (1-2):97-111.

6. Tao Chen, Kai Bi, Zhangchao He, Zhixiao Gao, Ying Zhao, Yanping Fu, Jiasen Cheng, Jiatao Xie and Daohong Jiang*. Arabidopsis Mutant bik1 Exhibits Strong Resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae. Frontiers in Physiology. 2016, doi: 10.3389/fphys.

7. Xiaoli Zhang#, Xinqiang Liu#, Yanli Zhao, Jiasen Cheng, Jiatao Xie, Yanping Fu, Daohong Jiang and Tao Chen*. Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methyltransferase DIM5 Is Required for the Development and Virulence of Botrytis cinerea. Front Microbiol. 2016; 7: 1289. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.

8. Tao Chen, Bo Zhou, Liujian Duan, Hui Zhu and Zhongming Zhang*. MtMAPKK4 is an essential gene for growth and reproduction of Medicago truncatula, Physiologia Plantarum, 2017, doi: 10.1111/ppl.12533.

9. Kai Bi, Zhangchao He, Zhixiao Gao, Ying Zhao, Yanping Fu, Jiasen Cheng, Jiatao Xie, Daohong Jiang and Tao Chen*. Integrated omics study of lipid droplets from Plasmodiophora brassicae. Scientific reports, 2016, 22, 6:36965. doi: 10.1038/srep36965.

10. Tao Chen, Liujian Duan, Bo Zhou, Haixiang Yu, Hui Zhu, Yangrong Cao and Zhongming Zhang*. Interplay of Pathogen-Induced Defense Responses and Symbiotic Establishment in Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2017.05.30. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00973.

11. Si Liu, Jiatao Xie, Jiasen Cheng, Bo Li, Tao Chen, Yanping Fu, Guoqing Li, Manqun Wang, Huanan Jin, Hu Wan, and Daohong Jiang*. Fungal DNA virus infects a mycophagous insect and utilizes it as a transmission vector. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2016, 8; 113(45): 12803–12808.

12. Songsong Wu, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu, Tao Chen, Daohong Jiang, Said A. Ghabrial, Jiatao Xie*. Virus-mediated suppression of host non-self recognition facilitates horizontal transmission of heterologous viruses. PLoS Pathog. 2017, 13(3): e1006234.

13. Ying Zhao, Kai Bi, Zhixiao Gao, Tao Chen, Huiquan Liu, Jiatao, Xie, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu and Daohong Jiang*, Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to Plasmodiophora brassicae during early infection. Front Microbiol. 2017, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00673.

14. Kunfei Li, Dan Zheng, Jiasen Cheng, Tao Chen, Yanping Fu, Daohong Jiang, Jiatao Xie∗. Characterization of a novel Sclerotinia sclerotiorum RNA virus as the prototype of a new proposed family within the order Tymovirales. Virus Research, 2015.11.18, 219 (3):92-99.

15. Ying Zhao, Zhixiao Gao, Binnian Tian, Kai Bi, Tao Chen, Huiquan Liu, Jiatao Xie, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu and Daohong Jiang. Endosphere microbiome comparison between symptomatic and asymptomatic roots of Brassica napus infected with Plasmodiophora brassicae. PLoS ONE, 2017, 12(10), e0185907. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185907

16. Tao Chen, Kai Bi, Yanli Zhao, Xueliang Lyu, Zhixiao Gao, Ying Zhao, Yanping Fu, Jiasen Cheng, Jiatao Xie, Daohong Jiang*. MAPKK inhibitor U0126 inhibit Plasmodiophora brassicae development. Phytopathology. 2018. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-07-17-0240-R

17. Fan Mu, Jiatao Xie, Shufen Cheng, Ming Pei You, Martin J. Barbetti, Jichun Jia, Qianqian Wang, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu, Tao Chen and Daohong Jiang*. Virome Characterization of a Collection of S. sclerotiorum from Australia. Front Microbiol. 2018. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02540

18. Ruiling Lyu, Yi Zhang, Qing Tang, Yangyi Li, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu, Tao Chen, Daohong Jiang and Jiatao Xie*. Two alphapartitiviruses co infecting a single isolate of the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. Arch Virol. 2018. 163:515–520.

19. 何璋超, 高知枭, 毕凯, 赵莹, 程家森, 谢甲涛, 付艳苹, 姜道宏, 陈桃*. 基于LC-MS技术的代谢组学方法研究根肿菌对拟南芥代谢的影响. 华中农业大学学报，2017年9月，第36卷，第5期.