主持自然基金项目2项，科技部项目子课题1项，省部级课题4项。

发表SCI论文80余篇，其中以第一或通讯作者发表SCI论文40篇（单篇最高影响因子为7.059），1篇入选ESI“高被引论文”，中科院top期刊论文4篇，JCR-Q1区论文12篇。副主编《优质牧草鸭茅种质资源发掘及创新利用研究》（科学出版社）1部，共同主编《饲草生产学实验》，参编“十二五”规划教材《饲草生产》（科学出版社）1部。获四川农业大学教学成果一等奖1项（第4完成人）、二等奖1项（第2完成人），连续两年指导学生获得挑战杯省级三等奖。 代表作： Huang Linkai#, Feng Guangyan#, Yan Haidong#, Zhang Zhongren, Bushman Bradley Shaun, Wang Jianping, Bombarely Aureliano, Li Mingzhou, Yang Zhongfu, Nie Gang, Xie Wengang, Xu Lei, Chen Peilin, Zhao Xinxin, Jiang Wenkai., Zhang Xinquan*. Genome assembly provides insights into the genome evolution and flowering regulation of orchardgrass. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, 2019,07,05. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13205 Haidong Yan, Aureliano Bombarely, Bin Xu, Bingchao Wu, Taylor P. Frazier, Xinquan Zhang, Jing Chen, Peilin Chen, Min Sun, Guangyan Feng, Chengran Wang, Chenming Cui, Qi Li, Bingyu Zhao* and Linkai Huang*. Autopolyploidization in switchgrass alters phenotype and flowering time via epigenetic and transcription regulation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. 2019-8-16. DOI:10.1093/jxb/erz325. Sifan Zhou, Jing Chen, Yunsong Lai, Guohua Yin, Peilin Chen, Kayla K. Pennerman ,Haidong Yan , Bingchao Wu, Huan Zhang , Xianfeng Yi , Chengran Wang, Maojie Fu ,Xinquan Zhang , Linkai Huang* , Xiao Ma , Yan Peng , Yanhong Yan , Gang Nie , Lin Liu. Integrative analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals anthocyanins biosynthesis regulation in grass species Pennisetum purpureum. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS. 2019, 138: 111470 Chengran Wang , Haidong Yan , Ji Li , Sifan Zhou , Ting Liu , Xinquan Zhang, Linkai Huang*. Genome survey sequencing of purple elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum ‘Zise’) and identification of its SSR markers. MOLECULAR BREEDING. 2018.38(7)94. Haidong Yan , Aureliano Bombarely , Bin Xu , Taylor P. Frazier , Chengran Wang , Peilin Chen , Jing Chen , Tomas Hasing , Chenming Cui , Xinquan Zhang , Bingyu Zhao ,Linkai Huang*. siRNAs regulate DNA methylation and interfere with gene and lncRNA expression in the heterozygous polyploid switchgrass. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS. 2018.11(1):208. Sifan Zhou, Chengran Wang, Taylor P. Frazier, Haidong Yan, Peilin Chen, Zhihong Chen,XinquanZhang , YanPeng , XiaoMa , YanhongYan, Linkai Huang*. The first Illumina-based de novo transcriptome analysis and molecular marker development in Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum). MOLECULAR BREEDING. 2018.38(7):95. Feng Guanyan#, Xu Lei#. Wang Jianping, Nie, Gang, Bradley Shaun Bushman, Wengang Xie, Haidong Yan,Zhongfu Yang, Hao Guan. Huang, Linkai*，Zhang, Xinquan*. Integration of small RNAs and transcriptome sequencing uncovers a complex regulatory network during vernalization and heading stages of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.). BMC GENOMICS. 2018,10(19)：727-741 Haidong Yan# , Ailing Zhang# , Jing Chen , Xiaoyan He , Bin Xu *, Guanqi Xie , Zhiming Miao , Xinquan Zhang and Linkai Huang*.Genome-Wide Analysis of the PvHsp20 Family in Switchgrass: Motif, Genomic Organization, and Identification of Stress or Developmental-Related Hsp20s . FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE,2017,8:1024 Haidong Yan , Ailing Zhang, YuntianYe, Bin Xu* , Jing Chen , Xiaoyan He , ChengranWang , Sifan Zhou, Xinquan Zhang* , Yan Peng , Xiao Ma , YanhongYan & Linkai Huang*. Genome-wide survey of switchgrass NACs family provides new insights into motif and structure arrangements and reveals stressrelated and tissue-specifc NACs. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS , 2017.6.8,7(1):3056 Huang Linkai#, Yan, Haidong#, Zhao Xinxin, Xinquan Zhang*, Wang Jianping, Frazier, T., Yin, G., Huang Xiu, Yan Deifei., Zang, W. J., Ma, X., Peng, Y., Yan, Y. H. and Liu, W. Identifying differentially expressed genes under heat stress and developing molecular markers in orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) through transcriptome analysis. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, 2015, 15(6): 1497-1509.