1979-1983　华中农业大学，学士学位
1983-1986　四川农业大学，硕士学位
1990-1993　华西医科大学，博士学位

1986－1990　华中农业大学，助教
1993－至今　武汉大学，讲师、副教授、教授、博士生导师

近十年发表论文和著作：
1. Sheng Y., Song Y., Li Z., Wang Y., Lin H., Cheng H., Zhou R., RAB37 interacts directly with ATG5 and promotes autophagosome formation via regulating ATG5-12-16 complex assembly. Cell Death Differ. 2018; 25(5):918-934.

2. Song Y., Shang D., Cheng H., Zhou R., The small GTPase RAB37 functions as an organizer for autophagosome biogenesis. Autophagy. 2018; 14(4): 702-714.

3. Zhao X, Luo M, Li Z, Zhong P, Cheng Y, Lai F, Wang X, Min J, Bai M, Yang Y, Cheng H, Zhou R., Chromosome-scale assembly of the Monopterus genome. Gigascience. 2018;7(5):1-9.

4. Liu J., Shang D., Xiao Y., Zhong P., Cheng H., Zhou R., Isolation and characterization of string-forming female germline stem cells from ovaries of neonatal mice. J. Biol. Chem. 2017; 292(39):16003-16013.

5. Luo M, Zhao X, Song Y, Cheng H, Zhou R., Nuclear autophagy: An evolutionarily conserved mechanism of nuclear degradation in the cytoplasm. Autophagy. 2016;12(11):1973-1983.

6. Xiao Y, Gao M, Gao L, Zhao Y, Hong Q, Li Z, Yao J, Cheng H, Zhou R., Directed Differentiation of Zebrafish Pluripotent Embryonic Cells to Functional Cardiomyocytes. Stem Cell Reports. 2016;7(3):370-82.

7. Yuan J., Zhang Y., Sheng Y., Fu X., Cheng H., Zhou R., MYBL2 guides autophagy suppressor VDAC2 to the developing ovary to inhibit autophagy through a complex of VDAC2 /BECN1/ BCL2L1 in mammals. Autophagy, 2015, 11(7):1081-1098.

8. Fu X., Cheng Y., Yuan J., Huang C., Cheng H., Zhou R., Loss-of-function mutation in the X-linked TBX22 promoter disrupts an ETS-1 binding site and leads to cleft palate. Hum. Genet. 2015, 134(2):147-158.

9. Chen K., Huang C., Yuan J., Cheng H., Zhou R., Long-term artificial selection reveals a role of TCTP in autophagy in mammalian cells. Mol Biol Evol. 2014,31(8):2194-211.

10. Zuo Z, Peng D, Yin X, Zhou X, Cheng H, Zhou R., Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Origin of Transfer RNA Genes from tRNA Halves. Mol Biol Evol. 2013,30(9):2087-98.

11. Hou Y, Yuan J, Zhou X, Fu X, Cheng H, Zhou R., DNA Demethylation and USF Regulate the Meiosis-Specific Expression of the Mouse Miwi. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(5):e1002716.

12. Zhou F, Zhao W, Zuo Z, Sheng Y, Zhou X, Hou Y, Cheng H, Zhou R., Characterization of androgen receptor structure and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the rice field eel. J. Biol. Chem. 2010, 285(47):37030-40.

13. Zhou X, Zuo Z, Zhou F, Zhao W, Sakaguchi Y, Suzuki T, Suzuki T, Cheng H, Zhou R., Profiling sex-specific piRNAs in zebrafish. Genetics. 2010,186(4):1175-85.

14. Ying M, Chen B, Tiana Y, Hou Y, Li Q, Shang X, Sun J, Cheng H., Zhou R., Nuclear import of human sexual regulator DMRT1 is mediated by importin-β. BBA Mol. Cell Res. 2007, 1773(6):804-813.

15. Huang X, Guo Y, Shui Y, Gao S, Yu H,, Cheng H., Zhou R., Multiple alternative splicing and differential expression of Dmrt1 in gonad transformation during sex reversal of the rice field eel. Biol. Reprod. 2005, 73: 1017–1024.

16. Cheng H., Ying m., Tian Y., Guo Y., McElreavey K., Zhou R., Transcriptional diversity of DMRT1 (dsx- and mab3-related transcription factor 1) in human testis. Cell Res. 2006, 16:389-393.

17. 周荣家，程汉华，编著《转基因动物技术与应用》，武汉大学出版社，1997。

18. 周荣家等，译著《发育原理》，高等教育出版社，2009。

19. 张楚富主编，程汉华　刘德立副主编，《生物化学原理》，高等教育出版社，2011。