母小焕，女，汉族，1988年8月出生，山东聊城人，农学博士，校青年英才。
研究领域： （1）玉米抗倒伏的分子机制
                  （2）玉米抗南方锈病的分子机制
                  （3）氮高效利用的分子机制
邮箱：muxiaohuan1988@qq.com；xiaohuanmu@henau.edu.cn
教育/工作经历：                                                 
2020年10月 -至今      公司 校聘副教授
2018年10月-2020年9月 公司 助理研究员
2012年9月-2017年7月 中国农业大学  植物营养专业  硕博连读
2008年9月-2012年7月 山东农业大学  农业资源与环境 学士
科研项目：
1、公司高层次人才启动基金，项目经费50万元，起止日期：2020年9月-2025年9月，主持。
2、国家重点研发计划子课题，氮高效促进小麦强筋品质的分子机制，项目经费58万元，起止日期：2021年12月-2026年11月，主持。
发表论文：  
1. Mu X^#, Dai Z^#, Guo Z, Zhang H, Yang J, Gan X, Li J, Liu Z, Tang J^*, Gou, M^*. 2021. Systematic dissection of disease resistance to southern corn rust by bulked-segregant and transcriptome analysis. The Crop Journal.
2. Mu X^#, Li J^#, Dai Z, Xu L, Fan T, Jing T, Chen M, Gou M. 2021. Commonly and specifically activated defense responses in maize disease lesion mimic mutants revealed by integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science 12.
3. Mu X^*, Chen Y.2021. The physiological response of photosynthesis to nitrogen deficiency. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 158: 76-82.
4. Mu X，Luo J. 2019. Evolutionary analyses of NINlike proteins in plants and their roles in nitrate signaling. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 1-12.
5. Mu X, Chen Q, Wu X, Chen F, Yuan L, Mi G. 2018. Gibberellins synthesis is involved in the reduction of cell flux and elemental growth rate in maize leaf under low nitrogen supply. Environmental and Experimental Botany 150:198-208.
6. Mu X, Chen Q, Chen F, Yuan L, Mi G. 2018. Dynamic remobilization of within-leaf nitrogen components in relation to photosynthetic rate in maize during grain filling phase. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 129:27-34.
7. Mu X, Chen Q, Chen F, Yuan L, Mi G. 2017. A RNA-Seq analysis of the response of photosynthetic system to low nitrogen supply in maize leaf. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18: 2624.
8. Mu X, Chen Q, Chen F, Yuan L, Mi G. 2016. Within-leaf nitrogen allocation in adaptation to low nitrogen supply in maize during grain-filling stage. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 699.
9. Mu X, Chen F, Wu Q, Chen Q, Wang J, Yuan L, Mi G. 2015. Genetic improvement of root growth increases maize yield via enhanced post-silking nitrogen uptake. European Journal of Agronomy 63: 55-61.
10. Chen Q, Mu X, Chen F, Yuan L, Mi G, 2016. Dynamic change of mineral nutrient content in different plant organs during the grain filling stage in maize grown under contrasting nitrogen supply. European Journal of Agronomy 80：137-153.
11. Chen Y, Wu D, Mu X, Xiao C, Chen F, Yuan L, Mi G. 2015. Vertical distribution of photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency and its response to nitrogen in Field-Grown maize. Crop Science.