目前主要研究方向为植物逆境响应的分子生理机制，主要从事主要作物的热胁迫响应的生理分子机制解析，包括研究植物响应热胁迫的生理分子机制、基因表达调控和关键耐热基因的克隆，探索作物耐热性遗传改良的途径。先后主持1项国家自然科学青年基金、1项湖北省协同创新中心人才专项、1项长江大学校内博士专项基金，参与国家自然科学基金2项和教育厅自然科学基金1项。欢迎有兴趣的同学加入本课题组团队！

代表论文：

1. Ding, S.; Zhang, B.; Qin F., Arabidopsis RZFP34/CHYR1, a ubiquitin E3 ligase, regulates stomatalmovement and drought tolerance via SnRK2.6-mediated phosphorylation. Plant Cell, 2015, 27 (10), 3228-3244. (IF= 10.529，一区，国际植物学顶尖期刊TOP1)

2. Ding, S.; Feng, X.; Du, H.; Wang, H.*. Genome-wide analysis of maize OSCA family members and their involvement in drought stress. PeerJ 2019, 7, e6765. (IF= 2.3，三区)

3. Ding, S.; Zhen, C.; Du, H.; Wang, H. *. Genome-wide analysis of TCP family genes in Zea mays L. identified a role for ZmTCP42 in drought tolerance. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 2762. (IF= 4.2，二区)

4. Ding, S.;He, F.; Tang, W.; Du, H.; Wang, H. *. Identification of maize CC-Type glutaredoxins that are associated with response to drought stress. Genes. 2019,12, 10. (IF= 3.2，三区)

5. He, F.#; Ding, S.#（共同第一）; Wang, H. *; and Qin, F *. IntAssoPlot: An R Package for Integrated Visualization of Genome-Wide Association Study Results With Gene Structure and Linkage Disequilibrium Matrix. Frontiers in Genetics 11. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00260 (IF= 3.517，二区).