Prof. Huang, Hao-Jen

Major Awards and Honors

1. Distinguished Teaching Professor, National Cheng Kung University, 2009–
2. The Biological Society of China Chairman & Biological Sciences Research Excellence Awards, 2013

Publications

Periodical articles(Link)

1. Chen , Nguyen TP., Lin CC., Chang CH., Ting JHM., Hou PF., Huang HJ* (2026) Volatile compounds from endophytic PGPM improve copper tolerance by regulating redox balance in cauliflower. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (accepted). 
2. Ly , Wang IF., Chen YL., Fu SF., Nguyen TP., Huang, HJ*. (2026). Prunella vulgaris-derived biostimulant enhances copper tolerance in rice by mitigating oxidative damage and regulating ion homeostasis. Environmental Technology & Innovation (accepted).
3. Huang, HJ., Chiu, CC., Lin, MC., Lin, CH. & Ye, JC. (2025). Allelopathic effects of common exotic plants on soil-conserving native grasses in Taiwan. Allelopathy Journal, 65, 1, p. 21-34 14 p.
4. Truong TTT, Huang CC, Chiu CC, Su PY, Chang CH, Kuo SC, Chen YL, Mimura T, Lee RH, Gojobori T, Huang HJ* (2025). Microbial volatile 3-Methyl-1-Butanol enhances stomatal closure and salt stress tolerance via ethylene and jasmonate pathways in Arabidopsis. Physiolgia Plantarum, 177(4), e70383.
5. Nguyen DK, Nguyen TP, Lin CC, Ly TT, Li YR, Chang CH, Nguyen VA, Trinh NN, Huang HJ* (2025). Transcriptome analysis reveals the role of microbial volatile 3-methyl-1-butanol-induced salt stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa ) seedlings through antioxidant defense system. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 223: 109830.
6. Huang CC, Chang CH, Truong TT, Wang WG, Lin CH, Chiang CY, Obayashi I, Huang HJ* (2025). Possible role of autophagy in microbial volatile pollutant-induced starch degradation and expression of hypoxia responsive genes. Environmental Pollution, 367, 125663.
7. ChangCH, Huang CC, SuPY, Li YR, Chen YS, Wang CY, Zhang YY, Ting HM, Huang HJ* (2024). Comparison of early transcriptomic changes to diverse microbial volatiles in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(6), e70002. 
8. Nguyen DK, Nguyen TP, Li YR, Ohme-Takagi M, Liu ZH, Ly TT, Nguyen VA, Trinh NN, Huang HJ* (2024). Comparative study of two indoor microbial volatile pollutants, 2-Methyl-1-butanol and 3-Methyl-1-butanol, on growth and antioxidant system of rice (Oryza sativa) seedlings. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 272:116055. 
9. Truong TT, Chiu CC, Su PY, Chen JY, Nguyen TP, Ohme-Takagi M, Lee RH, Cheng WH, Huang HJ* (2024). Signaling pathways involved in microbial indoor air pollutant 3-methyl-1-butanol in the induction of stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(5):7556-7568. 
10. Chiang CY, Chang CH, Tseng TY, Nguyen VT, Su PY, Truong TT, Chen JY, Huang CC, Huang HJ* (2024). Volatile Compounds Emitted by Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus Tolypocladium inflatum GT22 Alleviate Copper and Pathogen Stress. Plant and Cell Physiology, 65(2):199-215. 
11. Truong TT, Chiu CC, Chen JY, Su PY, Nguyen TP, Trinh NN, Mimura T, Lee RH, Chang CH, Huang HJ* (2023). Uncovering molecular mechanisms involved in microbial volatile compounds-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology, 113(4), 143-155. 
12. Huang CC, Lee YT, Ly TT, Wang CY, Chang YT, Hou PF, Liu ZH, Huang HJ* (2023). Volatile cinnamaldehyde induces systemic salt tolerance in the roots of rice (Oryza sativa). Physiol Plant. 175(3):e13938. 
13. Nguyen TP, Meng DR, Chang CH, Su PY, Ou CA., Hou PF, Sung HM, Chou CH, Masaru OT, Huang HJ* (2023). Antifungal mechanism of volatile compounds emitted by Actinomycetota Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens from a diseasesuppressive soil on Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Msphere, 8(5), e00324-23.
14. Chang CH, Wang WG, Su PY, Chen YS, Nguyen TP, Xu J, Ohme-Tagagi M, Mimura T, Hou PF, Huang HJ*. (2023). The involvement of AtMKK1 and AtMKK3 in plant-deleterious microbial volatile compounds-induced defense responses. Plant molecular biology, 111(1-2), 21-36.

Books

1. 陳盈汝、蔡宗穆、陳少燕、黃浩仁*. 2006. 植物聖戰密碼. 科學發展. 2006年407期