主要从事玉米耐密改良遗传基础解析及育种技术创新相关的研究。先后主持国家自然科学基金-“优秀青年基金”，国家重点研发计划“青年科学家”项目等各级科学基金项目10余项；以第一或共同通讯作者在Nature Genetics、Nature Plants、Molecular Plant、Plant Cell等国际著名期刊上发表研究论文10余篇；授权国家发明专利10余项。

 代表性成果：

1. Baobao Wang#, Mei Hou#, Junpeng Shi#, Lixia Ku#, Wei Song#, Chunhui Li#, Qiang Ning, Xin Li, Changyu Li, Binbin Zhao, Ruyang Zhang, Hua Xu, Zhijing Bai, Zhanchao Xia, Hai Wang, Dexin Kong, Hongbin Wei, Yifeng Jing, Zhouyan Dai, Hu Hailing Wang, Xinyu Zhu, Chunhui Li, Xuan Su, Shuaishuai Wang, Wen Yao, Gege Hou, Zhi Qi, He Dai, Xuming Li, Hongkun Zheng, Zuxin Zhang, Yu Li, Tianyu Wang, Taijiao Jiang, Zhaoman Wan, Yanhui Chen*, Jiuran Zhao*, Jinsheng Lai* and Haiyang Wang*. De novo genome assembly and analyses of 12 founder inbred lines provide insights into maize heterosis. Nature Genetics, 2023, 55(2):312-323. 

2. Zhigang Zheng#, Baobao Wang#, Chuyun Zhuo#, Yurong Xie, Xiaoming Zhang, Yanjun Liu, Guisen Zhang, Hui Ding, Binbin Zhao, Manqing Tian, Miaoyun Xu , Dexin Kong, Rongxin Shen, Qing Liu, Guangxia Wu, Junfei Huang and Haiyang Wang*. Local auxin biosynthesis regulates brace root angle and lodging resistance in maize. New Phytologist, 2023, 238(1):142-154.

3. Yongping Zhao#, Binbin Zhao#, Yurong Xie#, Hong Jia, Yongxiang Li, Miaoyun Xu, Guangxia Wu, Xiaojing Ma, Quanquan Li, Mei Hou, Changyu Li, Zhanchao Xia, Gang He, Hua Xu, Zhijing Bai, Dexin Kong, Zhigang Zheng, Qing Liu, Yuting Liu, Jinshun Zhong, Feng Tian, Baobao Wang* and Haiyang Wang*. The evening complex promotes maize flowering and adaptation to temperate regions. The Plant Cell, 2022, 35(1):369-389.

4. Chunhui Li#, Honghui Guan#, Xin Jing#, Yaoyao Li#, Baobao Wang#, Yongxiang Li, Xuyang Liu, Dengfeng Zhang, Cheng Liu, Xiaoqing Xie, Haiyan Zhao, Yanbo Wang, Jingbao Liu, Panpan Zhang, Guanghui Hu, Guoliang Li, Suiyan Li, Dequan Sun, Xiaoming Wang, Yunsu Sh1,Yanchun Song, Chengzhi Jiao*, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra*, Yu Li*, Tianyu Wang* and Haiyang Wang*. Genomic insights into historical improvement of heterotic groups during modern hybrid maize breeding. Nature Plants, 2022, 8(7):750-763.

5. Binbin Zhao#, Miaoyun Xu#, Yongping Zhao, Yaoyao Li, Hua Xu, Changyu Li, Dexing Kong, Yurong Xie, Zhigang Zheng, Baobao Wang* and Haiyang Wang*. Overexpression of ZmSPL12 confers enhanced lodging resistance through transcriptional regulation of D1 in maize. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2022, 20(4):622-624.

6. Baobao Wang#, Zechuan Lin#, Xin Li#, Yongping Zhao, Binbin Zhao, Guangxia Wu, Xiaojing Ma, Hai Wang, Yurong Xie, Quanquan Li, Guangshu Song, Dexin Kong, Zhigang Zheng, Hongbin Wei, Rongxin Shen, Hong Wu, Cuixia Chen, Zhaodong Meng, Tianyu Wang, Yu Li, Xinhai Li, Yanhui Chen, Jinsheng Lai, Matthew B. Hufford, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Hang He* and Haiyang Wang*. Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding. Nature Genetics, 2020, 52(6):565-571.

7. Baobao Wang#,*, Lei Zhu#, Binbin Zhao, Yongping Zhao, Yongrong Xie, Zhigang Zheng, Yaoyao Li, Juan Sun, Haiyang Wang*. Development of a Haploid-Inducer Mediated Genome Editing System for Accelerating Maize Breeding. Molecular Plant, 2019, 12:597-602.

8. Wenzhu Guo#, Tong Lian#, Baobao Wang#, Jiantao Guan#, Dong Yuan, Huan Wang, Fardous Mohammad Safiul Azam, Xing Wan, Weixuan Wang, Qiuju Liang, Haiyang Wang, Jinxing Tu, Chunyi Zhang and Ling Jiang*. Genetic mapping of folate QTLs using a segregated population in maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2019, 61(6):675-690.

9. Baobao Wang#, Yanbin Zhu#, Jinjie Zhu#, Zhipeng Liu#, Han Liu, Xiaomei Dong, Jinjie Guo, Wei Li, Jing Chen, Chi Gao, Xinmei Zheng, Lizhu E, Jinsheng Lai, Haiming Zhao* and Weibin Song*. Identification and Fine-Mapping of a Major Maize Leaf Width QTL in a Re-sequenced Large Recombinant Inbred Lines Population. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018a, 9(101).

10. Baobao Wang#, Han Liu#, Zhipeng Liu#, Xiaomei Dong, Jinjie Guo, Wei Li, Jing Chen, Chi Gao, Yanbin Zhu, Xinmei Zheng, Zongliang Chen, Jian Chen, Weibin Song, Andrew Hauck and Jinsheng Lai*. Identification of minor effect QTLs for plant architecture related traits using super high density genotyping and large recombinant inbred population in maize (Zea mays). BMC Plant Biology, 2018b, 18(1):17.

11. Baobao Wang, Haiyang Wang*. IPA1: A New “Green Revolution” Gene? Molecular Plant, 2017, 10(6):779-781.

12. Weibin Song#, Baobao Wang#, Andrew Hauck, Xiaomei Dong, Jieping Li, Jinsheng Lai*. Genetic dissection of maize seedling root system architecture traits using an ultra-high density bin-map and a recombinant inbred line population. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2016, 58(3):266-279.

13. Zongliang Chen#, BaobaoWang#, Xiaomei Dong, Han Liu, Longhui Ren, Jian Chen, Andrew Hauck, Weibin Song, Jinsheng Lai*. An ultra-high density bin-map for rapid QTL mapping for tassel and ear architecture in a large F2 maize population. BMC Genomics, 2014, 15:433.