闫磊，博士（后），硕士生导师，青岛大学特聘教授。中共党员。2015年7月获青岛农业大学学士学位，2020年7月获华中农业大学农学博士学位，2020年7月-2022年12月在华中农业大学园艺植物生物学教育部重点实验室从事博士后工作，同年12月入职青岛大学。主要从事植物逆境胁迫响应机制的探究。近五年于国际知名期刊发表SCI论文50余篇，以第一/通讯作者在J Hazard Mater, Crit Rev Env Sci Tec, Environ Pollut, Sci Total Environ, Physiol Plantarum, Tree Physiology等国际知名期刊发表学术论文30余篇。中国中微肥创新联盟青年英才奖获得者、中国植物营养与肥料学会优秀博士论文获得者。中国土壤肥料学会会员、中国植物营养与肥料学会会员。曾任青岛市莱西市河头店镇科技副镇长（挂职），现任中国中微量元素及肥料产学研创新联盟理事、Frontiers in Plant Sciences客座编辑。主持国家自然科学基金、山东省自然科学基金、湖北省博士后创新人才培养、重点实验室开放课题发展基金等项目7项。指导学生获得全国大学生生命科学竞赛大赛国家二等奖1项、省级二等奖1项。
研究方向：
外源改良剂对盐碱土壤的修复机制；植物逆境胁迫（盐胁迫、重金属毒害）响应机制
主持/参与项目：
国家自然科学基金面上项目：编号：32572259（2026.01.01-2029.12.31），主持
国家自然科学基金青年科学基金：编号：42307012（2024.01.01-2026.12.31），主持
山东省自然科学基金青年科学基金：编号：ZR2023QC018（2024.01-2026.12），主持
青岛大学人才引进科研启动项目：（2023.01.01至今），主持
湖北省博士后创新人才培养项目：（2021.08.01至2023.7.31，已结题），主持
湖北省博士后创新人才培养项目：（2020.08.01至2022.7.31，已结题），主持
2021年绿洲生态农业兵团重点实验室开放课题发展基金项目：（2021.11.01至2023.12.31，已结题），主持
国家自然科学基金地区科学基金：编号：42167042（2021.01-2025.12），第一参与人
硕士研究生招生方向：农业资源与环境、植物学、土壤学等相关专业；每年招收硕士研究生2-4名，欢迎联系！
联系方式：yanlei2023@163.com
代表性SCI论文：
1.Lu Mu, Riaz Muhammad, Tong Kaiqing, Hao Wenjing, Yang Yu, Zhao Xiaomeng, Wang Lu, Niu Yusheng*,Yan Lei*. Boron-induced phenylpropanoid metabolism, Na+/K+homeostasis and antioxidant defense mechanisms in salt-stressed soybean seedlings.Journal of Hazardous Materials,2025.Accept（中科院1区；IF=12.2）
2.Yan Lei, Li Shuang, Cheng Jin, Liu Yu, Liu Jihong*, Jiang Cuncang*. Boron contributes to excessive aluminum tolerance in trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata(L.) Raf.) by inhibiting cell wall deposition and promoting vacuole compartmentation.Journal of Hazardous Materials,2022.437:129275.（中科院1区；IF=14.224）
3.Yan Lei, Riaz Muhammad, Liu Jiayou, Liu Yalin, Zeng Yu, Jiang Cuncang*. Boron reduces aluminum deposition in alkali-soluble pectin and cytoplasm to release aluminum toxicity.Journal of Hazardous Materials,2021, 401:123388.（中科院1区；IF=14.224）
4.Yan Lei, Riaz Muhammad, Liu Jiayou, Zeng Yu,Yu Min,Jiang Cuncang*. The aluminum tolerance and detoxification mechanisms in plants; recent advances and prospects.Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2021, 52:9, 1491-1527.（中科院1区；IF=11.750）
5.Yan Lei,Riaz Muhammad, Wu Xiuwen, Du Chenqing, Liu Yalin, Jiang Cuncang*. 2018. Ameliorative effects of boron on aluminum induced variations of cell wall cellulose and pectin components in trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliate(L.) Raf.).Environmental Pollution, 2018, 240: 764-774.（中科院1区；IF=9.988）
6.Yan Lei, Du Chenqing, Riaz Muhammad, Jiang Cuncang*. Boron mitigates citrus root injuries by regulating intracellular pH and reactive oxygen species to resist H+-toxicity.Environmental Pollution, 2019, 255: 113254-113265.（中科院1区；IF=9.988）
7.Yan Lei, Lu Mu, Riaz Muhammad, Tong Kaiqing, Yu Hualong, Gao Guang, Niu Yusheng*. Exogenous proline enhances salt acclimation in soybean seedlings: modifying physicochemical properties and controlling proline metabolism through the ornithine-glutamate dual pathway.Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2025, 294, 118012.（中科院1区；IF=6.2）
8.Gao Guang#,Yan Lei#, Tong, Kaiqing, Yu, Hualong, Lu Mu, Wang Lu, Niu Yusheng*, The potential and prospects of modified biochar for comprehensive management of salt-affected soils and plants: A critical review.Science of the Total Environment,2024. 912, 169618.（中科院1区；IF=9.8）
9.Yan Lei, Lu Mu, Riaz Muhammad, Gao Guang, Tong Kaiqing, Yu Hualong, Wang Lu, Wang Lu, Cui Kunpeng, Wang Jiahui, Niu Yusheng*. Differential response of proline metabolism defense, Na+absorption and deposition to salt stress in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive rapeseed (Brassica napusL.) genotypes.Physiologia Plantarum, 2024, 176, 14460.
10.Yan, Lei,Cheng, Jin, Riaz, Muhammad, Xiao, Siyun, Jiang, Cuncang*. Boron modulates cell wall structure that alleviate aluminum toxicity-induced root growth defects in citrus.Scientia Horticulturae, 2024, 33, 113240.
11.Yan Lei, Gao guang, Lu Mu, Riaz Muhammad, Zhang Mengyang, Tong Kaiqing, Yu Hualong, Yang Yu, Hao Wenjing, Niu Yusheng*. Insight into the amelioration effect of nitric acid-modiffed biochar on saline soil physicochemical properties and plant growth.Plants, 2024, 13, 3434.
12.Yan Lei, Riaz, M., Li, S., Cheng, J., Jiang, C.C*. Harnessing the power of exogenous factors to enhance plant resistance to aluminum toxicity; a critical review.Plant Physiology and Biochemistry,2023, 203,108064
13.Tong Kaiqing#,Yan Lei#, Riaz Muhammad, Gao Guang, Yu Hualong, Lu Mu, Niu Yusheng*, Mechanisms of Lanthanum-mediated mitigation of salt stress in soybean (Glycine maxL.).Physiologia Plantarum, 2024, 176, 14452.
14.Yan Lei, Riaz Muhammad, Du Chenqing, Liu Yalin, Jiang Cuncang*. Ameliorative role of boron to toxicity of aluminum in trifoliate orange roots.Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2019,179, 212-221.（中科院1区；IF=7.129）
15.Yan Lei, Riaz Muhammad, Liu Yalin, Zeng Yu, Jiang Cuncang*. Aluminum toxicity could be mitigated with boron by altering the metabolic patterns of amino acids and carbohydrates rather than organic acids in trifoliate orange.Tree Physiology, 2019, 1572-1582.（中科院1区；IF=4.561）
