2005年获日本国立佐贺大学博士学位。

国家科技部教育部企业科技特派员及湖南省植物病理学会常务理事。

主讲研究生和本科生的生物信息学课程。

主持国家和省部级项目十余项，其中包括国家科技部中小家企业创新基金一项、广东省产学研合作重点项目一项，还参与了中国检验检疫科学主持的国家支撑项目。

在国际国内学术刊物上发表论文20多篇，其中多数为SCI刊物论文、被引用超过100次，现论文的最高影响因子为9.872(Molecular Biology and Evolution)。

1.Ming Chen, Zhongyang Tan*, Guangming Zeng, Peng Jun. 2010. Comprehensive analysis of simple sequence repeats in pre-miRNAs. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27: 2227–2232. (通信作者)

2.Xiangyan Zhao, Yonglei Tian, Ronghua Yang, Haiping Feng, Qingjian Ouyang, You Tian, Zhongyang Tan*, Mingfu Li, Yile Niu, Jianhui Jiang, Guoli Shen and Ruqin Yu. 2012.Coevoluiton between simple sequence repearts(SSRs) and virus genome size. BMC Genomics，13, 435. (通信作者)

3.Tan Z, Gibbs AJ, Tomitaka Y, Sanchez F, Ponz F, Ohshima K. 2005. Mutations in Turnip mosaic virus genomes that have adapted to Raphanus sativus. J Gen Virol 86: 501–510.

4.Ohshima, K., Yamaguchi, Y., Hirota, R. Hamamoto，K, Tomimura, K, Tan, Z., Sano T, Fumio Azuhata, John A. Walsh, John Fletcher, Jishuang Chen, Abed Gera and Adrian Gibbs (2002). Molecular evolution of Turnip mosaic virus: evidence of host adaptation, genetic recombination and geographical spread. J Gen Virol 83, 1511–1521.

5.Lü Qin, Yuxin Ma, Pengbo Liang, Zhongyang Tan*, Shifang Li*. 2014. Differential distributions of mononucleotide repeat sequences in 256 viral genomes and its potential implications. Gene (已接收). (通信作者)

6.Lü Qin, Zhixiang Zhang, Xiangyan Zhao, Xiaolong Wu, Yubao Chen, Zhongyang Tan*, Shifang Li. 2014. Survey and analysis of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) present in the genomes of plant viroids. FEBS Open Bio (已接收). (通信作者)

7.Xiangyan Zhao, Xiaolong Wu, Lü Qin, Zhongyang Tan*, Shifang Li, Qingjian Ouyang , You Tian. 2013. The genome of Herpes simplex virus type 1 is prone to form short repeat sequences. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines 1: 26-30. (通信作者)

8.Ming Chen, Zhongyang Tan, Guangming Zeng, Zhuotong Zeng. 2012. Differential distribution of compound microsatellites in various Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 complete genomes. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 12: 1452–1457. (通信作者)

9.Qingjian ouyang, Haiping Feng, Xiangyang Zhao, Dan Li, Mingfu Li, Zhongyang Tan*. 2012. High GC content of simple sequence repeats in herpes simplex virus type 1 genome. Gene 499: 37– 40. (通信作者)

10.Tan Z, Wada Y, Chen J, Ohshima K. 2004. Inter- and intralineage recombinants are common in natural populations of Turnip mosaic virus. J Gen Virol 85: 2683–2696.

11.Liu X, Zhou Z, Zhang L, Tan Z*, Shen G, Yu R. 2009. Colorimetric Sensing of Adenosine Based on Aptamer Binding Inducing Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation. Chinese Journal of Chemistry 27 (10): 1855–1859. (通信作者)

12.Zhu J, Huang Y, Jiang X, Tan Z*, Jiang J, Shen G, Yu R. 2009. A New Fluorescence Immunosensing Method Based on Aptamer-plasimid Complex Amplification. Chinese analytical Chemistry 37(11): 1596-1600. (通信作者)

13.Ming Chen, Zhongyang Tan*, Jianhui Jiang, Mingfu Li, Hongjun Chen, Guoli Shen, Ruqin Yu. 2009. Similar distribution of simple sequence repeats in diverse completed Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 genomes. FEBS Letters 583: 2959–2963. (通信作者)

14.Ming Chen, Zhongyang Tan*, Guangming Zeng, Mingfu Li. 2011. MRST: A tool for the storage of microRNA computational resources. International Journal of Bioinformatics Research. 3(1): 190-193. (通信作者)

15.Ming Chen, Zhongyang Tan*, Guangming Zeng. 2011. MfSAT: Detect simple sequence repeats in viral genomes. Bioinformation 6(4): 171-172. (通信作者)

16.Ming Chen, Guangming Zeng, Zhongyang Tan*, Min Jiang, Hui Li, Lifeng Liu, Yi Zhu, Zhen, Yu, Zhen Wei, Yuanyuan Liu, Gengxin Xie. 2011. Understanding Lignin-Degrading Reactions of Ligninolytic Enzymes: Binding Affinity and Interactional Profile. Plos One 6 (9): e25647. (通信作者)

17.Ming Chen, Zhongyang Tan*, Guangming Zeng. 2011. Microsatellite is an important component of complete Hepatitis C virus genomes. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11: 1646–1654. (通信作者)

18.Xiangyan Zhao, Zhongyang Tan*, Haiping Feng, Ronghua Yang, Mingfu Li, Jianhui Jiang, Guoli Shen, Ruqin Yu. 2011. Microsatellites in different Potyvirus genomes: Survey and analysis. Gene 488: 52–56. (通信作者)

19.Ming Chen, Guangming Zeng, Zhongyang Tan*, Min Jiang, Jiachao Zhang, Chang Zhang, Lunhui Lu, Yuzhen Lin, Jun Peng. 2011. Compound microsatellites in complete Escherichia coli genomes. FEBS Letters 585: 1072–1076. (通信作者)

在高效低毒农药的环保制剂的研究方面也取得了突出成果，已申请国家发明专利六项，有些成果已在国内重点农药制剂企业产生了巨大的经济效益和社会效益。