女，中共党员，1982年3月出生，副教授，硕士生导师。2009年6月博士毕业于华中师范大学best365官网登录入口农药与化学生物学教育部重点实验室。2009年7月进入华中农业大学理学院任教，主持国家自然科学基金一项，校自主创新基金三项；参与了国家自然科学基金、国家“973”前期项目和教育部新世纪人才计划等项目的研究。主要研究方向为新杂环农药、医药的设计合成及天然活性物结构衍生化。在国际性期刊J. Agric. Food Chem.、Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.、Pest. Biochem. Physiol.、Tetrahedron等杂志上发表SCI学术论文20余篇，授权发明专利一项。副主编和参编教材2部。
E-mail:caoxiufang@mail.hzau.edu.cn
代表性论文：
1. Xiaohui Wang, Haihuan Su, Changshui Chen andXiufang Cao*, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Peptidomimetics Containing Tryptamine Moiety as Potential Antitumor Agents.RSC Advances., 5，15597-15602, 2015.
2. Shengzhen Xu, Huangyong Li, Xiaohui Wang, Changshui Chen, Minhui Cao,Xiufang Cao*, Asymmetric syntheses and bio-evaluation ofnovel chiral esters derived from substituted tetrafluorobenzyl alcohol,Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.,24, 2734-2736, 2014.
3. Zengjun Wei, Changshui Chen, Libin Shi, Jingnan Jin, Qingye Zhang, Shengzhen Xu,Xiufang Cao*,Xiali Yue*,Novel N-nitroacetamide derivatives derived from 2,4-D: Design, synthesis, bioevaluation, and prediction of mechanism of action,Pestic. Biochem. Phys.,106, 68-74, 2013.
4. Shaowei Li, Huangyong Li, Changshui Chen, Xiali Yue,Xiufang Cao*, Shaoyong Ke,Novel aroylhydrazine-amide derivatives bearing pyridine core: Synthesis, characterizations and selective colorimetric recognition properties,Supramol. Chem., 25, 384-392, 2013.
5. Shaowei Li,Xiufang Cao*, Changshui Chen, Shaoyong Ke,Novel salicylic acid-oriented thiourea-type receptors as colorimetric chemosensor: Synthesis, characterizations and selective naked-eye recognition properties,Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 96, 18-23, 2012.
6.Xiufang Cao, Shengzhen Xu,Xuegang Li, Xiaoxia Shen, Qingye Zhang, Jianhong Li, Changshui Chen, N-Nitrourea derivatives as novel potential fungicides againstRhizoctonia solani: Synthesis, antifungal activities and 3D-QSAR,Chem. Biol. Drug Des., 80, 81-89, 2012.
7. Shaoyong Ke,Xiufang Cao*, Ying Liang, Kaimei Wang, Ziwen Yang,Synthesis and biological properties of dihydro-oxadiazine-based heterocyclic derivatives,Mini-Rev. Med. Chem., 11, 642-657, 2011.
8.Xiufang Cao,Changshui Chen, Wenchang Lu, Shaoyong Ke,Chiralβ-arylalkyl-1H-1,2,4 -triazolesasdemethylase inhibitors:Biological evaluation anditsstereoselective interaction withsterol 14α-demethylase fromPenicillium digitatum,Pestic. Biochem. Phys.,99, 189-193, 2011.
9.Xiufang Cao, Ming Hu, Jie Zhang, Fei Li, Deli Liu, Shenghua Liu, Determination of stereo-selective interaction between enantiomers of chiral γ-aryl-1H-1,2,4-triazole derivatives and Penicillium digitatum,J. Agric. Food Chem. 2009, 57, 6914.
10.Xiufang Cao, Fei Li, Ming Hu, Wenchang Lu, Guang-Ao Yu, Shenghua Liu, Chiral γ-aryl-1H-1, 2, 4-triazole derivatives as highly potential antifungal agents: design, synthesis, structure and in vitro fungicidal activities,J. Agric. Food Chem.2008, 56, 11367.
11. Xiufang Cao,Fang Liu, Wenchang Lu, Gang Chen, Guang-Ao Yu, Shenghua Liu, Regio- and diastereoselective conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to aryl substituted α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds derived from Oppolzer’s sultam,Tetrahedron2008, 64, 5629.
12.曹秀芳，李皇勇，韩勰，汪淼，徐胜臻，陈长水.一种拟除虫菊酯化合物及其制备方法与应用，2013. 9,中国, CN2013101955227.
