阎星颖，女性，于2012年6月获得
西南大学农学与生物科技学院遗传学博士学位。
职业生涯
阎星颖博士毕业后，主要从事实验室科研工作，负责提供大分子物质测定的技术平台以及材料的电子扫描技术方面的支持。
学术贡献
论文发表
阎星颖参与发表了多篇学术论文，涉及领域包括植物遗传学和油脂成分研究等。其中，她作为作者或合作者的文章有：
1. Xingying Yan, Jiana Li, Fuyou Fu, Mengyang Jin, Li Chen and Liezhao Liu*. 2009. Co-location of seed oil content, seed hull content and seed coat color QTL in three different environments in Brassica napus L. Euphytica. 170 (3): 355-364.
2. Xingying Yan, Jiana Li, Rui Wang, Mengyang Jin, Li Chen, Xinna Wang and Liezhao Liu*. 2011. Mapping of QTLs controlling content of fatty acid components in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). Genes \u0026 Genomics. 33:365-371.
3. 阎星颖，
李加纳，金梦阳，谌利，王家丰，
曲存民，刘列钊*. 2009.
油菜栽培角果皮叶绿素含量的QTL分析. 中国油料作物学报. 31 (3): 269-273
4. Chao Li, Bo Li, Cunmin Qu, Xingying Yan, Fuyou Fu, Liezhao Liu, Li Chen and Jiana Li*. 2011. Analysis of difference QTLs for Oil Content between two environments in Brassica napus L. Acta Agronomica Sinica, 2011, 37(20): 249-254.
5. Fuyou Fu, Yourong Chai, Liezhao Liu, Li Chen, Tao Yang, Mengyang Jin, Aifen Ma, Xingying Yan, Zhengsheng Zhang, Jiana Li*. 2007. Localization of QTLs for seed color using recombinant inbred lines of Brassica napus in different environments. Genome. 50 (9): 840-54.
6. 黄杰恒，徐新福，
曲存民，阎星颖，付福友，谌利，
李加纳*. 2010.
油菜栽培种胚叶绿素含量的QTL定位. 植物遗传资源学报. 11(6):766-771
7. Liezhao Liu, Anna Stein, Benjamin Wittkop, Pouya Sarvari, Jiana Li, Xingying Yan, Felix Dreyer, Martin Frauen, Wolfgang Friedt and Rod J. Snowdon. 2012. A knockout mutation in the lignin biosynthesis gene CCR1 explains a major QTL for acid detergent lignin content in Brassica napus seeds. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 124:1575-1586.