Education

1985 B.S.  Nanjing Agricultural University  

1988 M.S. Plant Biology, Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences

2000 Ph.D. Biochemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA Ph. D. in Genetics and Genomics

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1988-1994  Research Assistant and Research Associate, Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences

2000-2001  Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Scott Lowe, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

2001-2007  Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. J Wade Harper, Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School

2007-2018 Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

2018-present Professor and Senior Investigator, Life Science Institute, Zhejiang University

HONORs & AWARDS 

2008 Pew Biomedical Scholar Award

2008 Young Investigator Award, by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

2002 Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Postdoc Fellowship, USA

1999 Biochemistry & Biophysics Research Performance Award, by College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Texas A&M University

1995 Regent’s Fellowship, Texas A&M University

 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

2014-present, Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Chemistry Life time member, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America

2014-preesent, member of The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology