Degrees and Career Preparation:  

Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1989, Central China Normal University, Wuhan

Master of Science, Botany, 1992, Central China Norman University, Wuhan (Supervisor: Prof. Demao Chen)

Doctor of Science, Hydrobiology, 2002, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (Supervisors: Prof. Jiankang Liu (CAS Member and IHB Honorary Director) and Zhenbin Wu)

Ph.D, Bioinformatics and Microbiology, 2005, Keio University, Japan (Supervisors: Prof. Masaru Tomita and Mitsuhiro Itaya)

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2008, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia

Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Scientist, April, 2008-Feburary, 2011; October, 2011-Feburary, 2012, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK