Feb. 2009- June 2009: Visiting Scholar, University of Houston, USA

April 2008- current: Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China.

Aug. 2006- Feb. 2008: Postdoctoral researcher, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Nov.2003-Aug. 2006: Postdoctoral researcher, Kyoto University/Ishikawa Prefectural University,Japan

March 2000- April 2003: Ph.D. Applied Molecular Microbiology, Department of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate school of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.

Sept.1993- Jul.1996:  M.S. Microbiochemstry, Department of Biology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing , P. R. China

Sept.1989-Jul. 1993: B.S. Biological Sciences, Department of Biology, Anhui Normal University, Anhui Province, P.R.China