Education

2005  PhD.

Neurobiology, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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2000  B.S. 

Biochemistry, East China Normal University

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Professional Experience

2019.12-now    

Principal Investigator, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing >>

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2013.9-2020.3 

Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Children's Research Institute >>

Department of Pediatrics 

Department of Neuroscience

Department of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

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2012.1-2013.9

Associate specialist, Lab of Lily Jan, University of California, San Francisco/HHMI, USA >>

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2006.12-2011.12            

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Physiology,  University of California, San Francisco/HHMI, USA

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2006.7-2006.11  

Research Associate, Lab of Zuoren Wang, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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2006.3 

Visiting Scholar, Lab of Chi-Keung Chan, Institute of Physics Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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2005.8-2006.6  

Research Associate, Lab of Shumin Duan, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Honors-Awards

2007    Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Fellowship Award 

2007    China's Top 10 Advances in Basic Research in 2006 

2008    100 Excellent Ph.D. theses of China

2010    The State Natural Science Award (2nd Contributor)

2011    NINDS Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

2017    Bugher-AHA Dan Adams Thinking Outside the Box Award

             (The Henrietta B. and Frederick H. Bugher Foundation)

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