Education

Ph. D. in Botany

Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Supervisors: Profs: De-Zhu Li (Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and W. John Kress (Smithsonian Institution)

MS in Ethnobotany
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
Supervisor: Sheng-Ji Pei

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Anhui Teacher University
1988-1990 Vocational training in biology
Anhui Science and Technology University

 
Professional Experience
6/2008-present Professor and Chair for the group of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineer, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
9/2007-6/2008 Senior research scientist working with Dr. Sarah. Covert, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Working on “Biocontrol of Annosum root disease using the fungal Rotstop Phlebiopsis gigantean.
10/2003-8/2007 Postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. John M. Burke, Department of biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Working on “Population genetics, origin and evolution of the domesticated sunflowers”
10/2001-10/2003 Senior postdoctoral research fellow working with Prof. W. John Kress, Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Working on “Origin, phylogeny and evolution of the bananas”
6/1995-9/2001 Graduate student/research assistant
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Working on “Systematics, biogeography, and conservation of
bananas (Musaceae)”
7/1990-9/1993 A teacher, lecturing biology at Wugang vocational School,
Quanjiao, Anhui, China