Education:

1991 - 1996       B.M., Clinical Medicine

   Beijing Medical University (Peking University Health Science Center)

   Beijing, China

1997 - 2003       Ph.D., Experimental Pathology

   University of Texas Medical Branch

   Galveston, Texas, United States

Employment:

1997 – 2003      Research Assistant (Supervisor: Dr. Lynn Soong)

   Department of Pathology 

   University of Texas Medical Branch

   Galveston, Texas, United States

2003 – 2009       Postdoctoral Fellow (Mentor: Dr. Ronald N. Germain)

    Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID/NIH, United States

2009 – 2015       Tenure-track Associate Professor

    School of Medicine, Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

2015 – present   Professor

      School of Medicine, Tsinghua University

      Beijing, China

Honors & awards:

2019       Beijing Natural Science Award

2019       Outstanding Research of Higher Education Institutions Award, Chinese Ministry of Education

2018      AAI-BD Investigator Award

2017      Shulan Medical Award

2017-2022     HHMI International Research Scholar

2016     Wu Jieping-Paul Janssen Medical & Pharmaceutical Award

2016     CBIS Young Investigator Award, Chinese Biological Investigator Society

2015     “Cheung Kong Scholar' Award, Ministry of Education, China

2015     Tan Jiazhen Life Science Innovation Award

2014     “Young Talent in Science and Technology” Award, Ministry of Science & Technology of China

2014     “Distinguished Young Scientist”, National Science Foundation of China

2010     “Outstanding Talents of the New Century”, Chinese Ministry of Education

2009     “Scopus Future Star” in Life Sciences, Science News Bi-weekly and Elsevier

2003-2006    Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship