Areas of Focus
- Epigenetics
- Nuclear Hormone Receptors
- Stem Cells and Cancer
Work Experience
- 2020.9-present: Dean of The School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University
- 2014-2020.9: Professor and Associate Dean, The School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University
- 2007-present: Professor and Associate Director, The Institute of Biomedical Sciences, East China Normal University
- 2003-2007: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- 1997-2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- 1994-1997: Postdoctoral Fellow at Lab. of Molecular Embryology, NICHD/NIH
- 1987-1989: Research Assistant, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1989-1994 Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, USA
- 1984-1987 M.S. in Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Academy of Science
- 1980-1984 B.S. in Microbiology, Wuhan University, China
Publications
- A new method for the synthesis of a structural gene, Chen, H.B., Wong, J., Jiang, K. and Bao, J.S., 1990
- Cloning and expression of the Acathamoeba castellanii gene encoding transcription factor TFIID, Wong, J., Liu, F., and Bateman, E., 1992
Awards
- 2001: Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Endocrine Society, USA
- 2005: Outstanding Research Award, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
- 2014: Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader
