Areas of Focus
- Development of efficient gene delivery vectors to the skin and their use in gene and stem cell therapy for skin-related diseases
- Use of animal models to study the role and molecular mechanisms of key genes in hair papilla in maintaining, activating, and regenerating hair follicle stem cells
- Principles of tumor stem cell regulation and development of related targeted drugs
Work Experience
- 2005-2013 - Postdoctoral Research at NIH NIDDK and Baylor College of Medicine Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
- 2017-present - Professor at Shanghai University, School of Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000 - Bachelor's Degree: Lanzhou University
- 2005 - PhD: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hosted three national funds, multiple provincial and ministerial funds, and horizontal cooperation projects
- Published over thirty academic papers, four popular science articles, and applied for two patents
Awards
- 2007: NIDDK Nancy Nossal Fellowship Award
- 2013: Fujian Province Minjiang Scholar Title
