Areas of Focus
- Stem Cell Biology
- Clinical Research
Work Experience
- Former Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Stem Cell Institute
Academic Background & Achievements
- Doctor of Medicine
- Director of the Department of Cell Biology at Peking Union Medical College
- Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory for Stem Cell Drug Development and Clinical Transformation Research
- Proposed the concepts of 'Sub-totipotent Stem Cell Theory' and 'Mesenchymal Stem Cell System'
Awards
- 1999: Minnesota Medical Research Fund Award
- 1999: University of Minnesota Professor Fund Award
- 2000: Tianjin Natural Science Second Prize
- 2001: Seventh China Youth Science and Technology Award
- 2001: Chinese Medical Science and Technology Second Prize
- 2004: National '973' Program Advanced Individual Title
- 2006: Beijing Science and Technology Second Prize
- 2006: Chinese Medical Science and Technology Third Prize
- 2007: First Prize for Technical Invention in Higher Education
- 2009: National Technology Invention Second Prize
