Areas of Focus
- Maize hybrid breeding theories
- Genetic interactions of maize hybrid vigor
- Maize genome domestication
- Adaptive evolution mechanisms of maize
- Development of maize breeding informatics systems
- Big data analysis software for breeding
- Multi-omics data association analysis algorithms
- Germplasm resource mining tools
- Various bioinformatics software
Work Experience
- 2007-2010 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University and Harvard University, USA
- 2010-2014 - Tenure-track Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002 - Bachelor of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University
- 2007 - PhD in Bioinformatics, Peking University
- Selected for the national talent program