Professional Experience

2005 - present, Assistant Professor, Division of Gene Regulation and Drug Discovery (GeRDD), Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2005, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

1995 - 2000, Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

1992 - 1994, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biology, Zhejiang University

Honors and Awards

2008, STOP CANCER Research Career Development Award

2007, Kimmel Scholar Award from Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research

2006, March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award

2006, The Margaret E. Early Medical Research Trust Award

2006, Chinese American Faculty Association of Southern California (CAFA) Faculty Development
Grant Award

2003 - 2005, NIH Postdoctoral fellowship

2001, Alfred G. Knudson Outstanding Ph.D. dissertation award, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

2001, Presidents' Research Scholarship, University of Texas -Houston and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

2000, ECM (Extracellular Matrix). International Workshop Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis

2000, The Amgen Award in Basic Science Research, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

2000, Research Poster Achievement Award, Gene and Development Graduate Program, UT-GSBS

1998 & 2000, Research Achievement Awards, Gene and Development Graduate Program, UT-GSBS

1998 - 1999, John P. McGovern Award, UT-GSBS

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 10/08

Education and Training

1995 - 2000, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Genetics

1987 - 1994, Zhejiang University, China, B.S. (Biology) and M.S. (Biophysics), Dept. of Biology