Professional Experience

2004, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Guest Professor

2000 - present, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 

1998, Adjunct Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Loma Linda University,

1995 - 2000, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 

1993 - 1995, Director, Department of Molecular Biochemistry, Beckman Research Institute

1987 - 1993, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Assistant Professor, Microbiology

Education and Training

1997, Kyoto University, Japan (Host: Dr. Mitsuhiro Yanagida), Visiting Fellow, Department of Biophysics

1983 - 1987, California Institute of Technology (Mentor: Dr. John Abelson), Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology

1978 - 1983, Pennsylvania State University (Mentor: Dr. Charles W. Hill),The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Ph.D., Biological Chemistry

1974 - 1978, National Taiwan University, B.S., Agricultural Chemistry

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.

Professional Memberships

2002 - 2003, City of Hope RSO (Research Staff Organization) President

2001, City of Hope Graduate School Oversight Committee Member

1996 - 2003, City of Hope Institutional Review Board Member

2004, Ad hoc Reviewer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Molecular Genetics Study Section C

1995, Ad hoc Reviewer, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Molecular Cytology Study Section

1994 - 1998, Member, National Science Foundation (NSF) Advisory Panel for Biochemical Genetics

1991, Organizer, campus-wide symposium on RNA processing, The University of Texas at Austin