🎓 Education
Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) — Guangzhou, China
September 2010 – July 2015
- Focus: Mechanism underlying EBV infection of epithelial cells
- Mentor: Dr. Musheng Zeng
B.S. in Biotechnology
Sichuan Agricultural University (SCAU) — Sichuan, China
September 2006 – July 2010
🧪 Employment History
Assistant Professor (Hundred Talents Program), PI
Shenzhen University -Shenzhen, GD, CHINA
February 2026 – Present
Research Scientist
MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, TX, USA
July 2023 – Present
- Focus: Tumor immunology and immune checkpoint therapy in TNBC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hospital for Special Surgery & Weill Cornell Medicine — New York, NY, USA
April 2019 – July 2022
- Focus: Innate immunity in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
- Mentor: Dr. Franck Barrat
Houston Methodist Hospital & Weill Cornell Medicine — Houston, TX, USA
June 2017 – April 2019 & July 2022 – July 2023
- Focus: Innate and adaptive immunity in autoimmune and infectious diseases
- Mentor: Dr. Zhiqiang Zhang
University of Massachusetts Medical School — Worcester, MA, USA
December 2015 – June 2017
- Focus: Role of brown fat–secreted peptides on appetite regulation
- Mentor: Dr. Yong-Xu Wang