Academic Positions
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Affiliations
- Member, Neuroscience Program
- Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Associate Member, Cancer Center at Illinois
Education
Postdoc, Stanford University, 2017-2023
M.S. and Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 2012-2017
B.S., Peking University, 2008-2012
Selected Awards and Honors
2025 Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Grantee
2025 Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Grantee
2021 – 2025 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science
2019 Life Sciences Research Foundation Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2018 Stanford ChEM-H Postdocs at the Interface Seed Grant, Stanford University
2018 Extraordinary Prize of the 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
2017 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards, Stanford University
2017 Scaringe Graduate Student Career Award, The RNA Society
2017 Elizabeth R. Norton Prize for Excellence in Research in Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2017 GLCACS Outstanding Student Research Award, Chinese American Chemical Society
2017 William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship, The University of Chicago
2016 Collège de France Science Research Travel Grants for Doctoral Research in Paris, France Chicago Center
2016 Joan Shiu Chemistry Department Student Service Award, The University of Chicago
2015 The Albert J. Cross Prize for Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Department Citizenship, The University of Chicago
2014 Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Predoctoral Student Fellowship
2012 First Prize of the inaugural “Star of Chemistry” Undergraduate Selection of College of Chemistry, Peking University, China
2011 Grand Prize of 12th “Challenge Cup” National Science and Technology Academic Competition, China