1990 graduated from the biology department of Peking University with a bachelor's degree in environmental biology and ecology.
1993 graduated from Institute of Oceanography, China Academy of Sciences with a master's degree in marine biology.
In 2005, he graduated from the Biology Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a doctorate in marine molecular biology and biotechnology.
Main research interests: marine molecular biology and biotechnology, marine biology, crustacean reproduction and developmental biology.