1982 bachelor of microbiology from Wuhan university, 1985 master of virology from Wuhan university, 1992 doctor of biochemistry from university of idaho, USA, 1993 to 1996 postdoctoral fellow from Princeton university, USA. He has been engaged in scientific research successively in Academician Tian Bo's Laboratory of Institute of Microbiology, China Academy of Sciences (acting graduate student), Academician Miller's Laboratory of Georgia University (visiting researcher), Professor Newton's Laboratory of American College of Microbiology, Princeton University (researcher), Doremas Institute (senior researcher), Sept Pharmaceutical Company (consultant), and Molecular Biology Laboratory of Naval Health Research Center of US Department of Defense (director).