1982- 1986 studied in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, USA, and obtained a doctorate;
1986- 1989 postdoctoral mobile station of China Geo University.
1989 September to present, teaching in the Department of Earth Sciences of Nanjing University; 1990 associate professor; 1993; 1998, PhD supervisor in March.
20 15 10 was appointed inspector of Jiangsu provincial education department.
He is currently the executive director of the Chinese Paleontological Society and the executive editorial board of the Journal of Paleontology.
Special government allowance 1993 onwards; 1994 was awarded as "outstanding young backbone teachers in colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province"; 1996 was selected as the "cross-century talents training plan" of the State Education Commission; 1998 was selected as the second-level training object of "333" talent training plan in Jiangsu Province and the second-level training object of "333 Phase II Project" in 2003.