9/2005 – 5/2010    Columbia University, New York, NY
•    Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry (graduating with honors) 

9/2001 – 7/2005    University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China 
•    B. S. in Chemical Physics  (graduating with honors)

1.   ZING Conferences: Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea, Dec 2015,  Cancun, Mexico. (Talk)
2.    RNA Society Conference, May 2015, Madison, WI. (Talk)
3.    Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Apr 2015, Hangzhou, China. (Talk)
4.    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Feb 2015, Chicago, IL. (Talk)
5.    Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Jan 2015, Madison, WI. (Talk)
6.    Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Jan 2015, Stanford, CA. (Talk)
7.   Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Jan 2015, Boston, MA. (Talk)
8.    Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, Jan 2015, New York, NY. (Talk)
9.    Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Dec 2014, Ann Arbor, MI. (Talk)
10.  Department of Chemistry, New York University, Dec 2014, New York, NY. (Talk)
11.  HHMI Scientific Meeting, Ashburn, Nov 2014, VA. (Poster)
12.  Cell Symposia: Regulatory RNAs, Oct 2014, Berkeley, CA. (Poster)
13.  Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Jun 2014, Beijing, China. (Talk)
14.  Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb 2014, San Francisco, CA. (Talk)
15.  Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Dec 2012, Beijing, China. (Talk)
16.  EMBO | EMBL Symposia The Complex Life of mRNA, Oct 2012, Heidelberg, Germany. (Poster)
17.  Janelia Conference: Single Molecules Meet Systems Biology, Oct 2011, Ashburn, VA. (Poster)
18.  Ribosome Conference, May 2010, Orvieto, Italy. (Poster)
19.  238th American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting & Exposition, Aug 2009, Washington, DC. (Talk)
20.  Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb 2009, Boston, MA. (Poster)
21.  Ribosome Conference, Jun 2007, Cape Cod, MA. (Poster)

1. Hammett Award: Awarded for excellence in studies and research towards the Ph.D., May 2010, Columbia University, New York, NY

2.  Blanche R. & David Kasindorf Fellowship Award: Awarded to an outstanding graduate student in physical chemistry, Jan 2007, Columbia University, New York, NY

7-8/2014          Teaching assistant, Department of Physics, Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
•    Teaching in optics mini-course and super-resolution imaging advanced module during summer school

7/2013              Teaching assistant, Department of Physics, Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
•    Teaching in optics mini-course and super-resolution imaging advanced module during summer school

9/2005 – 5/2006    Teaching assistant, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY
•    Teaching in Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory, including giving lectures, answering questions, helping students set up reactions and grading exams;
•    Teaching in graduate course Biophysical Chemistry, including giving part of lectures, answering questions, helping students with laboratory section, and grading homework and exams.