I was born in Chi Zhou city, An Hui Province, People's Republic of China.



 
In 1990, I started my university study in Department of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

In 1992, I started my minor cource in School of Economy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

In 1995, I obtained Bechelor degree in Science, majored in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; meantime, I obtained Bechelor degree in Economy, majored in Enterprises Management.

I continued my graduate study.  In 1997, I obtained MS degree in Science, majored in Biochemistry.



In August 1997, I came here in department of biochemistry and molecular biology, Baylor College of Medicine to continue PhD study.  I obtained PhD degree in January, 2003.  The title of my PhD thesis is "Structural, Assembly and Functional Studies on Caliciviruses:
Analysis by Mutagenesis, Electron Cryomicroscopy and X-ray Crystallography".