Professional Experience

2010 - present, Associate Professor, Division of Molecular Diabetes Research, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2008 - present, Adjunct faculty, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA

2005 - 2010, Assistant Professor, Division of Gene Regulation and Drug Discovery, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2005, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Education and Training

1995 - 2000, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Genetics

1987 - 1994, Zhejiang University, China, B.S. (Biology) and M.S. (Biophysics), Dept. of Biology

Professional Memberships

American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)

International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX)
 
Endocrine Society

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 04/13

Honors and Awards

2011, Research Scholar Award, American Cancer Society

2010 and 2011, Research Excellence Award, City of Hope

2009, California Alternative Medicine Award

2008, Ibrahim El-hefni Technical Training Foundation Award

2008, Concern Foundation Award

2008, STOP CANCER Research Career Development Award

2007, Kimmel Scholar Award, Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research

2007, March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award

2006, The Margaret E. Early Medical Research Trust Award

2006, Chinese American Faculty Association of Southern California Faculty Development Grant Award

2003, NIH Travel Grant Award, Endocrine Society

2001, Alfred G. Knudson Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

2001, Presidents' Research Scholarship, University of Texas and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

2000, ECM (Extracellular Matrix) International Workshop Scholarship, Washington University

2000, The Amgen Award in Basic Science Research, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

1998 and 2000, Research Achievement Awards, Gene and Development Graduate Program, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

1998 and 1999, John P. McGovern Award, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences