Education

PhD Program in Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, UK
- PhD rotations: Azim Surani, Sarah Bray, Sir John B Gurdon
BSc in Medical Genetics, University of Leicester, UK
- Projects with Ed Louis
BSc (Vordiplom) in Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Professional Experience

Principal Investigator
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, CIBR, China
Post-Doctoral Scientist with Sir John B Gurdon
- Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Post-Doctoral Scientist with Antonio Giraldez
- Department of Genetics, Yale University, USA
Post-Doctoral Scientist with John Rinn
- Broad Institute & Harvard University, USA
Boston Consulting Group, Management Consulting in Pharma/Chemical Industries, Frankfurt Office, Germany

Beijing Natural Science Foundation
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund, Medical Neurobiology
Koziol Laboratory CIBR core funding, China
830k GBP project grant from the BBSRC, UK
Isaac Newton Trust from University of Cambridge, UK
Human Frontiers Long Term Fellowship, USA
Prize from AAAS ScienceJournal for Excellence in Science for work done during PhD
4-year Wellcome-Trust PhD Studentship, UK
2x Honorary Cambridge European Trust Studentship, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Invitation by Queen Elizabeth II to Buckingham Palace
2x Prizes for Medical Genetics BSc degree