ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
07/2022 - present |
Gene Regulation Observatory Fellow & Principal Investigator, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
07/2022 - present |
Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, Harvard University |
07/2013 - 07/2015 |
Research Associate (independent), Dr. Chengqi Yi’s laboratory Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University |
EDUCATION & TRAINING
08/2015 - 02/2022 |
Ph.D., Stem Cell Biology, Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences NYU Grossman School of Medicine Thesis: Molecular mechanisms of human evolution: mutagenesis and its impact on phenotypic innovation Advisors: Dr. Itai Yanai, Dr. Jef Boeke |
08/2015 - 09/2017 |
M.S./M.Phil., Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences NYU Grossman School of Medicine Advisors: Dr. Itai Yanai, Dr. Jef Boeke |
09/2009 - 06/2013 |
B.S., Biological Sciences, Honors Program China Agricultural University Thesis: Chemical labeling-assisted single-base resolution sequencing of 5-formylcytosine Advisor: Dr. Chengqi Yi (Peking University) |
HONORS & AWARDS
2022 NIH Director's Early Independence Award (DP5)
2022 The Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
2022 Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University
2022 Genetics Society of America (GSA) James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award, finalist
2022 Extradentary Prize, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
2020 Grand prize winner, The 8th Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation
2020 New York State Stem Cell Science (NYSTEM) Pre-doctoral Training Fellowship
2020 Science Alliance Leadership Training (SALT) Fellow at the New York Academy of Sciences
2019 Tony B. Academic Travel Award, 2019 Annual Meeting of Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
2018 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Graduate Education Fellowship Grant, finalist
2018 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research – Semifinalist and Travel Award, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics
2016 Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, The 7th Annual Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology Retreat
2016 F1000 Outstanding Presentation Prize, The New York Academy of Sciences: Chemical Biology Discussion Group Year-End Symposium
2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (≤3%), CAU
2010-2012 Excellent Academic Performance Scholarship, CAU
2011, 2010 National Endeavor Scholarship, CAU
2011 First Prize, CAU 5th ‘Challenge Cup’ Undergraduate Research
2008, 2007 Second Prize, National Chemistry Olympiad