2003-2008 Ph.D in Genetics, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricutural University, Hubei, China Research interest: development of antiaging rice 2008-2014 Postdoctoral research, University of California, Davis, USA Research interest: development of drought tolerant rice, wheat and tomato; function of chloroplast proteins in Physicomitrella patens 2014-now Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS