Professional Activities:

Research Experience

• 11/2013-Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Carcinogenesis, Science Park, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, USA
• Mentor: Dr. Dean G. Tang
• Research Area: miR-199a-3p regulation of prostate cancer stem/progenitor cells and prostate cancer development
• 08/2012-10/2013: Research Assistant, Cancer Stem Cell Institute, Research Center for Translational Medicine, East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
• Mentor: Dr. Dean G. Tang
• Research Area: miR-199a-3p regulation of prostate cancer stem/progenitor cells and prostate cancer development
• 06/2008-06/2012, 06/2007-08/2007: Graduate Research Assistant, Chinese National Human Genome Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
• Adviser: Dr. Zeguang Han
• Dissertation:“Studies in mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma development”