2021.02–至今，中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所，副研究员 2018.07–2021.01，中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所，助理研究员 2018.07–2019.01，美国史密森尼学会国家自然历史博物馆（National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution），古生物学部，博士后（合作导师：Douglas H. Erwin教授） 2018.07–2018.08，美国佛罗里达大学，分析古生物学研讨班（Analytical Paleobiology Workshop）学员（全球每年15个名额） 2016.09–2018.03，美国史密森尼学会国家自然历史博物馆，古生物学部，联合培养博士生（导师：Douglas H. Erwin教授） 2015.09–2018.06，中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所，古生物学与地层学专业，理学博士学位（导师：朱茂炎研究员、赵方臣研究员） 2013.09–2015.08，中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所，古生物学与地层学专业，硕士研究生 2009.09–2013.07，南京大学地球科学与工程学院，地质学专业（古生物学方向），理学学士学位

“动物起源和寒武纪大爆发”中节肢动物的起源与早期演化。目前主要研究澄江生物群等寒武纪特异埋藏化石库中的节肢动物化石，并结合演化发育生物学原理和演化古生物学定量方法进行演化综合分析。

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