2010-2013 Postdoc training in Jef Boeke lab at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA 2007-2010 PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech, USA 2005-2006 Master of Sciences in Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK 2001-2005 Bachelor of Engineering with highest honor, Computer Sciences, Central South University, China

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