2006年7月毕业于曲阜师范大学物理工程学院物理学专业，2006年9月至2011年7月在北京大学物理学院就读粒子物理与原子核物理专业并获理学博士学位。2011年进入安徽大学物理与材料科学学院任教

原子核物理、核天体物理

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