Educational Background

• 1997–2000   Ph.D. in Agricultural Bioenvironmental and Energy Engineering, China Agricultural University
• 2002–2004   Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, USA

• 2011–2013   Executive MBA, China Europe International Business School

Professional Experience

• 2000–2015   Held several senior management positions, including Department Head at China Animal Husbandry Group, General Manager and Chairman of Qianyuanhao Biologics Co., Ltd., Chairman of the China Animal Husbandry Research Institute, and Deputy General Manager of China Animal Husbandry Industry Co., Ltd.

Honors and Awards

• 2013   China Animal Husbandry Person of the Year
• 2018–2019   Recipient of the Shandong Province Fumin Xinglu Labor Medal; Taishan Industry Leading Talent
• 2020   Selected for the Innovation Talent Promotion Program by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and China’s National “Ten Thousand Talents Program”
• 2021   Appointed Professor and Graduate Supervisor at the Institute of Specialty Food, Qingdao Agricultural University
• 2022   Named Qingdao’s Most Beautiful Science and Technology Worker

Dean, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology.
Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University, Ph.D. from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

His research mainly focuses on bacteriophages, microbiology, high-throughput sequencing, and bioinformatics.

He served as Chief Scientist of the Chinese medical team supporting Africa’s response to the Ebola outbreak, and as the Chinese Team Leader of the WHO-convened global study on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. He is also a member of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses and Chairman of the Chinese Bacteriophage Professional Committee.