Before joining Jilin University as a faculty member in 2013, Dr Piao was a Postdoctoral fellow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in the lab of Dr Tae Seok Seo. Her research interests are in developing a highly efficient and stabilized nanobiocatalysis for bio and environmental application, and a miniaturized microsystem, an advanced nanodevice, a portable nanomaterial-based biosensor for bio and environmental diagnosis. She earned her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from KAIST, Korea in 2010, and her M.S. at KAIST and B.S. at Yanbian University of Science and Technology.