He received his PhD from the IVPP in 2006. His field research spans Cenozoic terrestrial basins from across Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in addition to other provinces in western and northern China including Xinjiang, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia. He also has worked extensively in Southern Chinese basins. He has broad interests in the biodiversity and evolution of Cenozoic rodents, and recently published a book on the Neogene rodents of Inner Mongolia, documenting more than 100 fossil species.