He obtained his PhD & MD degree in biochemistry from BUCM in 2004. After that, he worked as a post doctor in the department of chemistry at Tsinghua University, China. In 2006, he joined Prof. Dieter Brommeâ€™s lab at the University of British Columbia. His study was mostly focused on cathepsins and diseases. In 2012, he was recruited as an associate professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. In 2013 and 2014, he was invited as senior visiting scholar at Montreal Diabetes Research Center for 6 months. His current research interest is Diabetes and Chinese herbs.