1990.09 - 1994.06， 华中师范大学，生物教育专业毕业，理学学士 2000.09 - 2003.12， 中山大学，生物化学和分子生物学专业毕业，理学博士

2014 – 至今，华中农业大学教授、博士生导师，湖北省楚天学者特聘主讲教授。 2004 - 2014，先后于英国曼彻斯特大学生命科学学院，以及爱丁堡大学兽医学院罗斯林研究所进行博士后学习和研究工作;

论文类1. Chunyan Mou, Frederique Pitel, David Gourichon, Florence Vignoles,Athanasia Tzika, Patricia Tato, Dave W. Burt, Michele Tixier-Boichard, Kevin J. Painter, Denis J. Headon (2011) Cryptic patterning of avian skin confers a developmental facility for loss of neck feathering. Plos Biology 9(3):e1001028. 2. Mou C, Jackson B, Schneider P, Overbeek PA, headon DJ. (2006) Generation of the primary hair follicle pattern. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(24):9075-80. 3. Mou C, Thomason HA, Willan PM, Clowes C, Harris WE, Drew CF, Dixon J, Dixon MJ, Headon DJ. (2008) Enhanced ectodysplasin-A receptor (EDAR) signaling alters multiple fiber characteristics to produce the East Asian hair form. Hum Mutat 29 (12): 1405-11. 4. Mou C, Zhang S, Lin J, Yang W, Wu W, Wei J, Wu X, Du J, Fu Z, Ye L, Lu Y, Xie X, Wang Y, Xu A. (2002) EST analysis of mRNAs expressed in neurula of Chinese amphioxus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 299: 74-84. 5. Wells, K., Mou, C., Headon, D. and Tucker, A. (2010) Recombinant EDA or Sonic Hedgehog rescue the branching defect in Ectodysplasin A pathway mutant salivary glands in vitro. Developmental Dynamics, 239(10): 2674–84. 6. Wells, K.L., Mou, C., Headon, D.J., Tucker, A.S. (2011) Defects and rescue of the minor salivary glands in Eda pathway mutants. Developmental Biology 349(2):137-46 7. Drew CF, Lin CM, Jiang TX, Blunt G, Mou C, Chuong CM, Headon DJ.(2007) The Edar subfamily in feather placode formation. Dev Biol. 305(1):232-45. 8. Huang G, Xie X, Han Y, Fan L, Chen J, Mou C, Guo L, Liu H, Zhang Q, Chen S, Dong M, Liu J, Xu A.(2007) The identification of lymphocyte-like cells and lymphoid-related genes in amphioxus indicates the twilight for the emergency of adaptive immune system. PLoS ONE. 2:e206. 9. Du J, Yu Y, Tu H, Chen H, Xie X, Mou C, Feng K, Zhang S, Xu A. (2006) New insights on macrophage migration inhibitory factor: based on molecular and functional analysis of its homologue of Chinese amphioxus. Mol Immunol. 43(13):2083-8. (IF 3.2) 10. Yu C, Dong M, Wu X, Li S, Huang S, Su J, Wei J, Shen Y, Mou C, Xie X, Lin J, Yuan S, Yu X, Yu Y, Du J, Zhang S, Peng X, Xiang M, Xu A. (2005) Genes "waiting" for recruitment by the adaptive immune system: the insights from amphioxus. J Immunol. 174(6):3493-500. 11. Zhang N, Xu B, Mou C, Yang W, Wei J, Lu L, Zhu J, Du J, Wu X, Ye L, Fu Z, Lu Y, Lin J, Sun Z, Su J, Dong M, Xu A.(2003) Molecular profile of the unique species of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese seahorse (Hippocampus kuda Bleeker) FEBS Lett. 550(1-3):124-34. 12. Yang Y, Cun S, Xie X, Lin J, Wei J, Yang W, Mou C, Yu C, Ye L, Fu Z, Xu A. (2003) EST analysis of gene expression in the tentacle of Cyanea capillata. FEBS Lett 538(1-3): 183-91.