1997年毕业于大连交通大学化学系，2001年考取大连交通大学环境与科学专业硕士研究生，2004年获硕士学位，2005年赴美国加州大学戴维斯分校医学院生理及膜生物学系郑劼教授实验室学习，进行温度敏感TRP离子通道的异源组装研究，2009年在郑劼教授指导下开始博士研究生学习，2012年获博士学位后，

1.国家自然科学基金青年项目，“温度敏感TRP离子通道蛋白参与调控人类黑素瘤发生发展的机制研究”，项目负责人。 2. 国家自然科学基金海外及港澳学者合作项目，“温度敏感TRP离子通道调控温度感觉的分子机制”，国内合作人。

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