2011年于中国药科大学获得药理学博士学位

2011年至2015年在芝加哥大学医学院从事博士后研究，2015年7月被芝加哥大学医学院聘为副研究员（Research Professional)。2016年入选“江苏省特聘教授，特优”，全职回国工作。

国家自然科学基金面上项目，81772911，2018-2021

江苏省自然科学基金青年项目， BK20170744，2017-2020

江苏省“六大高峰”人才基金，SWYY-095，2017-2020

江苏省“双创团队”，2017-2019

江苏省特聘教授，特优，2016-2019

中国药科大学高层次人才科研启动经费 ，2016-2019

Qiang, Lei*, Ashley Sample, Han Liu, Xiao-yang Wu and Yu-Ying He*. Epidermal SIRT1 regulates inflammation, cell migration, and wound healing. Scientific Reports 7, no. 1 (2017): 14110 (IF: 5.2) (引用：0次)

Qiang, Lei*, Ashley Sample, Christopher R. Shea, Keyoumars Soltani, Kay F. Macleod and Yu-Ying He*. Autophagy gene ATG7 regulates ultraviolet radiation induced inflammation and skin tumorigenesis. Autophagy 13, no. 12 (2017) 2086-2103 (IF: 11.75) (引用：0次)

Qiang, Lei, Baozhong Zhao, Palak Shah, Ashley Sample, Seungwon Yang and Yu-Ying He*. Autophagy positively regulates DNA damage recognition by nucleotide excision repair. Autophagy 12, no. 2 (2016): 357-368. (IF: 11.75) (引用：26次)

Qiang, Lei, Palak Shah, M H Barcellos-Hoff and Yu-Ying He*. TGF-β signaling links E-cadherin loss to suppression of nucleotide excision repair Oncogene 35, no. 25 (2016): 3293-3302 (IF: 8.46) (引用：7次)

Qiang, Lei, Baozhong Zhao, Mei Ming, Ning Wang, Tong-Chuan He, Seungmin Hwang, Andrew Thorburn and Yu-Ying He*. Regulation of Cell Proliferation and Migration by P62 through Stabilization of Twist1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 111, no. 25 (2014): 9241-9246. (IF: 9.67) (引用：84次)

Qiang, L., T. Wu, H-W Zhang, N. Lu, R. Hu, Y-J Wang, L. Zhao, F-H Chen, X-T Wang, Q-D You and Q-L Guo*. Hif-1 Alpha Is Critical for Hypoxia-Mediated Maintenance of Glioblastoma Stem Cells by Activating Notch Signaling Pathway. Cell Death and Differentiation 19, no. 2 (2012): 284-294. (IF: 8.18) (引用：159次) “2012年中国百篇最具影响国际学术论文”

Qiang, Lei and Yu-Ying He*. Autophagy Deficiency Stabilizes Twist1 to Promote Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Autophagy 10, no. 10 (2014): 1864-1865. (IF: 11.75) (引用：26次)

Qiang, Lei, Chunli Wu, Mei Ming, Benoit Viollet and Yu-Ying He*. Autophagy Controls P38 Activation to Promote Cell Survival under Genotoxic Stress. Journal of Biological Chemistry 288, no. 3 (2013): 1603-1611. (IF: 4.57) (引用：65次)

Qiang, Lei, Yong Yang, Yan-Jun Ma, Fei-Hong Chen, Ling-Bo Zhang, Wei Liu, Qi Qi, Na Lu, Lei Tao, Xiao-Tang Wang, Qi-Dong You and Qing-Long Guo*. Isolation and Characterization of Cancer Stem Like Cells in Human Glioblastoma Cell Lines. Cancer Letters 279, no. 1 (2009): 13-21. (IF: 5.62) (引用：181次)

Qiang, Lei, Yong Yang, Qi-Dong You, Yan-Jun Ma, Lan Yang, Fei-Fei Nie, Hong-Yan Gu, Li Zhao, Na Lu, Qi Qi, Wei Liu, Xiao-Tang Wang and Qing-Long Guo*. Inhibition of Glioblastoma Growth and Angiogenesis by Garnbogic Acid: An in Vitro and in Vivo Study. Biochemical Pharmacology 75, no. 5 (2008): 1083-1092. (IF: 5.01) (引用：85次) “2008年中国百篇最具影响国际学术论文”