2000年毕业于西北农林科技大学动物科技学院，获动物营养与饲料科学学士学位；2004年6月毕业于西北农林科技大学动物科技学院，获动物营养与饲料科学专业硕士学位；2007年前往澳大利亚联邦科工组织（CSIRO）进行学习和合作研究；2010年毕业于中国科学院亚热带农业生态研究所，获动物营养博士学位

2015年3月至2016年2月美国杜克大学医学院进行访学研究。2004年7月至2010年7月工作于中科院亚热带农业生态研究所；2010年8月至今工作于西南大学。

先后主持国家自然基金面上项目“猪低蛋白日粮氨基酸代谢节俭机制研究（31872370）”、国家自然基金青年基金“电化学因素对瘤胃上皮关键转运蛋白表达及转运功能的影响（30600436）”、农业部引进国际先进农业科学技术（948）“畜禽肠道特色益生菌资源的引进与利用研究（2015Z74）”、国家重点基础研究发展计划（973）“猪利用氮营养素的机制及营养调控”（2013CB127300）子课题“氨基酸和小肽在肝脏的代谢转化规律及其内源性调节研究”、重庆市自然基金重点项目“乳房炎对奶山羊乳腺上皮脂肪酸转运载体特异性转运的影响机制研究

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