Education and Qualification
 | July 1989: BSc. in soil science and plant nutrition from Zhejiang (Agricultural) University, Hangzhou, P. R. China. |
| | July 1992: MSc in soils and environmental chemistry from the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China. |
| | June 1998: PhD in environmental science from the University of London (Imperial College), UK. |
| | June 1998: Diploma of Imperial College (DIC), UK. |
Current position and previous employment
| | Dec 2009-present:Director General, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences; |
| | October 2007-Dec 2009:Deputy Director General, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences; and from September 2007, Visiting professor, The University of Adelaide, Australia; |
| | January 2002-October 2007: Head, Department of Soil Environmental Science, Research Centre for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (recruited through the "Outstanding Overseas Young Chinese" scheme); |
| | June 1998-December 2001: Research fellow, Department of Soil and Water, The University of Adelaide; |
| | March 1994-March 1995:Royal Society Research Fellow, Departments of Agricultural and Environmental Science, and Applied Plant Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK; |
| | May 1992-March 1994: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Plant Nutrition and Molecular Biology, the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences; |