2003-2007, BS, Beijing University, China
2007-2009, MS, Boston College, USA
2009-2013, PhD, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/Boston College, USA
2013-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech, USA
2016-2017, Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA, USA
2017-present, Professor, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS

Galaxy formation and evolution
Supermassive black hole (SMBH) and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
Star formation at high redshift

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