2018 - present   Principal Investigator

Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University

2011 - 2017   Postdoctoral Scholar/Assistant Project Scientist

School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

2009 - 2011   Postdoctoral Scholar

Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing 

2004 - 2009   Ph.D., Biophysics

Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing

2000 - 2004   B.S., Biological Sciences

College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

[Selected publications]

1. Han P, Bloomekatz J, Ren J, Zhang R, Grinstein J, Zhao L, Burns CG, Burns CE, Anderson RM, Chi NC.  Coordinating cardiomyocyte interactions to direct ventricular chamber morphogenesis. Nature. 2016 Jun 29; 534(7609):700-704.        

2. Han P, Zhou XH, Chang N, Xiao CL, Yan S, Ren H, Yang XZ, Zhang ML, Wu Q, Tang B, Diao JP, Zhu X, Zhang C, Li CY, Cheng H, Xiong JW.  Hydrogen peroxide primes heart regeneration with a derepression mechanism. Cell Res. 2014 Sep; 24(9):1091-107. Epub 2014 Aug 15.

3. Zhang R, Han P, Yang H, Ouyang K, Lee D, Lin YF, Ocorr K, Kang G, Chen J, Stainier DY, Yelon D, Chi NC.  In vivo cardiac reprogramming contributes to zebrafish heart regeneration. Nature. 2013 Jun 27; 498(7455):497-501. Epub 2013 Jun 19 

4. Han P, Cai W, Wang Y, Lam CK, Arvanitis DA, Singh VP, Chen S, Zhang H, Zhang R, Cheng H, Kranias EG.  Catecholaminergic-induced arrhythmias in failing cardiomyocytes associated with human HRCS96A variant overexpression. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2011 Oct; 301(4):H1588-95. Epub 2011 Jul 8.