Present Position:

Professor, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Academic Qualification:

Ph.D (Crop Sciences)2002-2006, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,China.
Post Doc. (Molecular Agrobiology) 2008-2010, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,China.
Post Doc. (Environmental Sciences)2010-2012,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,China.

Awards/Titles and Honors:

1.    First ever foreign faculty member of Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University.

2.    Qiushi young scholar of Zhejiang University in 2013.

3.    First prize in teaching skills contest 2012 organized by personnel division, Zhejiang University.

4.    First prize in Young teachers teaching competition, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology in 2012 organized by College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University.

5.  The first prize in 2015 Young Teachers skills competition in the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University.

6.  The first prize in the whole Zhejiang University after a tough competition among 79 best teachers of Zhejiang University from different colleges and departments.

7.  The best teacher award for being an excellent undergraduate class mentor by the Qiushi College of Zhejiang University for the year of 2014-2015 being first ever in the history of Zhejiang University.

8. The first prize in 2016 The third National University Young Teachers' teaching competition all over China.

9. Won the title of "Excellent head teacher" of Zhejiang University in 2016.

10. 2016 Zhejiang University Quality Teaching Award holder.

11. In September 2018 won the "Hangzhou Honorary Citizenship Nomination Award”.

12. In October 2018 won the the top level provincial award "West Lake Friendship Award" of Zhejiang Province.

13. In October 2019 was honored to attend the "Reception for foreign experts celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China” at the great hall of Beijing.

14. In June 2020 won the title of "My favorite foreign teacher in 2019" after the national competition and evaluation by the foreign talent research center of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China.

15. In July 2020 won the title of "Excellent teaching post B (Major)" of Zhejiang University.

Research Publications: 

More than 100 research papers published in academic journals, 5 book chapters.

Working Address:

Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource,

College of Agriculture and Biotechnology,
Department of Agronomy,

Building A-Office no: 447

Zhejiang University, ZijingGang Campus,

Yuhangtang road,Hangzhou, 310058, P.R China.