Professional Training and Experience

• Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, OH
• Research Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OH
• Research and Teaching Specialist, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ
• Research Scientist, RIKEN-Brain Science Institute (BSI), Japan
• PhD, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gifu University, Japan
• MS, Physiology and Biochemistry, Beijing Agricultural University, China
• BA, Veterinary Science, Henan Agricultural University, China

Research Interests

• Cell signaling, protein-protein interaction, and cancer biology
• Tumor suppressors in lung cancer and other solid tumors
• Drug/Chemo-resistances
• Tissue repair and regenerative medicine
• Neuroprotection and neurodegenerative diseases
• Translational medicine

Selected Awards and Honors

• Butler-Williams Scholars of NIH/NIA, 2020

• Lockwood Early Faculty Career Development Award, OSU, 2015

• Early Career Award for Spinal Cord Research, 2009

• Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology Fellow, Japan, 2001

• Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Scholarship, Japan,1999

Professional Services

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Pharmacology

• Section Editor, Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery

• Topic Editor, Frontiers in Oncology/Pharmacology

• Reviewer Editor, Frontiers in Oncology/Pharmacology/Physiology