06/2024-present, Associate Professor, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
01/2021-05/2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09/2018-01/2021, Doctor of Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
07/2016-08/2018, Research Assistant, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09/2014-06/2016, Master of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China
07/2013-08/2014, Research Assistant, Sun Yat-sen University, China
09/2009-06/2013, Bachelor of Engineering, South China University of Technology, China
Stress Biology of Tea Plants
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