Education:
2013  Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences (Biology), Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA

2001 B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Suzhou Medical College, P. R. China; 

Research Experience:

Research & Teaching Assistant (Ph.D. in Biomedical Science-Biology major)    
Old Dominion University (2008-2013)
         Mentor: X. H. Nancy Xu
Designed, performed and established the following novel research projects in fulfilment of the requirements for NIH grant (R01 GM0764401)
(1)	Probed the efflux functions of BmrA transporter in different B. subtilis strains including EGFP fused ones by fluorescence spectroscopy and dark-field optical microscopy and spectroscopy (DFOMS) using single nanoparticle optical probes.
(2)	Constructed, expressed and isolated BmrA-EGFP fusion proteins and studied their efflux functions in proteoliposomes by fluorescence spectroscopy.
(3)	Studied the silencing effects of Ag NPs conjugated with antisense oligonucleotides on the expression of BmrA transporter proteins.
(4)	Characterized the efflux functions of MexA, B-OprM transporter in different ...