Education:

1978-82                       B. Sc. First Honors, Department of Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong     

1982-84                       M. Phil., Department of Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 

                                    Thesis Title: A study of Halobacterium cutirubrum and its persistent phage ΦP.          

1984-87                       D. Phil, Somerville College, Oxford University, and MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Oxford, England.

                                    Thesis Title: Studies in the expression of the complement genes of the HLA.

1987-90                       Postdoctoral fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge England

Professional Experience:

1982-83                         Honorary instructor in Laboratory Course in Molecular Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

1987-88                                   Medical Research Council Non-Clinical Scientific staff, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

1988-90                                   Croucher Foundation Research Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Supervisor: Terrence H. Rabbitts, Fellow of the Royal Society.

1990-1996                               Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.

1990-1996                               Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.

1990-present                            Faculty member, The Ohio State Biochemistry Program.

1991-present                            Faculty member, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology Program.

1991-1998                               Faculty member, Molecular Biology program, Comprehensive Cancer Center.

1993-present                            Faculty Member, Molecular Carcinogenesis and Epidemiology Program

1994-present                            Graduate Studies committee, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology Program.

1996-present                            Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.

1996-present                            Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (formally Medical Biochemistry), The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio

1997-present                            Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics (MVIMG), The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio.

1997 - 2000                             Course Director, Medical Biochemistry 823, Molecular Mechanisms of cell Proliferation.

1999-2002                   Member, Brain Oncology Program.

2000-present                            Course Director (IBGP 701.01) and Faculty member, Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate program, OSU.

2002-present                            Member, Awards Committee, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center, OSU.

2003-present                            Member, Admission Committee, Medical School, College of Health and Public Health, OSU.

2004-present                            Faculty Liaison, Cancer Biology Emphasis – Integrated Biomedical Science Program

-          Prepare proposal to Graduate School, including rationale, justification, requirement for students, and curriculum

-          Present a 15 minute presentation to prospectus graduate students every one to two weeks during the recruitment season (February to April)

-          Interview student candidates.

 Honors:

1979                                                    Yale-New Haven Scholarship (Top student in New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK)

1980                                                    Amos Wilder Scholarship (Top student in New Asia College, CUHK)

1981                                                    Yale-New Haven Scholarship (Top student in New Asia College, CUHK)

1982                                                    San Miguel Scholarship (Top student in Faculty of Science)

1983                            Cheng-Ming Award (Highest award to graduate of New Asia College, CUHK)

1982-84                                   Croucher Foundation Studentship (Top student in Hong Kong; fees and stipend)

1984-86                                   Senior Scholarship (Somerville College, Oxford, United Kingdom; room  and board and dinner right at the high table)

1984-87                                   Croucher Foundation Scholarship (include stipend, tuition, traveling and lab allowance)

1988-90                                   Croucher Foundation Fellowship (include stipend, traveling and lab allowance)

1994-2001                   FIRST award, National Institutes of Health.

2003                                                    Keynote speaker, The American Cancer Society Annual meeting, Mt Vernon, Ohio.