Professional Appointments:
2025 – present, Professor, Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences (SCMS), School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University
2020 –2025, Associate Professor (Tenured), Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences (SCMS), School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University
2016 – present, Principle Investigator, Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence (ISTBI), Fudan University
2016 – 2020, Associate Professor (Tenure-track), Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences (SCMS), Fudan University
2015 – 2016, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Irvine, USA
2012 – 2015, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, USA
2005 – 2008, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Investigator
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinses Academy of Sciences
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, 2008 – 2011
Tianjin University
M.E., Applied Chemistry, 2002 – 2005
Tianjin University
B.E., Materials Science and Engineering/Computer Science and Technology, 1998 – 2002
Research Funding:
National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFA0709500, Supporting funds of Shanghai): Brain computing assimilation platform and new generation of brain-inspired intelligence theory, 2022-2027, PI, RMB 1,388,900
NSFC General Program (NSFC 12171102)：Dynamical modeling and applications of gene networks from single cell data, 2022-2025, RMB 500,000, PI
National Key Research and Development Program of China (科技部重点研发计划变革性技术，2019YFA0709500)：大脑计算同化平台与新一代类脑智能算法理论， 2020.6-2025.5, RMB 21, 630,000, PI
Thousand Youth Talents Program, 2017, PI
NSFC General Program (NSFC 11771098)：Integrated Modeling and Data Mining (IMDM) Approach for Unraveling Stochastic Dynamics of Breast Cancer, 2018-2021, RMB 480,000, PI (completed)
NSF Shanghai (17ZR1444500)：癌症和免疫系统相互作用网络的动力学研究，2017-2020, RMB 200,000, PI (completed)
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC0910500): Precision medicine research, 2018-2020, Co-investigator (completed)
ICCM best paper award, “Distinguished Paper Award 若琳獎” in mathematics, 2020
Thousand Youth Talents Program, 2017
CCBS “Opportunity Award” from University of California at Irvine, USA. 2015
Excellent Poster Award from Gordon Research Conference on Stochastic Physics in Biology. 2015
Academic Newcomer Award for PhD student, China. 2011
* "Unifying Themes in Complex Systems Dynamics and Machine Learning", Satellite meeting of StatPhys28, August, 2-6, 2023, Hong Kong, China. “Landscape quantifies the intermediate state and transition dynamics in ecological networks”.
* The Q-Bio 2023 Conference, July 29th - August 1st, 2023, Shenzhen, China. “Landscape quantifies the intermediate state and transition dynamics in ecological networks”.
* The 8th q-bio Conference, August, 13-16, 2014, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. “Quantifying Waddington landscapes and paths of non-adiabatic cell fate decisions”.
* Stochastic Physics in Biology Gordon Research Conference, January 11-16, 2015, Ventura, California, USA. ”Quantifying the underlying landscape and paths of cancer”.
* Winter Q-Bio conference, February, 15-18, 2016, Hawaiian, USA. ”A self-enhanced transport feedback model reveals a mechanism for the fate decision of X chromosome inactivation”.
* 计算系统生物学与随机动力学研讨会. Chair, Organizing Committee, Shanghai, China, 04/2025
* The 8th International Symposium on Nonlinear Sciences and Applications. Chair, Organizing Committee, Qingdao, China, 08/2018
* The 6th International Conference on Mathematical Biology (ICMB). Co-organizer, Special Session on Computational Disease Modeling. Beijing, China, 06/2018
* 生物动力系统研讨会，Shanghai, China, 08/2025
* 第四届数学生命科学大会，Beijing, China, 08/2025
* 第八届全国统计物理与复杂系统学术会议，Ningbo, China, 07/2025
* ACMB-JSMB2025，Kyoto, Japan, 07/2025
* International Workshop on Systems Learning of Single Cells，Beijing, China, 06/2025
* 随机动力系统与机器学习研讨会，Xiamen, China, 04/2025
* 数据科学与计算系统生物学青年学者学术研讨会，Wuhan, China, 03/2025
* 中国人民大学，Beijing, China, 12/2024
* 珠海常微分方程与动力系统会议，Zhuhai, China, 11/2024
* CSIAM2024: AI驱动的计算系统生物学，Nanjing, China, 10/2024
* The International Workshop on Complex Systems and Their Interdisciplinary Applications, Sendai, Japan, 08/2024
* 武汉大学，Wuhan, China, 5/2024
* International Workshop on Complex-systems for Future Technologies and Applications (16th IWCFTA)，Zhengzhou, China, 10/2023
* 第一届计算合成生物学研讨会，plenary talk, Shenzhen, China, 08/2023
* The 9th Shanghai International Symposium on Nonlinear Sciences and Applications (Shanghai NSA'23), Zhangye, China, 07/2023
* 第十届计算系统生物学研讨会, Kunming, China, 04/2023
* 2022 International workshop on Soft Matter and Biophysics theories, Guilin, China, 11/2022
* Tipping Points in Complex Systems (HYBRID), Bengaluru, Indian, 09/2022
* 第 14届计算系统生物学国际会议 (ISB 2022), Virtual, China, 08/2022
* 吉林大学, Changchun, China, 07/2022
* 北京计算科学中心, Beijing (Virtual), China, 12/2021
* 上海理工大学复杂系统理论及其应用研讨会, Shanghai, China, 11/2021
* 2021 “定量生物学-数学建模和统计推断” 研讨会, Xiamen (Virtual), China, 11/2021
* 第六届全国统计物理与复杂系统学术会议暨海峡两岸统计物理会议, Changchun, China, 07/2021
* 第九届计算系统生物学研讨会, Tianjin, China, 06/2021
* SMB (Society of Mathematical Biology) 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual, 06/2021
* 类脑智能与复杂网络交流会, 复旦大学, China, 05/2021
* 复旦理论物理报告会, 复旦大学, China, 04/2021
* 生物数学研讨会, 中国人民大学, China, 11/2020
* 天津中医药大学, 天津, China, 11/2020
* Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 11/2020
* 中国工业与应用数学学会第十八届年会(CSIAM 2020), Changsha, China, 11/2020
* Peking University, Beijing, China, 10/2019
* 中国工业与应用数学学会第十七届年会(CSIAM 2019), Foshan, China, 09/2019
* International Workshop on Applications of Probability and Statistics to Biology, Shanghai, China, 07/2019
* 2019年生物数学与复杂系统论坛, Shanghai, China, 05/2019
* 第八届计算系统生物学研讨会, Shanghai, China, 04/2019
* 生物医学的建模与计算学术研讨会, Wuhan, China, 04/2019
* University of California at Riverside, Riverside, USA, 01/2019
* The 10th Dynamics Days Asia Pacific (DDAP), Xiamen, China, 11/2018
* Plenary speaker, 随机动力学与大数据分析专题研讨会, Xian, China, 08/2018
* Plenary speaker, The 8th International Symposium on Nonlinear Sciences and Applications, Qingdao, China, 08/2018
* The 6th International Conference on Mathematical Biology, Beijing, China, 06/2018
* 全国第七届计算系统生物学研讨会, 武汉, China, 04/2018
* 第五届国际华中-华东地区生物信息学研讨会, 景德镇, China, 03/2018
* 11th International Conference on Systems Biology, Shenzhen, China, 08/2017
* 第四届全国统计物理与复杂系统学术会议暨海峡两岸统计物理会议, Xian, China, 07/2017
* Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China, 06/2017
* A3-NIMS Mathematical Biology Workshop, Daejeon, Korea, 05/2017
* The 6th Computational System Biology Workshop, Suzhou, China, 04/2017
* 复杂网络群体动力学研讨会, Fudan University. “Landscape and path of gene networks.” 03/2017
* Annual Retreat of Center for Complex Biological Systems, March, 18-20, 2016. Los Angeles, CA, USA. ”Dynamic regulation and noise attenuation in lncRNA network for X-chromosome inactivation”.
* Gordon Research Conference on Stochastic Physics in Biology, January 08-13, 2017, Ventura, CA, USA. “A self-enhanced transport mechanism through long noncoding RNAs for X chromosome inactivation”.
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Guest Editor (2025): PLOS Computational Biology
Guest Associate editor (2019-2021): Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Neuroscience
Editorial Board member: IET Systems Biology (2021-)
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