Academic Positions

• 2020-present Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

• 2019-present Co-director, CCSG Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center,

• 2013-2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

• 2013-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York

• 2012-2013 Bioinformatics Scientist, Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Honors and Awards

• 2019 Data Science Rotation for Advancing Discovery Trip (RoAD-Trip), Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K)

• 2019 Innovation Corps (I-Corps TM) - National Innovation Network Nodes Program

• 2009 Mark Diamond Research Fund, University at Buffalo

• 2004-2007 Presidential and Dean’s Scholarship, University at Buffalo

• 1999-2001 Outstanding Student Scholarship, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China

• 1998 Province fourth-place in men's 3000 meters at Anhui Key High School Olympic, China

• 1996 First Prize in Anhui Division in the National Middle School Chemistry Competition, China

Education

• 2010-2012 Postdoctoral follow, Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

• 2004-2010 Ph.D., Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

• 1999-2004 B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Professional services

Conference reviewer served

• 2019 Review Committee, The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting

Grant reviewer served

• 2017 Study section member, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition, Genome Canada, Canada

• 2020 Study section member, Single-Cell Omics, Genome British Columbia, Canada

• 2021 Study section member, Department of Defense - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

Editorship

Editorial Board

• International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design (IJCBDD)

Guest Editor

• Frontiers in Genetics, special Issue: "Early Detection and Diagnosis of Cancer" 2020

• Frontiers in Genetics, special Issue: “Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Cancer: Methodology, Mechanism, and Applications” 2018-2019

Ad hoc Reviewer

Routine

• Nature Communications

• Frontiers series

• BMC series

Occasional

• Science

• Science Translation Medicine

• Blood

• Bioinformatics

• Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

• PLOS ONE

Invited talks

1. NCI Immuno-Oncology Translational Network (IOTN) & Cancer Immune Monitoring and Analysis Centers and Cancer Immunologic Data Commons (CIMAC-CIDC) joint Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Working Group Meeting. "New insights revealed by ultra-sensitive detection of somatic mutations". Virtual Meeting, 1/22/2021

2. NCI Drug Resistance and Sensitivity Network (DRSN) Single Cell Working Group Meeting. "UV-induced mutations in the normal skin: patterns and utilities". Virtual meeting, 1/11/2021

3. International Conference on Intelligent Biology and Medicine (ICIBM). “An adaptive method of defining negative mutation status for multi-sample comparison using next-generation sequencing.” Virtual meeting, 08/10/2020.

4. Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Seminar. “Novel applications of ultra-deep targeted sequencing in cancer research”. Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. 2/3/2020.

5. Roswell Park Department Seminar, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics. “Turning problems into opportunities: novel bioinformatics analyses of challenging data sets”. Buffalo, NY, 10/22/2019.

6. GYN Translational Research Group. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Detection of minimal residual disease and pre-cancers using ultra-deep sequencing”. Buffalo, NY, 8/28/2019.

7. Statistical Consulting Seminar. “Precision bioinformatics for cancer genomics.” Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 04/24/2019.

8. International Conference on Skin Care & Aging. “Characterization of UV-induced somatic mutations in sun-exposed human skin.” Montreal, Canada. 04/18/2019. (Keynote Speaker)

9. International Congress on Personalized Health Care. “Novel applications of ultrasensitive disease detection in cancer treatment and prevention.” Montreal, Canada, 09/24/2018.

10. Metastasis Research Society. “Ultrasensitive detection of disseminated tumor cells in intraoperative washings of Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy for bladder cancer as a potential prognosis biomarker.” Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08/03/2018.

11. International Conference on Intelligent Biology and Medicine (ICIBM). “Comparison of SureSelect and Nextera exome capture performance in single-cell sequencing.” Los Angeles, California, 06/11/2017.

12. Breast Pathology-2017. “Pitfalls of improperly procured adjacent non-neoplastic tissue for somatic mutation analysis using next-generation sequencing.” Toronto, Canada, 08/23/2017.

13. International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) Applied Statistics Symposium. “How to define negative data in tumor heterogeneity study?” Chicago, Illinois, 06/27/2017.

14. The 3rd Taishan Forum & the Fifth China Qingdao Symposium on Gynecologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive Treatment. “Bioinformatics in the Era of Precision Medicine.” Qingdao, China, 05/20/2017.

15. Bladder Cancer Research Working Group Meeting. “Clonal Evolution from Primary tumor to Xenograft and cisplatin resistance in Bladder Cancer by Whole-Exome Sequencing.” Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, 01/20/2017.

16. Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) Genetics Program Research Retreat. “High-definition characterization of tumor heterogeneity using multiple sample DNA sequencing in Sarcoma.” Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, 05/19/2016.

17. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar. “Characterize cancer genomes using NGS: opportunities and challenges.” Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, 02/04/2016.

18. Data Manager Conference. “Next-generation sequencing data analysis: Powers and Pitfalls”. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, 06/09/2015

19. Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) Lung Doctoral Student Research Grant (DSRG) Meeting. “Bioinformatics behind genetic sequencing data analysis.” Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, 5/19/2015.

20. Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) Genetics Program Research Retreat. “Bioinformatics for Cancer Genome Sequencing.” Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, 5/8/2014

21. Center for Hearing and Deafness Seminar. “Next-generation sequencing and potential applications in hearing research.” The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 3/21/2014

22. Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) Genitourinary Program Research Retreat. “Knowing your data- accurate analysis for cancer genome sequencing.” Holiday Valley, Ellicottville, New York, 3/28/2014.

23. Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Seminar. “Accurate analysis for cancer genome project”. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, 3/18/2013.