1998   Ph.D. in molecular Biology, Huazhong Agricultural University, China 1995   Master’s degree in genetics and plant breeding, Huazhong Agricultural   University, China 1990   Bachelor’s degree in genetics and plant breeding, Huazhong Agricultural   University, China 2020/09-present,   Professor, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, China 2009/06-2020/09,   Professor, South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences,   China 2005/11-2009/5,   Research Scientist, Department of Biology, University of Virginia,   Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. 2002/11-2005/10,   Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. State   University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA 2000/02-2002/10,   Visiting Scientist, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan,   USA.  | 
   
   
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