Work Experience
2010-present: Professor, Department of Earth System Science (formerly Center for Earth System Science), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2012-present: Joint-appointed professor, Division of Ocean Science and Technology, Graduate School at Shenzhen (now as Institute of Ocean Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
2008-2011: Professor, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, China
2003-2008: Principal Investigator, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1996-2003: Associate Research Scientist, Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA
1994-1996: Staff Scientist, Space Biosphere Venture, USA
1992-1994: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Utah, USA