He received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2014. From August 2012 to December 2013, he studied at Rice University in the United States as a government-sponsored visiting scholar. He has been affiliated with Jiangxi Agricultural University since 2014, where he currently serves as a Professor and Ph.D. Advisor. His research focuses on soil carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emission reduction, soil degradation remediation, and plant invasion.