1. Plant cell, tissue and organ culture. Having long term experiences in tissue culture of various ornamental plants and main food crops. 2. Plant biotechnology. Mainly focus on including plant transformation and genome editing. 3. Plant breeding. Creating new breeding lines or developing new varieties in potato, ryegrass, soybean and wheat.
Outstanding Achievement Award 2004
Plant & Food Research Institute (PFR), Auckland, New Zealand
Developed a throughput perennial ryegrass transformation system, which is the first robust transformation system for the crop in the world. PFR received a big research grand from a seed company.
da Vinci innovation award 2015
Victorian AgriBioscience Centre (AgriBio), Bundoora, DPI Victoria. Australia
Achievement made in wheat genome editing using Zinc Finger technology
President, CEO or Director
Tianjin Genovo Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
01 May 2016 - present
Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator
Victorian AgriBioscience Centre, Bundoora, DPI Victoria. Australia
01 Feb 2008 - 01 Apr 2016
Research Director
Multiflora Laboratories Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
01 Aug 2006 - 01 Jan 2008
Research or Laboratory Scientist
Victorian AgriBioscience Centre, Bondoora, DPI Victoria
01 Mar 2005 - 01 Jul 2006
Research or Laboratory Scientist
Plant and Food Research Institute, Auckland, New Zealand
01 Sep 2001 - 01 Feb 2005