男，1956年出生，博士。1978-1982 北京大学生化系；1988年获美国加州大学洛杉矶分校博士；1991年加州理工学院从事博士后研究。1991年起任克罗拉多大学发育生物学系和癌症中心助教授、副教授、教授。现任休斯医学研究院研究员，《Developmental Dynamics》 杂志副主编。 2000年任复旦大学特聘讲座教授，2002年任发育生物学研究所所长。

利用模式生物研究个体发育和人类疾病相关机理。

曾获生命科学研究基金会博士后奖学金(LSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship Award,1991)，March of Dimes/Basial Oconner学者奖(March of Dimes / Basial Oconner Scholar Award,1993)，Lucile P Markey学者奖 和 Searle学者奖 (Lucile P Markey Scholar Award, Searle Scholar Award,1997)，霍华德休斯医学研究院研究员(HHMI Investigator, 1997)，杰出青年奖(B类)(NSFC Distinguished Young Award(B),2002)，教育部长江特聘讲座教授(Cheng Kong Chair Professor，2005)，复旦大学校长奖（Fudan Presidential Awards, 2003, 2005），上海市优秀博士论文指导教师(Shanghai Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, Advisor, 2005)等.

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