ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6837-1006

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=-DD0lMQAAAAJ

Research Brief

I obtained my PhD in Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, where I studied 3D genome organization in brown algae. This work sparked my interest in how regulatory mechanisms evolve across diverse lineages.

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. Jan de Vries at the University of Göttingen, studying streptophyte algae, the closest algal relatives of land plants. Using genetic and molecular approaches, I investigate how these algae regulate their growth and physiology in response to environmental cues associated with terrestrial habitats. My research aims to understand the evolutionary mechanisms that contributed to plant adaptation to life on land.

Appointments

09.2026 – Present | University of Göttingen, Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Applied Bioinformatics  

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan de Vries

04.2026 – 08.2026 | Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher, Algal Development and Evolution  

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Susana M. Coelho and Prof. Dr. Chang Liu

01.2021 – 03.2026 | Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany

PhD Candidate, Algal Development and Evolution  

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Susana M. Coelho and Prof. Dr. Chang Liu

09.2017 – 06.2020 | Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

MSc Student in Marine Biology  

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Zhigang Zhou

Education

01.2021 – 03.2026 | PhD in Evolutionary and Regulatory Genomics

Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany  

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Susana M. Coelho and Prof. Dr. Chang Liu  

Thesis: 3D Genome Organization in Brown Algae

09.2017 – 06.2020 | MSc in Marine Biology

Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China  

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Zhigang Zhou  

Thesis: BAC Library Construction from Female Gametophytes of Saccharina japonica and Cloning and Sequencing of Genes Adjacent to the Female Sex-Specific Marker FRML-1488