Rutgers University & University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Advisor: Isaac Edery, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Biochemistry

June, 2007

Dissertation: “Adaptation of the Drosophila Circadian Clock to Seasonal Changes in Temperature and Photoperiod”

Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Advisor: Guihai Wang, Ph.D.

M.S. in Molecular Biology

July, 1996

Thesis: “Large-Scale Preparation and Characterization of Cinnamomin and Camphorin from the Seeds of Cinnamomum Camphora”

Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China

B.A. in Biochemistry

July, 1993

Honors Thesis: “Optimization of T7 promoter driven in vitro transcription of oligoribonucleotides”