2024.08 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, James Madison University

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2016.11 - 2024.04: Postdoctoral Associate, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell University

 

2011.09 - 2016.08: Ph.D, Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC)/The Ohio State University​

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2008.09 - 2011.06: M.S., Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, China 

 

2004.09 - 2008.06: B.S., Landscape Architecture, Shandong Agricultural University, China