1978 - 1982Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, CHINA. Received B.Sc. degree in June, 1982. 1982 - 1987Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, CHINA (under the supervision of professor Yao-Zeng Huang). Received Ph.D. degree in December, 1987. ACADEMIC CAREER 1988 - 1990 Postdoctoral associate, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA (with professor Zheng-Hua Zhu). 1990 - 1992 Postdoctoral associate, Max-Planck Institute of Polymer Science, Mainz, GERMANY (with professor Klaus Müllen). 1992 - 1994 Postdoctoral associate, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Basel University, Basel, SWITZERLAND (with professor Andreas Pfaltz). 1994 - 1996 Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, Texas, U.S.A. (with professor Michael P. Doyle). 1996 - 1997 Associate professor, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA. 1997 - 1999 Professor, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA. 1999 - presentProfessor, Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.