M.D., Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, China, 1990.
Ph.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 2000.

Residency/Fellowship: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. (graduate fellowship), 2000-2005; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. (postdoctoral fellowship), 2001-2006.

University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Ky., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, 2006-2011; Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences, 2008-2011.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2011; Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2014-present; Joint appointments, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, and Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, 2022-present.