1999–2005: Director, Genomic Drug Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Jinan University.

2005–2009: Deputy Director, National Engineering Research Center for Genetic Engineering Drugs.

2005–2012: Dean, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University; Director, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering.

2013– 2015: Vice President, Wenzhou Medical University.

2015–2018: President,Wenzhou University.

2018–Present: President, Wenzhou Medical University.

2021-Present:   Chief Scientist, Oujiang Lab

1993 – 1996  

Postdoc Research Fellow and Instructor, Department of Surgery and Cellular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1996 - 1998 

Senior Research Associate, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

1998 - 2004

Assistant Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 

2001

Lectureship, Karolinska Institutet, Swedish Research Council, Stockholm, Sweden

2004 – Present  

 Full professor at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology,Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Director |2021-present

Institute of Mental Health and drug discovery, Oujiang Laboratory

Senior Principal Investigator|2021-present

Wenzhou Medical University

Senior Scientist | 2006-2021

Head, Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Center for Addiction and Mental Health

Professor | 2011-2021

Dept. of Psychiatry, Physiology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto

Director | 2018-2021

Division of Neuroscience and Clinical Translation, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Associated Professor | 2005-2011

Dept. of Psychiatry, Physiology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto

Assistant Professor | 2001-2005

Dept. of Psychiatry, Physiology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto

Research Scientist | 2000-2006

Department of Neuroscience, Center for Addiction and Mental Health

1993.09-1997.09  Postdoctoral  New York University Medical Center

1997.09-2001.09  assistant professor  New York University Medical Center

2001.09-2007.09  Tenured Associate Professor New York University Medical Center

2007.09-2021.09  Tenured professor  New York University Medical Center

2022.07- -present   Professor    Oujiang Laborator

2024–Present   Senior Investigator   Oujiang Laboratory

2024–2025   Professor    Monash University, Australia

2014–2023   Professor    The University of Queensland, Australia

2010–2014   Associate Professor   The University of Queensland, Australia

2008–2009   Tenured Project Leader    Neurobiology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

2002–2008    Project Leader   Neurobiology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

2001–2002   Research Fellow   The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Australia

1997–2000   Postdoctoral Fellow   The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Australia

1996–1997   Postdoctoral Fellow   Epilepsy Foundation of America / University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

2021-Present Senior PI, Ouyang Laboratory (Full Time); Distinguished Professor, Wenzhou Medical University

2011-2021 Adjunct Professor (China National Thousand Talents Program Expert), Wenzhou Medical University

2009-2011 Adjunct Professor, Wenzhou Medical University

2007-2019 Professor (with Tenure), New York University; Deputy Director of Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Vice-Chairman, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine

2004-2006 Associate Professor (with Tenure), New York University

2000-2004 Assistant Professor (with Tenure Track), New York University

1999-2000 National Research Council Senior Research Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and health, Morgantown, WV, USA

1998-1999 Research Associate, ScientistHormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN,USA

1995-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN, USA

1994-1995 Lecture & Section Leader,Section of Neuroimmunology, The Institute of Neuroscience, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

1986-1994 Teacher Assistant & Lecture, Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

1984-1986 Teacher Assistant, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

1983.01-1995.03 Doctor Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

2000.01-2008.04 Dentist National University Hospital

2007.01-2022.06 Associate Professor with Tenure National University of Singapore

2010.01-2019.06 Vice President of the Dental HospitalNational University of Singapore 

2011.08-2022.06 Associate Professor of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department National University of Singapore

2011.10-2019.12 Chair of the Department of Oral Science National University of Singapore

2016.07-2019.12 Chair of the Research Policy Committee of the Dental Hospital National University of Singapore

2022.02-present Dean of Academic Affairs Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University

2022.7- present Principal Investigator (PI) Director of Research Management Department, Oujiang Laboratory; Head of Special Environmental Medicine Research Laboratory,Oujiang Laboratory

2020.12-2022.6 Principal Investigator (PI) State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center

2017.12-2020.12 Associate Research Professor State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center 

2009.12-2017.12 Associate Research Professor State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center 

2011.8-2013.8 Visiting Scholar Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA

Overview of Academic Research

Our long-term goal is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying spaceflight-related medical challenges, with a particular focus on cardiovascular dysfunction and bone loss induced by microgravity. We are particularly interested in the following areas.

1. Mechanistic studies of aerospace medicine–related pathologies.

2. Molecular mechanisms of myocardial remodeling, with an emphasis on the regulatory roles of non-coding RNAs and ion channels.

3. Mechanosensing in bone tissue cells, investigated through mechanical models (altered gravity, shear stress, and soft/hard substrates) and validated in mouse models.

4. Therapeutic development targeting membrane proteins, focusing on small-molecule modulators of ion channels.

2019.5-present  Associate Dean   Wenzhou Research Institute of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2017.9 -present   Deputy Director of the Laboratory   Soft Matter Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2013.05-present  Researcher  Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2011.8-2013.4    Postdoctoral    Georgia Institute of Technology
2009.2-2011.8   Postdoctoral    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007.7-2009.2     Postdoctoral    Kent State University

01/01/2023-Now   Principle Investigator, Oujiang Laboratory, China

01/04/2024-Now   Professor, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China