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Professional Experience

U-M
May 2023 - Present

Ann Arbor, MI

University of Michigan Medical School

Researcher / Research Area Specialist Senior

  • Develops and validates rodent models of myocardial infarction, ischemia-reperfusion injury, transverse aortic constriction, TAC debanding, and stroke.
  • Supports surgical research operations and controlled-substance processes at the Stanley and Judith Frankel Institute for Heart and Brain Health.
UTSW
Apr 2021 - Apr 2023

Dallas, TX

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Postdoctoral Associate

  • Performed cardiovascular mouse models including MI, ischemia-reperfusion injury, TAC, TAC debanding, mitral valve regurgitation, pulmonary hypertension, and ovariectomy.
  • Applied echocardiography, ECG, laser speckle imaging, treadmill testing, and blood pressure monitoring for longitudinal in vivo assessment.
UPMC
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

Pittsburgh, PA

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Postdoctoral Associate

  • Studied applications of microbubbles and ultrasound in microthrombolysis using in vitro and in vivo models.
  • Investigated arterial re-endothelialization after implantation of a newly invented drug-eluted stent.
U of U
Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah Health

Postdoctoral Associate

  • Investigated the role of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier in right and left heart failure.
  • Studied the pyruvate-lactate axis in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
MGH
Sep 2017 - Jul 2019

Boston, MA

Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard University

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Studied gelatin methacryloyl bioadhesive in a mouse model of myocardial infarction.
  • Analyzed cardiovascular clinical datasets including post-approval Watchman device outcomes and Lyme disease carditis.

Education & Training

PKU
2014 - 2017

Peking University

Beijing, China

PhD, Cardiology

CQMU
2011 - 2014

Chongqing Medical University

Chongqing, China

Master’s Degree, Cardiology

SCU
2005 - 2010

Sichuan University

Chengdu, China

MD, Clinical Medicine

Skills

Technical and research toolkit

Preclinical rodent models
Cardiovascular animal surgery
In vivo pharmacology
Echocardiography and ECG
Laser speckle imaging
Primary cell isolation and culture
qRT-PCR and Western blotting
Immunofluorescence, IHC, ISH
FACS analysis
ELISA and biomarker detection
RNA-seq interpretation
Clinical trial data analysis
GraphPad Prism, SPSS, Stata, ImageJ