2004年于中国科学院生物物理研究所获理学博士学位，2004-2006在北京大学进行博士后研究工作，2006-2011年在中国科学院生物物理研究所任副研究员，2011年6月在中国科学院青岛生物能源与过程研究所任研究员。2016年9月至2017年9月在美国耶鲁大学做访问学者研究。目前主要从事微生物高效降解木质纤维素生物质的机制、木质纤维素生物质资源转化工艺、微生物油脂合成与代谢机制、工业酶催化机制与酶工程、能源微生物合成生物学等研究。在Sci. Adv.，Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA，Nucleic Acids Res.，Chem. Commun.，J. Biol. Chem.等期刊发表一百余篇研究论文。任中国生物物理学会生物磁共振专业委员会委员。

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