Education and Employment 2003 to present: Associated professor, Ocean University of China; 2008–2009: Visiting researcher, University of Oulu, Finland; 2000–2003: PhD in polymer chemistry and physics, Wuhan University; 1997–2000: MS in polymer chemistry, Qingdao University of Science and Technology. Research: Structure and biological function of polysaccharides; Bio-inspired synthesis of chitosan based biomedical materials.