Education and Academic Positions

• 2022-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• 2017-2022, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• 2013-2017, Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• 2009-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital (USA)

• 2007-2009, Exchange PhD, The Epithelial Cell Biology Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• 2004-2009, Ph.D. in Physiology, Sun Yat-Sen University (China)

• 2000-2004, BSc. in Biotechnology, Ningbo University (China)

 

Research Interests

• The Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC) and Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR)

• Reproductive Biology and Diseases

• Endocrine Biology and Diseases

• Musculoskeletal Biology and Diseases

• Electrophysiology and Advanced Imaging Technologies

 

Representative Publications

J Physiology 2008; Nature Medicine 2012; Nature Communications 2014; J Cell Science 2014; Nature Medicine 2016; EMBO Molecular Medicine 2018; Theranostics 2019; Cell Communication and Signaling 2024; J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2025