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2023 – Present

Professor, UESTC

2015 – 2023

Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2005 – 2015

Associate Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2003 – 2005

Research Fellow, Harvard University

2001 – 2005

Lecturer, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

1994 – 1998

Teaching Assistant, Henan Petroleum Staff and Workers University

Member, WHO COVID-19 Ethics and Governance Expert Working Group (2020 –)

Fellow, The Hastings Center (U.S.), a founding research institution in bioethics (2018–)

Vice President, Asian Association of Bioethics (2010 – 2015)

Fellow, International Program on Ethics in Biomedical and Health Research, Harvard University (2003 – 2005)

Council Member, Chinese Association for Dialectics of Nature; Deputy Director and Secretary-General, Special Committee on Bioethics (2018 –); Deputy Director, Special Committee on Science, Technology and Public Policy (2023 –)

Executive Council Member, Chinese Ethics Association; Deputy Director, Special Committee on Health Ethics (2018 –); Deputy Director, Special Committee on Science and Technology Ethics (2021 –)

Council Member, Medical Ethics Committee of Chinese Medical Association (2018 –)

Member, Synthetic Biology Branch of Chinese Society for Biotechnology (2018 –)

Member, Expert Advisory Committee, National Institute of Health Medical Big Data (2019 –)

Standing Member, Synthetic Biology Branch of Chinese Association of Medical Biotechnology (2019 –)

Member, Science and Technology Ethics Committee of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) United Nations Consultative Committee (2023 –)

Special Advisor, Organ and Tissue Donation Committee, China Association for Human Health Science and Technology (2023 –)

Vice President, Hubei Ethics Association (2021 –)

Executive Vice President, Hubei Association for Dialectics of Nature (2022 –)

Member, Decision-Making Consultation and Publicity Committee, 9th Standing Committee of Hubei Association for Science and Technology (2017 – 2022)

     Deputy Director, Wuhan Medical Ethics Expert Committee (2018 –)

     Deputy Director, Ethics Committee of Wuhan National Biobank (2019 –)

     Deputy Director, Hubei Medical Ethics Expert Committee (2022 –)

Bioethics

Science and Technology Ethics

Philosophy of Life Sciences

2018 National Key R&D Program: Research on Ethical, Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Synthetic Biology

2019 National Social Science Fund Major Project: Philosophical Research on Biobanks in the Big Data Era

2024 National Key R&D Program: Construction of Ethical Framework and Policy System for Synthetic Biology

Entrusted Project of Guangzhou National Laboratory: Research on Ethics and Governance of Biomedical Big Data Applications

One Ministry of Education project, four international cooperative projects.

Over 100 papers in authoritative academic journals at home and abroad, including Nature, Bioethics, The Hastings Center Report, Issues in Science and Technology, Asian Bioethics Review, Philosophical Research, Philosophical Trends, World Philosophy, Studies in Science of Science, Bulletin of Dialectics of Nature, Studies in Ethics, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, Morality and Civilization, etc.

Dr. Golem: How to Understand Medicine, Shanghai People's Publishing House Co., Ltd.

Research on Ethical Governance of Emerging Technologies in China, Science and Technology of China Press

Xenotransplantation: Philosophical Reflection and Ethical Issues, People's Publishing House

Gene Editing: Science, Ethics and Governance, Peking Union Medical College Press

Contemporary Research in Bioethics (2 volumes), Science and Technology of China Press

On May 9, 2019, published the policy commentary Reboot Ethics Governance in China in Nature, the world's top scientific journal. This marks the first paper by Chinese humanities scholars in Nature's policy review category. The article proposes the concepts of "science and technology ethics governance" and "ethics-first approach", systematically expounds the basic principles of ethics governance in science and technology. These concepts and principles have been adopted by a series of central documents and the Opinions on Strengthening Ethics Governance in Science and Technology issued by the General Offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.