| 1999—2011 | Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| 1999— | President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Metallurgical Research Institute Shanghai Municipality | |
| 1997—1999 | President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Metallurgical Research Institute Shanghai Municipality | |
| 1993—1997 | Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Metallurgical Research Institute Shanghai Municipality | |
| 1991 | Graduate, Drexel University USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Received Doctorate) | |
| 1991—1993 | Staff Member, Hewlett-Packard USA, California |