Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Cell Biology/Microscopy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Ph.D. in Animal Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
• B.S. in Animal Histology/Cell Biology, Nanchang University (former Jiangxi University), Nanchang, Jiangxi, R.R. China

Professional Responsibilities and Activities

• Director, Microscopy Research Core Facility
  Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
  https://biotech.unl.edu/microscopy
  1998-present
• Courtesy Faculty, School of Biological Sciences
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
  1998-present
• Research Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
  2009-present
• Research Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
  2002-2009
• Research Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences
  Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
  1998-2002
• Director, Antibody Core Research Facility
  Center for Biotechnology
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
  1998-2000
• Instructor-Research Faculty, Department of Neurosciences
  Pennington Biomedical Research Center
  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  1996-1998

Publications

For up-to-date listings of publications, visit the following:

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
• GenBank Accession #: DQ504162

Research

Use of imaging tools for studies on cell biology, bacteriology, neurosciences, parasitology, pathology, virology

Research and services focuses

• Cell biology/histology/neurobiology/virology
• Advanced fluorescence/confocal/electron microscopy and image analysis
• Immunolabeling fluorescence or electron microscopy
• Negative staining (viruses, bacteria, exosomes, nanoparticles, and nanofibers) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for education and research
• Ultrastructural TEM and topographic scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses of tissues, cells, nanoscale particles/fibers.

Participated courses (lecture and lab)

1. Life 491/891 “Introduction to Core Facilities of Center for Biotechnology” -spring semesters
2. VBMS-996/998 for a) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for veterinary histology/pathology (internship), b) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for entomology, forensic science, earth/geoscience, and biological samples
3. Laboratory courses for negative staining TEM for analysis of bacteriophages/viral particles for undergraduate student from a) Doane University (Bio 110 Inquiry Laboratory: Introduction to Biological Investigation), b) Nebraska Wesleyan University (BIO 190, Gen. Biol.: Inquiry), and c) UNL (Bios 136, Discovery Research: Virus Hunting)—spring and fall semesters.

Professional Interests

• Advanced fluorescence/confocal/electron microscopy and live-cell imaging analysis at micro/nano scales.
• Human and animal cell biology/histology/neurobiology.
• Immunolabeling fluorescence or electron microscopy.
• Negative staining (viruses, bacteria, exosomes, nanoparticles, and nanofibers) TEM.
• Ultrastructural TEM and topographic SEM analyses of tissues, cells, nanoscale particles/fibers.

Professional Society Memberships

• University of Nebraska Graduate Faculty
• Nebraska Center for Virology (NCV)
• Nebraska Center for Redox Biology (RBC)
• Nebraska Center for Integrative Biomolecular Communication (CIBC)
• UNMC MSIA Graduate Program
• University Nebraska NSRI Fellow