A professor and graduate mentor, formerly serving as Director and Professor of Basic Science in Ophthalmology at the Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, New York. The research focuses on gene-environment interactions in refractive eye development, the characterization of visual signaling pathways that regulate eye growth, and the development of anti-myopia drugs using system genetics and pharmacogenomics methods.

Through the establishment of a pharmacogenomics-based drug development platform and its integration with large international bio and drug databases, the goal is to identify differences between normal gene networks and disease-related gene networks, fostering the development of new therapeutic drugs.

A full member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society and a committee member of the International Myopia Institute’s Experimental Models of Refractive and Myopia Committee. Additionally, served as a reviewer for multiple international research funding committees in Europe, Australia, and Asia, as well as a reviewer for several leading international journals. Currently, serves on the editorial boards of Biomolecules (MDPI) and the European Association for Vision and Eye Research. With over 30 SCI papers published in top industry journals and participation in more than 30 international conferences, including over ten honorary lectures and three Columbia University press releases, the total research funding managed exceeds $16 million USD.

Education

Ph.D. Molecular Biology
1992-Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

M.D. General Medicine/Biochemistry
1988-Faculty of Medical Biology, Russian National Research Medical University, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Master of Science Molecular Biology
1992-Faculty of Medical Biology, Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor/Principal Investigator
Sep 2022 - Present-Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, China

Associate Professor
Dec 2015 - Aug 2022 - Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute and Dept of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Assistant Professor
Aug 2014 - Dec 2015 - Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute and Dept of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Assistant Professor
Jul 2006 - Aug 2014 - Depts of Anatomy & Cell Biology and Ophthalmology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

Assistant Professor
Aug 2003 - Jun 2006 - Storm Eye Institute and Dept of Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Research Scientist
Aug 2000 - Aug 2003 - Dept of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Research Scientist/ Instructor
Sep 1998 - Jul 2000 - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Inserm Poste Vert Scientist
Sep 1996 - Aug 1998 - Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm), Montpellier, France

Senior Research Scientist
Apr 1995 - Aug 1996 - Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Research Scientist
Dec 1992 - Mar 1995 - Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

HONORS

Nov 2022
No. 1 Talent in Biomedical Field, Zhejiang Province Overseas Talent Award, Zhejiang, China
Jan 2021
Full Member, Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Honor Society
Oct 2021
Keynote Lecture, “MicroRNA-mRNA genetic networks in refractive eye development and myopia”, European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER), Nice, France
May 2019
Member, Committee on Experimental Models of Emmetropization and Myopia, International Myopia Institute
Nov 2018
Jonas Lecture, “Pharmacogenomics pipeline for anti-myopia drug development: a new path to myopia cure”, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Sep 2002
Dana-Mahoney Research Award, Harvard Neuroscience Institute, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
Sep 2001
Dana-Mahoney Research Award, Harvard Neuroscience Institute, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
Sep 1996
INSERM Poste Vert Award, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), France
Jun 1991
Distinguished Achievement Award, Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Nov 1990
Innovator Award, Development of Novel Methods in Genetic Engineering for Human Genome Program, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Oct 1989
Top 70 PhD students of the USSR, Contest run by Oxford University
Sep 1988
PhD Fellowship Award, USSR Academy of Sciences, USSR

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