1989年毕业于武汉大学获得遗传学学士学位，1995年于中科院遗传所获得遗传学博士学位，2001在加拿大Waterloo大学获得数学与计算机科学硕士学位。2001-2012年先后在加拿大Bioinformatics Solutions Inc公司、美国纽约冷泉港实验室、菲律宾国际水稻所从事生物信息研发工作。2012年2月起，任中科院遗传发育所研究员，入选中科院“引进杰出技术人才”计划，现担任研究所科学数据中心主任。
1. 基因组组装和泛基因组构建。结合最新的单分子测序技术、BioNano单分子图谱、Hi-C测序等，完成高质量基因组的组装，或进一步构建泛基因组。已完成水稻（表1）、小麦、大豆、苦荞、金鱼草、高粱、番茄等大量基因组组装，并构建了大豆和水稻两个物种的高质量泛基因组。
2. 比较基因组和群体基因组分析。对水稻（图1、图2）、小麦、苦荞、金鱼草等多个物种进行了比较基因组分析，发现了各个物种在进化上的一些关键特征的相关基因组基础，比如小麦基因组的快速变异导致的基因丢失、苦荞和金鱼草的全基因组复制后产生的对环境适应能力的增强或关键性状的演化。通过对中国主栽水稻品种的大规模群体基因组分析和GWAS，发现一些当前水稻育种中有利等位基因在不同群体间的渗入和利用特点（图3）。
部分发表论文（*通讯作者）：
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