I received my PhD degree from College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agriculture University, China in 2010. During my PhD study, I had been working as a visiting Ph.D. student in The Ohio State University, USA, researching in genetic breeding, sex determination and aquaculture biotechnology of freshwater economic fish particularly bluegill and yellow perch. After receiving my degree, I began to work in College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, from a lecturer at 2010 to full professor at 2018. I had worked as a visiting scholar in Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, USA, as well as Nofima, Norway. Now, my lab is focusing on the developmental biology and molecular mechanisms of fish bones, especially intermuscular bones. We try to use advanced molecular breeding, gene editing and traditional breeding technologies to breed freshwater economic aquaculture species with less or even without intermuscular bones. Zebrafish is used as model to reveal the gene functions on the important selected traits, which could be used in aquaculture species.