EDUCATION:

• B.Sc. Chemistry 1962, Chung Chi College
• B.Sc. Botany 1964, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Ph.D. Biology 1971, Department of Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine
• Postdoctoral Fellow 1971-1973, Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

• Instructor of Biology, 1964-1966, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Consultant, 1973-1979, Marine Food and Energy Farm Project, Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
• Assistant Professor 1973-1978, University of San Francisco & Associate Professor, 1978-1984
• Full Professor, 1984-
• Chairman, 1985-1987 & 1995-1997, Department of Biology
• Radio Forum Professor, 1992-3, KUSF-FM 90.3, USF
• Consultant, Scanning Electron Microscopy & Micro X-ray Analysis, 1987-1990, Biology, Santa Clara University, California
• Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute, Seattle, 1998-
• Arthur Furst Research Award, USF, 1999
• Professor Emeritus, USF, 2015

Named Visiting or Honorary Professor by 8 universities or medical schools in China.

中国大陆出生，香港中文大学第一届毕业，曾获化学及植物学学位。一九七一年在加州大学尔湾分校取得海洋生物学博士学位，随后到加州理工学院环境工程系继续博士后研究巨藻生态养殖；一九七三年开始受聘旧金山大学任海洋生物学教授。研究兴趣包括动物生态生理，电镜技术，重金属污染毒理学及寒武纪动物大爆炸，指导本科生发表数十篇论文。篇译前沿科普译。曾两度被选任生物系主任，多年兼任中美交流部主任：经常回东南亚讲学，曾受国内八所大学或医学院聘请为客座或荣誉教授。现已荣休。