Research/Areas of Interest
My research focuses on the identification of surface lipoproteins of the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) that influence tropism for vertebrate host species and tissues, with the aim to identify microbial determinants of disseminated infection by B burgdorferi in both humans and reservoir animals.
Education
- BS, Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- PhD, Epidemiology & Health Statistics, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China