Since 2015, I am a principal investigator at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), working on bioinformatics in personalized medicine. My main expertise is bioinformatics, statistics, and population genetics. Check here for formal CV. We currently have a special master program for international students. Contact me if you are interested in our research and spend a few years living in Shanghai. I was previously a bioinformatics scientist at Illumina Inc (San Diego site). I completed my PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at USC, Oct 2010, under the supervision of Magnus Nordborg, working primarily on association mapping and population genetics in Arabidopsis thaliana. I did a three-and-half-year PostDoc with Prof. Nelson Freimer at Human Genetics, UCLA (Nov 2010-Mar 2014), worked on population genetics and trait mapping (pedigree or population) in vervet monkeys, analyzing the whole-genome DNA sequences from >700 monkeys of a vervet pedigree and >100 wild population monkeys. Before pursuing my PhD under Magnus, I had worked on the topic of gene function/network inference from gene expression data through graph theory. In July 2003, I received BSc in Biology from Fudan University. In my spare time, I read lavishly to satiate my broad interests, Economist, NYT, HBR, Engadget, books about history, leadership1,2,3, economics/business 1,2, fictions1,2, or just anything1. I love riding longboard (Original Apex 34, Landyachtz Grom Race, Dinghy), snowboard, and surfing. Occasionally, I take out my little Ninja 250R for a spin or babysit dogs. Contact me by polyactis at gmail dot com. I engage social media on a once-a-month basis but feel free to follow me via twitter/google+ and blog. For people who are looking for my various log files, please head to the log folder in google doc.