Pingyong Xu

Biography

1992-1996 Central China Normal University, B.S. in Chemical Education, Wuhan, China 1996-2000 Central China Normal University, M.S. in Organic Chemistry, Wuhan, China 2000-2004 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. in Engineering of Biomedicine, Wuhan, China 2004 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor,Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2006 - 2010 Associate Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2010 - Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Awards 2008 The State Natural Science Award (the second class), P.R.CHINA 2009 Lu Jiaxi Young Talent Award from Chinese Academy of Sciences 1992-1996 Central China Normal University, B.S. in Chemical Education, Wuhan, China 1996-2000 Central China Normal University, M.S. in Organic Chemistry, Wuhan, China 2000-2004 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. in Engineering of Biomedicine, Wuhan, China 2004 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor,Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2006 - 2010 Associate Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2010 - Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Awards 2008 The State Natural Science Award (the second class), P.R.CHINA 2009 Lu Jiaxi Young Talent Award from Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interest

Our studies focus on two aspects: one combines spectroscopy, biophysical microscopy techniques, and protein design and engineering for the development of novel optical imaging tools, especially photocontrollable fluorescent proteins and functional chemical dyes. In addition, our research uses the probes we develop in SR techniques to study important biological processes such as autophagosome formation.