·    2014.07-: professor, Tongji University

·    2004-2014: Principle research professor, Guangzhou Center for Gas Hydrate Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

·    1998.07-2014.07: associate professor, Institute of Geophysics/ Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

·    2000.11-2001.10: STA (Science and Technology Agency, Japan) Fellow, Geological Survey of Japan/ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

·    1996.05-1998.06: Post-Doctor fellow, Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences