07/2019- present: Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
08/2012-06/2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
05/2006-08/ 2012: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University and Northern Crop Science Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND.
08/ 2002-05/ 2006: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.
09/1997-07/ 2002: Research Geneticist, Institute of Genetics and Physiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agriculture Science; Nanjing, China.
10/ 2001-04/ 2002: Visiting Scientist, Eastern Center of Cereal and Oilseed Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
09/1994-07/1997: Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Cytogenetics, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China.