· 2007.07- :Professor, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University
· 2003.11-2007.06:Associate professor, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University
· 2001.03-2003.10:Lecturer, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University
· 2010.06-08:Visiting Expert, Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
· 2006.08-09:Visiting Scholar, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University
· 2003.11-2004.10:Research Associate, Department of Geology, University of South Florida