Wan Ji is a veteran of biotech industry. Prior to working in BioArts, he was Director of Genomics in Genetic Savings & Clone in Waunakee, Wisconsin. He assumed the duty of Director of Functional Genomics in ViaGen Inc. in Austin, Texas. He served as Director of Functional Genomics and Genotyping in GenomicFX Corporation in Austin, Texas. He conducted research as Lab Manager in Genetics Department of F. Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel, Switzerland. He performed job as Research Scientist in Energy BioSystem Corporation in Woodlands, Texas. Wan Ji also has extensive academic research experience. He worked as research fellow in Cardiovascular Department in Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, in Molecular Oncology Department of MD Anderson Cancer Center, and in Biochemistry Department of Texas A&M University. He is the chief inventor of 3 patents and author of numerous publications. Dr. Wan Ji received his Ph.D in Plant Biochemistry from Virginia Tech in 1991. He received his MS and BS from Biology Department of Peking University, Beijing, China in 1988 and 1985.