1962.12月出生于河南，籍贯湖南。His research interests cover most areas in high energy astrophysics (e.g., radio pulsars, neutron star X-ray binaries, black hole X-ray binaries, microquasars, gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei), as well as interstellar medium, star forming galaxies, cosmology, general relativity, space instrumentation, etc. He is also leading or playing major roles in several space high energy astrophysical missions of China. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 refereed publications with about 10000 total citations.