Jiong (from China) obtained his MSc (Med) degree in Pharmacology in 2008 at Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Jiong joined the IVS as a PhD student funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council and obtained his PhD in 2013. He has been a group leader since 2017. Jiong’s research focuses on the role of cytochrome P450 and soluble epoxide hydrolase enzymes in lipid metabolism, and in particularly on the role of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in angiogenesis and diabetic related cardiovascular diseases.

Jiong spends approximately half his time at the IVS, the rest of the time he heads the department of Histology and Embryology at the School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.