In 2016, Dr.Yuan graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in biomedical engineering, and then joined the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology (CCMB) at the University of Southern California as a postdoc. He became senior research associate in 2020. In December 2021, he joined ZJE as an assistant professor. The research interest of the laboratory is craniofacial development, neural crest cell regulation and homeostasis, tissue repair and regeneration.