He used to be the head of the evaluation team of astronomy discipline of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the editorial board of Heliophysics, the chief scientist of the climbing project of Multi-band Observation and Research of Celestial Violent Activities, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ChJAA, English). He is currently the deputy director of the Academic Committee of Nanjing University. 1998 was rated as a model worker in the national education system and awarded the title of national model teacher. Won the Li Award in 2004. In 2008, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Paris Observatory in France. As the first person to complete the project, he won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award of the State Science and Technology Commission, the third prize of the National Natural Science Award, and the first and second prizes of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education. More than 260 papers have been published.