1995年本科毕业于武汉大学；

2000年获得浙江大学硕士学位；

2006年获得美国爱荷华州立大学（Iowa State University）遗传学博士学位。

2006年至2012年在冷泉港实验室（Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory）从事博士后研究工作。

2012年受聘为湖南大学生物学院生物医学工程系教授。

1.Qin, H. and Powell-Coffman, JA. (2004) The Caenorhabditis elegans aryl hydrocarbon receptor, AHR-1, regulates neuronal development. Dev Biol. 270(1):64-75.

2.Qin, H., Zhai, Z., and Powell-Coffman, J.A. (2006) The Caenorhabditis elegans AHR-1 transcription complex controls expression of soluble guanylate cyclase genes in the URX neurons and regulates aggregation behavior. Dev Biol, 298 (2): 606-15.

3.Qin, H., Dubnau, J. (2010) Genetic disruptions of Drosophila Pavlovian learning leave extinction learning intact. Gene Brain Behav, 9(2): 203-12

4.Shuai, Y., Hu, Y., Qin, H., Campbell, R.A. and Zhong, Y. (2011) Distinct molecular underpinnings of Drosophila olfactory trace conditioning. PNAS, 108(50): 20201-6.

5.Qin, H., Cressy, M., Li, W., Izzi, S., Coravos, J. and Dubnau, J. (2012) Gamma neurons mediate dopaminergic input during aversive olfactory memory formation in Drosophila. Curr Biol., 22(7): 608-14.

6.Li, W., Cressy, M., Qin, H., Fulga, T., Van Vactor, D. and Dubnau, J. (2013) microRNA-276a Functions in Ellipsoid Body and Mushroom Body Neurons for Naïve and Conditioned Olfactory Avoidance in Drosophila. J Neurosci., 33(13):5821-33.

7.Campbell, R.A., Honegger, K.S., Qin, H., Li, W., Demir, E., Turner, G.C. (2013) Imaging a population code for odor identity in the Drosophila mushroom body. J Neurosci., 33(25):10568-81.

8.Cressy, M., Valente, D., Altick, A., Kockenmeister, E., Honegger, K., Qin, H., Mitra, P.P., Dubnau, J. (2014) Laboratory evolution of adenylyl cyclase independent learning in Drosophila and missing heritability. Gene Brain Behav, 13(6): 565-77.