2008.09-2013.06，中国海洋大学，水产学院，博士（硕博连读）；

2011.09-2012.08，东京海洋大学，海洋生物资源系，联合培养博士；

2004.09-2008.06，齐鲁工业大学，食品与生物工程学院，学士。

2016年至今，中国科学院海洋研究所，海洋生物分类与系统演化实验室，副研究员；

2013.07-2015.12，中国科学院海洋研究所，海洋生物分类与系统演化实验室，助理研究员；

1、国家自然科学基金项目，温度选择压力驱动下口虾蛄适应性进化研究（31872569），2019/01-2022/12，59万元，主持，在研。

2、“科学”号高端用户项目，深海大型生物热液与冷泉种群遗传关系及适应性进化研究—以甲壳动物异尾类为例（KEXUE2018G21），2018/09-2019/08，20万元，主持，结题。

3、中国科学院A类战略性先导科技专项子课题，深海极端环境生物多样性的决定机制（XDA22050302），2018/10-2023/09，488万元，参与，在研。

4、科技基础性工作专项《中国动物志》编研，中国动物志甲壳动物亚门十足目鼓虾总科（2015FY210300），2015/05-2020/05，30万元，参与，在研。

5、国家自然科学基金项目，中国海口足目分类与系统演化研究（31401955），2015/01-2017/12，23万元，主持，结题。

1.Cheng J, Hui M, Li YL, Sha ZL^*. Genomic evidence of population genetic differentiation in deep-sea squat lobsterShinkaia crosnieri(Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Northwestern Pacific hydrothermal vent and cold seep. Deep-sea Research Part I, 2020, 156: 103188.      

2.Cheng J, Hui M, Sha ZL^*. Transcriptomic analysis reveals insights into deep-sea adaptations of the dominant species,Shinkaia crosnieri(Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), inhabiting both hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. BMC Genomics, 2019, 20(1): 388.      

3.Cheng J, Chan TY, Zhang N, Sun S, Sha ZL^*. Mitochondrial phylogenomics reveals insights into taxonomy and evolution of Penaeoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologica Scripta, 2018, 47: 582-594.      

4.Cheng J, Han ZQ, Song N, Gao TX^*, Yanagimoto T^*, Str ssman CA, Effects of Pleistocene glaciation on the phylogeographic and demographic histories of chub mackerelScomber japonicusin the north-western Pacific, Marine and Freshwater Research, 2018, 69(4): 514-524.      

5.Hui M,Cheng J, Sha ZL^*.Adaptation to the deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: Insights from the transcriptomes ofAlvinocaris longirostrisin both environments. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 2018, 135: 23-33.      

6.Hui M,Cheng J, Sha ZL^*.First comprehensive analysis of lysine acetylation inAlvinocaris longirostrisfrom the deep-sea hydrothermal vents. BMC Genomics, 2018, 19(1): 352.      

7.ChengJ, Sha ZL^*. Cryptic diversity in the Japanese mantis shrimpOratosquilla oratoria(Crustacea: Squillidae): Allopatric diversifcation, secondary contact and hybridization, Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 1972.      

8.Cheng J, Sha ZL^*, Liu RY. DNA barcoding of genusMetapenaeopsis(Decapoda: Penaeidae) and molecular phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2015, 61: 376-384.      

9.Cheng J, Yanagimoto T, Song N, Gao TX^*. Population genetic structure of chub mackerelScomber japonicusin the northwestern Pacific inferred from microsatellite analysis. Molecular Biology Reports, 2015, 42: 373-382.      

10.Cheng J, Ma GQ, Song N, Gao TX^*. Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of bighead croakerCollichthys niveatus(Perciformes, Sciaenidae): A mitogenomic perspective on the phylogenetic relationships of Pseudosciaeniae. Gene, 2012, 491: 210-223.