From 1992 to 1996, Ge Gaoxiang studied in the Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University for his Bachelor of Science degree. From 1996 to 2001, he studied for his Doctor of Science degree at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB), CAS. From 2001 to 2002, he studied at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center as a postdoctoral fellow. From 2002 to 2007, he worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a postdoctoral fellow and then as a Scientist. Since 2007, he has been working as a research fellow and principal investigator at SIBCB, CAS.