1987年毕业于北京协和医学院8年制临床医学专业，毕业后到中国医学科学院基础医学研究所从事研究工作。1988年获全额奖学金进入美国马里兰州立大学医学院学习，1993年1月获生物化学博士学位。分别以博士后、研究助理、助理教授、副教授、教授身份在美国Oklahoma医学研究基金会蛋白质实验室（1992-1995年）、美国Warner-Lambert（现为Pfizer）公司Parke-Davis制药癌症研究系（1995-1997年）、美国艾比林基督大学（Abilene Christian University，1997-2009年，2005年获终身教职）等机构任职,开展科研和教学工作。科研涉及钙离子转运机制，肿瘤抑制基因的表达和调控，论文发表在Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry, PNAS, Carcinogenesis, Oncogenes, Cellular and Molecular Biology等。
2009年起历任汕头大学医学院教授、教师成长中心主任、院长助理，从事教学、教学管理和教师培训工作，2013年1月起任执行院长。

Junhui Bian graduated from the 8-year medical program at Peking Union Medical College in 1987 and worked as a researcher at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.  In 1988, he was admitted into the Ph.D program of University of Maryland School of Medicine on a full scholarship and was awarded the Ph.D degree in Biochemistry in 1993.  Subsequently, he served as a postdoctoral fellow, assistant professor, associate professor and professor at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research (A Warner-Lambert Company, now Pfizer), Abilene Christian University, and Shantou University Medical College respectively.  His research interests included mechanisms of intracellular transport, the expression and regulation of tumor suppressor genes.  He and his colleagues published these studies in Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry, PNAS, Carcinogenesis, Oncogenes, Cellular and Molecular Biology and others.
Dr. Bian has served as the director of SUMC Center for Faculty Development since 2009 and the assistant dean since 2010.  He was appointed as the executive dean at Shantou University Medical College in January of 2013.