他在中国清华大学获得了学士和硕士学位，并在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校大学与William P. King教授合作5年并获得博士学位。他还曾在IBM T. J. Watson研究中心担任博士后研究员，为期两年。他的研究集中在纳米技术、数字制造、芯片与先进传感器实验上。他曾领导了学术界和工业界的项目，并因此发表了16份同行评议的期刊论文并获得14项公开专利。此外，他还协助并领导了包括一项200万美元的美国国家科学基金会新兴前沿研究和创新奖项（NSF EFRI）和20万美元的工业奖项在内的数项成功的资助计划。

He earned the Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at Tsinghua University in China, and obtained his Ph.D. in the ECE department working with Prof. William P. King in 2014.  He then joined IBM T. J. Watson Research Center as a postdoctoral research scientist for almost 3 years.  He has led projects in both academia and industry, resulting to 20 peer-reviewed journal papers published in international-recognized journals including Advanced Materials, PNAS, Biomaterials and Nanotechnology.