PhD, 2011, Iowa State University
MS, 2005, Zhejiang University, China
Bachelor, 2002, Qingdao University of Sci. and Tech., China
Postdoctoral research, 2011-2013, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
Postdoctoral research, 2013-2015, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
High temperature syntheses of intermetallic solid state compounds
X-ray crystallography of incommensurate crystals
Energy-related inorganic materials such as thermoelectrics
First principle band structure calculations