He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2010 from Clemson University for his research in combustion measurement. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in School of Engineering at University of California Merced working on combustion and radiation simulations, before coming to UW. At UW, he teaches undergraduate-level Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Gas Dynamics and graduate-level Combustion. His current research includes measurements and simulations of gaseous and coal flames.