He completed his BSc and PhD in Chemistry at Wuhan University. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Åbo Akademi University and Weizmann Institute of Science. After spending three years in the United States and eight years at Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, he joined NUS in April 2011. His research interest includes “Bioengineering, renewable energy, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry and materials science”.