He was a recipient of NSF CAREER Award in 2014. Dr. Pan was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas Southern University from September 2012 to August 2015. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Florida in August 2012, under the guidance of Prof. Yuguang Fang. Prior to that, he received his M.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, China, in April, 2007, and B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology, China, in August, 2004, respectively. From January of 2007 to August of 2007, he had been working as a research intern in NTT DOCOMO Beijing Labs.