He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2011, and spent 3 years at the University of California, Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral researcher. His research interests include advanced structural characterization of materials, electron microscopy (EM) technique development, and computational materials modeling. In particular, he has developed novel EM techniques and simulation methods based on electron nanodiffraction and quantitative imaging, for nanostructured materials, oxide heterostructures, and non-crystalline materials. For his contributions to the field, he has received several honors and awards, including the Albert Crewe Award from the Microscopy Society of America and the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities.