He received his M.D. in Clinical Medicine from Jining Medical College and his M.S. in Psychiatry from Chongqing University of Medical Sciences in China. His research interests include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and neuroimaging in neuropsychiatry, combining TMS and functional MRI techniques in neuropharmacology, functional MRI in alcoholism and other substance abuse, brain stimulation therapy in depression and substance abuse.