He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004. Before joining MSU in Fall 2012, he was a research scientist at General Electric (GE) Global Research. His research interests include computer vision, machine learning, and biometrics. As a co-author, he is a recipient of Best Industry Related Paper Award runner-up at ICPR 2014, Best Student Paper Award at WACV 2012 and 2014, and Best Poster Award at BMVC 2015. He has been the Area Chair for numerous conferences, including FG, ICPR, WACV, ICIP, and CVPR. He is the program chair of WACV 2018 and BTAS 2018. He is an Associate Editor of Neurocomputing journal. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications, and has filed 22 U.S. patents.