His research interest is to understand economic behavior using a wide range of methodologies from behavioral economics and experimental economics, to genetics, neuroscience and neuroendocrinology. His current research projects include testing decision theoretic models (risk preference, time preference, and ambiguity preference) in laboratory setting, understanding the role of acute and chronic stress in economic behaviors and economic outcomes, and exploring the genetic basis of economic behavior using both candidate gene approach and genome-wide association study. Besides laboratory research, he is also interested in exploring behavioral insights from observational data. He received his PhD in Economics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2009, and his BA in Accounting from Peking University in 2003.