His research interest is in the area of silicon nanophotonics and optoelectronics. Before joining Rice, he was a post-doctoral researcher at Hewlett-Packard Labs. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University in 2007 and his B. Eng. and M. Eng. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1999 and 2002, respectively.