Prior to joining CUHK, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at The University of Michigan from August 2010 to May 2013. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in 2004, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Management Science in 2006 and 2010, all from Peking University. His main research area is logistics and supply chain management; and his recent research interests include stochastic inventory theory and applications, revenue management and pricing, and approximation and data-driven algorithms.