She got her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA; her B.S. degree from Zhongshan Univesity, Guangzhou, China. She has a unique combination of expertise in electrical engineering, optics, and sensor technology. She is the recipient of the 2010 NSF CAREER award and the 2008 Massachusetts Life Science Center New Investigator Research Award. She has served as PI and co-PI of projects funded with more than $2.4M. The sponsors include NSF, ARL, MLSC, and industries. She has authored and co-authored over 80 papers in journals and conference proceedings.