He got his PhD in materials science and engineering at MIT and did a postdoc in the lab of Stefan Hell, at the MPI-BPC in Germany. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and the ACS PRF New Investigator Award. His research interests are related to unconventional nanofabrication, optics and polymers. A current emphasis of the group is the use of optical microscopy with nanoscale resolution to image and pattern nanostructured polymers.