He received his PhD in science and technology studies (STS) from Cornell University. Prior to joining NU-Q, he held a Henry Luce Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian Environmental Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. His teaching and research interests include energy studies and environmental studies. His research has appeared in such publications as Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia and East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal. He has presented his work on the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster at the annual East-West Graduate Student Conference in 2009 and at the Sociotechnical Resilience workshop held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in June 2016.