He received his BSc degree at School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University in June 2008, and his PhD degree at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in March 2012. After that, he worked as a Postdoc at MADALGO (Center for Massive Data Algorithmics), Aarhus University, from September 2012 to August 2014. In 2014 he joined Renmin University of China in Beijing. His research interests lie in the area of algorithms for massive data and database management.