He obtained the Ph.D. in Economics at Iowa State University, the United States, in 2012, and was a post-doctoral research associate and visiting scholar at the Iowa State University. His research expertise focuses on Environmental Economics and Economics of Innovation. His research has been appeared in top academic journals in the fields of environmental and resource economics and energy economics, such as American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Energy Economics. He has been serving as referee for leading journals in environmental economics such as JEEM, JAERE, CER and many others. His current research on climate policy and the diffusion of low-carbon technology has been supported by the National Science Found of China.