Her academic records include a B.S. in Chemistry from Fudan University, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry with Professor Hai-Lung Dai from University of Pennsylvania, a postdoctoral stint with Professor George M. Whitesides at Harvard University, and an MBA from the University of Washington. She is a recipient of the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2015–2018), the GT-CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 2015, and Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award in 2018.