He received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to his current position, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University and worked for the Fundamental Technology Research Center at Honda R&D Co., Ltd. His research focuses on unsteady aerodynamics, flow control, and computational fluid dynamics. He is the recipient of the 2013 Young Investigator Award from AFOSR.