He received bachelor’s degree in Industrial Automation in 2000, master’s degree in Systems Engineering in 2003, both from Zhejiang University, and Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from McMaster University. He was a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2009 to 2011, working on optimization of energy systems under uncertainty. His current research interests include supply chain management, planning and scheduling, energy systems engineering, stochastic programming, global optimization, and model predictive control. He is a recipient of discovery grant with early career researcher supplement, from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He is also the vice chair of Systems and Control Division, Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.