He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from National Tsing-Hua University (2003-2008), and was a postdoctoral associate at MIT (2009-2011) prior to his appointment at Hong Kong University. He was a principal engineer, section manager and technical manager at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (2001-2008), and a deputy director at Tripod Research Center (2008-2009). His current research is focused on electrochemical processing and interfacial characterization of nanostructured materials, and their applications on energy conversion and storage.