He was a postdoctoral research associate in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California from 2012 to 2015. His research interests include big data analytics, data mining, machine learning, precision medicine, high-dimensional data analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and survival analysis. He is also interested in developing statistical tools to solve practical problems. He was the winner of SAS 2017 Analytical Shootout Competition. He has received the UCF In-House grant in 2017 and the Overseas Research Scholarship from UK Secretary of State for Education and Sciencein 2006.