He has a Ph.D. in structural mechanics and an M.S. degree in civil engineering from UCLA, an M.S. degree in solid mechanics from PekingUniversity, and a B.S. degree in engineering mechanics from ZhejiangUniversity. His research interests include micro/nano-mechanics modeling of heterogeneous materials, multiscale modeling of amorphous nanocomposites, and the development of elastography for cancer detection and diagnosis.