Prior to this, he studied in School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, where he was a member of Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Research Center from 2008 to 2013, under the supervision of Prof. Shucai Li. During 2010 to 2013, he was a Co-cultured Ph.D. student with Department of Geophysics, Chang'an University, under the supervision of Prof. Xiu Li. He obtained his Ph.D. (2013) and B.S. (2006) from Shandong University.