He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2001. Prior to joining UT Austin, he was a Research Scientist and Lecturer with the Department of EECS at UC Berkeley. His research interests include design optimization for robustness and manufacturability, statistical timing analysis, and design in fabrics with extreme defect densities. He is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award for 2004 and ACM SIGDA Outstanding New Faculty Award in 2007. He received the 2004 IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing Best Paper Award, as well as Best Paper Awards at the Design Automation Conference 2005, International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) 2006, and International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) 2006.