He received his B.Eng. (2006) and PhD (2010) in Bioengineering from National University of Singapore, and his postdoctoral training in the BioRobotics Lab at Harvard University (2012). He was awarded the NUS Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010), NUS Young Investigator Award (2014), and Yamaguchi Medal (2015). His research interest is in soft wearable robotics, and he is a scientific advisor to three start-up companies working on medical wearables.