He received his Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014. His research focuses on the development and implementation of optically responsive nanomaterials for highly sensitive/specific diagnostic applications, image-guided surgery, and understanding fundamental biological mechanisms from protein interactions and signaling to in vivo transport of drug carriers using techniques of fluorescence and SERS. One of his works in Chemical Review is listed in the top 1% HCP by Web of Science.