He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Before he joined Baylor University in 2011, he spent two years as a Research Associate at Princeton University. His research interests include mid-IR supercontinuum generation, chalcogenide glass fibers, photonic crystal fibers, optical amplifiers, nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, surface plasmons, and 2D materials. In 2015, he served as a topic co-chair for Mid Infrared Photonics (MIP) in the IEEE Summer Topical Meetings. He received Baylor Young Investigator Development Award in 2015.