He got his Ph.D. degree in 2012 in Engineering from School of Engineering, Brown University. His main research interest is risk assessments of contaminated sites using mathematical and physical modelling, especially for vapor intrusion. He is the co-author of over 30 academic papers and the vapor intrusion risk assessment tools, CVI2D Toolkit and PVI2D Toolkit. He also solely developed a spreadsheet that could be used to conduct a three-tiered risk assessments of contaminated sites.