His primary focus is Buddhist philosophy and intellectual history. He is interested in the Abhidharma and the Yogācāra philosophies and the way they converse with contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive sciences. His intellectual history research focuses on religion in the modern period, especially the Buddhist renaissance in 20th century China. He recently completed a book manuscript about the revival of the Yogācāra school in modern China. He currently studies the debates about Buddhist Logic in contemporary China and the way that the concept of saṃsāra evolved in Buddhist thought