He received his PhD in electrical engineering at Stanford University where he was a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow. He is a recipient of the NRF Fellowship and the NUS Young Investigator Award, and has appeared on the MIT TR35 Innovator Under 35 Asia and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia lists. His current research interests are centered on the development of wireless technologies for miniaturized bioelectronic devices and their application to human health.