His lab carries out basic research with a focus on molecular mechanisms of T cell and NK cell recognition, as well as translational research with the objective of developing immunotherapies for cancer and HIV. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Georgia Institute of Technology where he worked with Prof. Cheng Zhu to measure the in situ binding kinetics of T cell receptors. As a postdoctoral fellow working with Prof. Mark Davis at Stanford University, he developed a single-molecule imaging method to quantify T cell sensitivity. In addition to the New Innovator award, he is a recipient of the NSF Career Award, the Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator Award, and the NIH Pathway to Independence Award.