He is also a faculty member of Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Program and Institute for Applied Life Sciences at UMass. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2015, and his B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China. His Ph.D. work with Professor Jianping Fu established the Hippo/YAP-dependent mechanosensitivity of human pluripotent stem cells. His current research interests include mechanotransduction, stem cell biology, microfabrication, developmental biomechanics, lab-on-chip, biosensing, and ultrasound technologies.