Personal Information
Born on July 25, 1977 in Beijing, China. Married, two children.
Citizenship: USA
Education
B.S., Peking University (Beijing, China) 1999.
Supervisor: Prof. Tan-Sheng Cheng
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2003.
Supervisor: Prof. Kip S. Thorne
Ph.D. Thesis
Employment
Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 2003 - 04.
Staff Scientist, Albert-Einstein-Institut (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik) (Potsdam, Germany), 2004 - 2008
Assistant Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2007 - 2010
Associate Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2010 - 2013
Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2013-
Award
Sofja Kovalevskaya Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2004)
