Education

B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2003.
Ph.D., Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 2007.
Advisor: Prof. Chi-Wang Shu

Professional Experience

Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, 2007-2008. Mentor: Professor Andrew Christlieb
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Science, Colorado School of Mines, 2008-2011.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, 2011-2014.
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, 2014-2017.
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, 2017-2019.
Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, 2019-present.
Unidel Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, 2024-present.

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) on Tensor Networks, Department of Defense, 2024.
Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship or Creative Activity, University of Houston, 2017.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Young Investigator Award, 2012-2015.
Ostrach Fellowship, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 2006.

Associate Editor, Kinetic and Related Models, 2025-
Associate Editor, CSIAM Transactions on Applied Mathematics (CSIAM-AM), July 2022 - July 2025.
Associate Editor, Computational Mathematics for Engineering and Sciences (CMES), 2022-2024.

Finite Volumes for Complex Applications 10, October 30 - November 3, 2023. – Workshop on Moment Methods in Kinetic Theory, 2023.

Efficient high-order time discretization methods for PDEs, Capri, Italy, May 2019
Midwest Numerical Analysis Day 2025, April, 2025.
International Congress on Spectral and High-Order Methods (ICOSAHOM 2025), Montreal, July 2025