I was born and raised in Mianyang, Sichuan, China. I spent six great years in Tsinghua University and graduated with B.S. and M.S., both in Electronic Engineering. My advisor, Prof. Runsheng Liu, was a great mentor. I was a violinist and later violist for the Tsinghua University Symphony Orchestra (TUSO). I also hung out with an amateur band from Peking University. It was a lot of fun.

I came to the states for my doctoral study at Princeton and spent five years there. Again, my PhD advisor, Prof. Niraj Jha, was a great mentor.

My wife got her Ph.D. in mass communication from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is from Chengdu, Sichuan.

Our son and daughter, Kaifeng and Kaixin, were born December 2010 and February 2014; we are enjoying every minute parenting them.

At Yale, I play viola in Berkeley College Orchestra and am amazed each time by how talented our students are.