| 6/1994 | B.S., Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing , P. R. China |
| 5/1999 | Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University , NY |
| 9/1998-12/1998 | Visiting Scientist, ZKM, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 5/1999-4/2001 | Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University , NY |
| 5/2001-9/2003 | Assistant Physicist, Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 10/2003-12/2004 | Associate Physicist, Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 1/2005-5/2009 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University |
| 5/2009-5/2012 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University |
| 5/2012-12/2012 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University |
| 1/2013- | A. Schulman Professor of Polymer Science, School of Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron |
| 7/2018-9/2020 | Department Chair, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron |
| 7/2021-6/2022 | Interim Director, School of Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron |