Working and Teaching Experience

• Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Queen’s University 2004 - present
• Professor, University of Calgary 1999 - 2004
• Associate Professor, University of Calgary 1995 - 1999
• Assistant Professor, University of Calgary 1990 - 1995
• Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University 1989 - 1990
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto 1989 - 1989

Education

• Ph.D., University of Toronto 1985 - 1989
• M.Sc., University of Toronto 1983 - 1985
• B.Sc., Nankai University 1978 - 1982

Awards

• The Queen’s Prize for Excellence in Research
• 2015 Renewal of Tier I Canada Research Chair in Materials Science
• 2011 Captain Alfred E. Hung Award, the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
• 2011 Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division Award, Chemical Institute of Canada
• 2007 Distinguished Oversea Chinese Young Investigator Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2006 Tier I Canada Research Chair in Materials Science
• 2004 Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary
• 2000 Distinguished Oversea Chinese Young Investigator Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China1999