• 1989-1994, DSc (Doctorat ès Sciences), Experimental Condensed Matter Physics; Institute of Experimental Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland. Advisor: Dr. J. J. van der Klink
• 1983-1986, MSc, Nuclear Physics and Physical Chemistry; Departments of Nuclear Physics and of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC. Advisors: Professors Y.-Z. Gu and L. Fei.
• 1979-1983, BSc, Nuclear Physics; Department of Nuclear Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC.

• Chair, Chemistry Department, 7/2010-present
• Professor, Chemistry Department, Georgetown University, 8/2010–present
• Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Georgetown University. 8/2006–7/2010
• Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Georgetown University, 8/2001-7/2006.
• Senior Research Associate, 4/1999-7/2001; Research Associate, 11/1996-3/1999, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with Professors Eric Oldfield and Andrzej Wieckowski.
• Visiting Staff Scientist, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France, 1/95- 10/96.
• Ph.D Student, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Lausanne, 1989-1994, with Dr. J. J. van der Klink.
• Junior faculty member, NMR Laboratory, Research Center for Analysis & Measurement, Fudan University, Shanghai, 7/1986-6/1989.

• Electrocatalysis, Springer,  2010 – present
• ChemistrySelect, Wiley, 2016 – 2019

Society Memberships:

• The American Chemical Society.
• The Electrochemical Society.
• American Physical Society.
• International Society of Electrochemistry.
• American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

Research Interests:

Nanoscale Charge Transfer, Solid-State Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Interfacial Electrochemistry, IR and Raman Spectroelectrochemistry, Heterogeneous and Electrocatalysis, Fuel Cell Science, Physics and Chemistry of Nanomaterials, in particular Monolayer-Protected Coinage Metal Nanoparticles andHeterogeneous and Electrochemical Nanoscale Pt-based Metal Catalysts.