Brief CV

Appointments

• Professor (2024-present)

• Canada Research Chair (2017-present)

• Associate Professor (2018-2024) 

• Assistant Professor (2015-2018) 

  • Department of Applied Mathematics

  • University of Waterloo

• Lecturer (2012-15) 

  • Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

  • University of Sheffield

• Postdoctoral Scholar (2011-12)

  • Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

  • California Institute of Technology

Education

• Ph.D. (2011), University of Waterloo

• M.S. (2005), Peking University

• B.S. (2002), Shanghai Jiao-Tong University

Selected Grants and Awards

• NSERC Canada Research Chair (2022-2027)

• NSERC Discovery Grant (2022-2027)

• CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award (2020)

• Ontario MRIS Early Researcher Award (2018-2023)

• NSERC Canada Research Chair (2017-2022)

• IFAC Journal Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems Paper Prize (2017)

• NSERC Discovery Grant (2016-2022)

• Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (2013-2017)

• Royal Society International Exchange Grant (2014-2015)

• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011-2012)