Education Sept. 1982 --- July 1986 Undergraduate Student, Dept. of Mathematics, Suzhou University Sept. 1988 --- July 1991 Graduate Student, Dept. of Mathematics, Nanjing Normal University Oct. 1993 --- Oct. 1996 Doctoral student, Institute of Automation, Southeast University Work experience Nov. 1996 --- July 1998 Post-Doctoral, Dept. of Automation, Nanjing Univ. of Sci. and Tech. Aug. 1998 --- Aug. 1999 Associate Professor, Dept. of Automation, Nanjing Univ. of Sci. and Tech. Aug. 1999--- Aug. 2000 Research Associate, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong Oct. 2000--- Dec. 2001 Post-Doctoral, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, UK Jan. 2002 till now Professor, Dept. of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Awards and Honors the 2002 National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of P. R. China the 2005 Guillemin-Cauer Best Transactions Paper Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society the 2008 First Natural Science Prize in Shanghai the 2010 Peony Natural Science Award in Shanghai