Professional Employment The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China 8/2019 onwards Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering 8/2018 - present Assistant Dean (Student Affairs), Faculty of Engineering 7/2017 - 8/2019 Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering 1/2017 - present Assistant Professor (by courtesy), organization of Life Sciences 8/2016 - present Associate Member, organization of Biomedical Sciences 8/2013 - 6/2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA 10/2011 - 8/2013 Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar (Adviser: Chad A. Mirkin) Research topic: “Delineating the interactions between spherical nucleic acid nanoparticle conjugates and cells.” Alza Corporation Mountain View, CA, USA 6/2003 - 9/2003 Summer Research Intern, Pilot Lead Optimization Team Developed excipient formulations that enhance the gastric/intestinal absorption of a candidate drug. Education California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, USA 9/2006 - 6/2011 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Adviser: Mark E. Davis) Thesis title: “Pharmacological behavior of systemically administered nanoparticles of defined properties: Mechanistic investigations at the organ, tissue, and cellular levels.” [Abstract & Full Text] Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA 9/2001 - 6/2006 B.S. (with honors) & M.S. in Chemical Engineering (Adviser: James R. Swartz) Thesis title: “Effect of hydrophobicity on protein production in the cell-free protein synthesis system.”