Education Degree Year Major Institution Ph.D. 1982-1990 Physics University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign B.S. 1978-1982 Physics Fudan University, China Professional Appointments Year Position Institution 2015- Director & Chair Professor ICQM, Peking University 2004- Professor Rice University 1994-2004 Assistant to Full Professor University of Utah 1990-1994 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Princeton University 2005 Visiting Professor NTT Laboratory for Basic Research, Japan 2002 Visiting Professor University of Munich, Germany