Education
- B.S., Central China Normal University
- M.S., State University of New York at Albany
- Ph.D., 1990, Cornell University
- Postdoctoral Fellow, 1989-1991, Cornell University
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Awards & Honors
- Chancellor-Provost Award for Faculty Excellence (Rutgers University), 2023
- Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics), 2022
- Elected Fellow, European Academy of Sciences (EurASc), 2021
- Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics), 2020
- Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics), 2019
- Highly Cited Researcher (Thomson Reuters), 2016
- Highly Cited Researcher (Thomson Reuters), 2015
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2015
- The Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), 2013
- Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research (Rutgers University), 2013
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
- The Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Award (US Department of Energy), 2012
- Excellence Award (Chinese American Chemical Society, USA), 2006
- Outstanding Achievement Award, Chinese Association of Science and Technology, USA, 2002
- The Board of Trustees Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence (Rutgers University), 1996
- Presidential Faculty Fellow, 1995
- CAREER Award (National Science Foundation), 1995
- Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar (Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation), 1994
- Henry Rutgers Research Fellow (Rutgers University), 1991-1993
