Biography
Professor 2012-present
Associate Professor 2007- 2012
Graduate Program Director 2008- 2009
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department
Director 2017-2022
Center for Study of Matters under Extreme Conditions
Florida International University
Adjunct Professor 2007-2019
Adjunct Associate Professor 2004-2007
Geoscience Department
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Adjunct Research Professor 2007-2019
Associate Research Professor 2001-2007
Assistant Research Professor 1996-2001
Mineral Physics Institute
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Guest Professor 2013-2018
Center for High Pressure Science and Technology
Advanced Research & Laboratory for Superhard Material Research
Jilin University
Associate Dean of Admissions 2006-2007
Assistant Dean of Admissions 2005-2006
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Acting Director 2004-2005
Associate Director 2002-2007
Mineral Physics Institute,
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Research Associate 1987-1990
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Awards & Honors
- Research Medal, International Association of Advanced Materials, 2025
- Faculty Mentorship Award, College of Engineering and Computing, FIU, 2015
- Faculty Award of Excellence in Advising and Mentorship, Florida International University, 2015
- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ehime University, 2014.
- Faculty Award of Excellence in Research and Creative Activities, Florida International University, 2012
- Top Scholar Award for Faculty with Significant Funding, Florida International University, 2009
- United University Professions Individual Development Awards, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2007
- Promising Inventor, Research Foundation, State University of New York, 2005
- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Institute of Materials Structure Science, KEK, 1998.
- Young Scientist Award, International Union of Crystallography, 1997
Education
- PhD in Physics, Japan Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Institute of Materials Structure Science 1994
- PhD in Physics, Japan Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Institute of Materials Structure Science 1994