2015-presentProfessor, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2014-presentAssociate Department Head and Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2011-2015Associate Professor, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2006-2011Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2002-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2001-2002 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Electrochemical Systems and Hydrogen Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

1997-2001 Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Eastman Research Steering Committee, Spring 2015 - Present

Administrative Board of the Graduate School, Fall 2014

Academic Advisory Committee for the North Carolina State Confucius Institute, Fall 2007 - Present

Academic Advisory Committee for the North Carolina Japan Center, Fall 2007 - Present

Chair, Fiber and Polymer Science Ph.D. Program Steering Committee, Fall 2014 – Present

Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Spring 2015 Present

Outstanding Achievement award, The Fiber Society, 2015

Outstanding Service Award, Sigma XI, 2015

University Faculty Scholar, 2013-2017

Academy of Outstanding Teachers, 2013 - Present

Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award, 2012- 2013

College of Textile’s Outstanding Teach of the Year Award, 2013

NC State University’s Outstanding Teacher Award, 2012 – 2013

NASA Tech Brief Awards, 2004 and 2005

Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Students, Zhejiang University, 1999 2000

Graduated with Honors, Zhejiang University, 1997

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Zhejiang University, 1997

Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate Students, Zhejiang University, 1994 1996