EDUCATION

1977	Diploma Mathematics	East China Normal University, Shanghai
1981	M.S. Polymer Engineering	Donghua University, Shanghai
1985	Ph.D. Chemistry	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (Major Professor: Dr. Bernhard Wunderlich)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

1985-87	Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1987-91	Assistant Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
1991-95	Associate Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
1995-98	Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
1998-present	Trustees Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
2001-05	Chairman, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
2001-present	Robert C. Musson Trustees Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron
2007-14	Dean, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron
2014-present	Frank C. Sullivan Distinguished Research Professor, The University of Akron

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Presidential Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation and White House (1991)
• Fellow, The North American Thermal Analysis Society (1993)
• American Chemical Society Akron Section Award (1994)
• Fellow, The American Physical Society (1994)
• John H. Dillon Medal, The American Physical Society (1995)
• Distinguished Corporate Inventors Award, American Society of Patent Holders, the National Inventors Hall of Fame (1995 and 1998)
• Goodyear Corporate Inventor Award, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (1998)
• Mettler-Toledo Award, The North American Thermal Analysis Society (1999)
• TA-Instrument Award, International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2004)
• Cooperative Research Award, Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, American Chemical Society (2005)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)
• The Turner Alfrey Visiting Lecture Professor, Michigan Molecular Institute and Michigan State Universities (2007)
• Member, National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America (2008)
• Fellow, Division of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, American Chemical Society (2012)
• Charter Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2012)
• Polymer Physics Prize, The American Physical Society (2013)
• International Award, Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2017)