His research centers on urban & regional economics and health economics. He is particularly interested in applying causal inference methods to understand regional disparities shaped by demographic forces, including population aging and internal migration. At Duke Kunshan University, his teaching portfolio includes ECON101 Economic Principles, ECON204 Intermediate Macroeconomics, ECON310 Urban Economics, and POLECON490 Senior Seminars. He has also offered mini-term courses such as Wrong but Useful Models and Essentials of Making Investments.

His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Review of Regional Studies, Asian Transport Studies, Global Health Research and Policy, and PLOS Medicine.

He holds a BA in Economics from Shandong University and an MA in Population, Resource and Environmental Economics from Fudan University. He earned his PhD in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics from The Ohio State University in 2018.