2023

Principal Investigator, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China

Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chicago, Illinois

2021

UIC COE teaching award

2019

UIC Proof-of-Concept award

2018

UIC student advising award

2017

Director of Graduate Studies, University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chicago, Illinois

Faculty Senator, University of Illinois System

2016

Associate Professor with Tenure, University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chicago, Illinois

Adjunct Professor, Dalian University of Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Science

2015

Associate Professor with Tenure, University of Akron, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Akron, Ohio

NSF Faculty Early Career award

University of Akron Faculty Fellowship

2011

Firestone Fellowship

2009

Assistant Professor, University of Akron, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Akron, Ohio

2007

University of Washington graduate award

2010

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Rootstown, Ohio

1999

Project Engineer, China Huanqiu Chemical Engineering Corporation, Beijing, China