Main Focus
- Comparative criminal law and procedure
- Artificial intelligence, courts, and criminal justice
- Epistemology, evidence and proof theory
- International criminal law and human rights
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Positions and Fellowships
- 2026 (April–July): Academic Visitor, Oxford University, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), Oxford
- 2025–present: Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Department of Criminal Law
- June 2025: CIVICA Faculty Short Visiting Fellow, Sciences Po, Paris
- 2024–2025: Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Florence
- 2023–2024: Hauser Global Fellow, New York University School of Law, New York
- 2021–2024: Lecturer and Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow, Soochow University School of Law, Suzhou, China
- 2017–2023: Research Fellow, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Transnational Program on Criminal Justice, Los Angeles
Education
- 2017–2023: S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science), UCLA School of Law, Dean’s Fellowship
- 2017–2021: Ph.D. in Law, Tsinghua University, Outstanding Thesis Award, Beijing
- 2016–2017: L.L.M. in International and Comparative Law, UCLA School of Law
- 2013–2016: J.M. (Juris Master), Tsinghua University, First-Class Scholarship, Beijing
- 2009–2013: B.A. in English Language and Literature, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Professional Experience
- 2019–2020: Legal Intern, Supreme People’s Court of China, Core Member of the Drafting Group for the Judicial Interpretation of the Criminal Procedure Law, Beijing
- 2017: Judicial Clerk (Externship), California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Los Angeles
- 2016–2020: Chief Executive Editor, Chinese Case Law Review, Beijing
- 2016–2017: Editor, Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs, UCLA
- 2015: Legal assistant at international law firm, Beijing
Professional Qualifications
- Since 2025: Passed the New York State Bar Exam
- Since 2015: Certified national legal professional qualification, China
