1965- 1969, graduated from the chemistry department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree;

1969- 197 1 year, obtained a master's degree in chemistry from the university of rochester, USA;

197 1 year-1974, Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada;

1974- 1976, doing postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley;

1976- 1994, once worked as a researcher at Kodak company in the United States;

From 65438 to 0994, he worked in the City University of Hong Kong, where he was a chair professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science and the director of the Research Center for Super Diamonds and Advanced Thin Films.

200 1, employed as professor of Institute of Physical and Chemical Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and director of nano-organic photoelectric laboratory.

In 2005, he was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences;

In 2006, he was elected as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences;