I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University of Technology and a Research Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). From 2018 to 2024, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Economics at Zhejiang University. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nottingham (2018), my M.A. in Labor Economics from Zhejiang University (2013), and my B.S. in Statistics from Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics (2011).

My research lies at the intersection of labor economics, development economics, and political economy. Broadly, I study how institutions shape mobility and how mobility shapes development. My primary research agenda focuses on the political economy of labor mobility institutions and their implications for labor allocation, demographic change, firm behavior, and economic development. In particular, I examine how institutional barriers and reforms—including migration restrictions, citizenship access, and population policies—affect individual decisions, organizational outcomes, and broader patterns of economic transformation.

My work has been published in the Journal of Comparative Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, and China Economic Review. Recent research has been presented at the Econometric Society World Congress, the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (AEA), conferences organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the AFD–World Bank International Conference on Migration and Development (ICMD), and the Migration and Organizations Conference hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

I actively participate in international academic networks. In 2023, I was selected for the inaugural SOLE Mentoring Program under the mentorship of Fabian Lange and Uta Schoenberg. I have also been invited to present my research at NBER conferences on fertility, entrepreneurship, and place-based policies, as well as at the AEA Annual Meeting and other international conferences in economics and related fields.

In addition to academic research, I have held temporary public-service appointments in both the Beijing Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province and the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, where I gained experience in regional development and public policy.

I serve as a referee for journals including Organization Science, Research Policy, and the Journal of Population Economics.