I studied Landscape Architecture and Urban planning during my Bachelor's and Master's study. After a couple of years working as an urban designer and planner in China, inspired by Danish urban planner, Jan Gehl, I became interested in creating cities for people. I further pursued this direction via a Ph.D. program at the University of Copenhagen. My PhD study focused on cyclists' travel behavior in relation to urban form, attitude, socio-economic aspects, as well as planning cultures.  The result supported the policy-making for revitalizing bicycle transport in cities such as Beijing from a comprehensive perspective. The study consolidated my knowledge crosses the fields of transport study, urban planning, and social science. 

At Lund University and K2 - Swedish National Center for research and Education on public transport, my primary research continues focusing on understanding users'  behavior and, attitudes, preferences towards future mobility, specifically, looking into how the users' needs should be taken into consideration in the process of developing the conventional and innovative mobility services as alternatives to cars, including walking, cycling, and multimodality, sharing mobility services, as well as digital services. By understanding users' preferences and association with both subject and objective factors, the result is expected to support the development of policy, strategies for reducing car dependency  and achieving sustainable mobility.

In recent years, I have been actively involved in research projects funded by Swedish funding agencies and the EU. These projects focus on micro-mobility services (sharing bikes, sharing scooters), public transport, cycling, demand-responsive transport, digitalization in public transport, intermodality, and other mobility services. The target groups include young people, the elderly, and other user groups such as public transport users, drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians, among all the user groups.