2004年9月考入四川大学物理科学与技术学院物理学专业， 2008年7月本科毕业并获得理学学士学位。2008年9月免试进入清华大学物理系攻读博士学位， 2013年7月毕业并获得理学博士学位。

2013年7月毕业并获得理学博士学位。2012年5月至2013年5月，在澳大利亚悉尼科技大学量子计算及智能系统中心量子计算实验室作研究访问。2013年7月到西南交通大学物理科学与技 术学院从事教学科研工作。

主持国家自然科学基金项目1项。[1]可编程量子态分辨及其与量子态比较的关系，国家自然科学基金青年基金（11405136），2015/01-2017/12，主持 [2]西南交通大学相对论和量子物理方向学术交流和人才培养平台建设，国家自然科学基金地区基金(11547311 )，2016/01-2016/12，参与

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