He works on 3D visual computing (computer graphics and vision), AI, and robotics. His research specializes in creating, representing, understanding, and optimizing digital 2D/3D content and intelligent robots. He was awarded the UCLA Edward K. Rice Outstanding Doctoral Student Award (2015), the NSF CRII award (2018), the NSF CAREER award (2020), the Sony Faculty Innovation Award (2023), as well as SCA, MIG and ICRA best paper awards.