 He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2016 and is known for his breakthroughs on iron-based superconductors.He won the State Natural Science Award (First Class) with Zhao Zhongxian and others in 2013 and the Bernd T. Matthias Prize for Superconducting Materials in 2015.His research is mainly on experimental condensed matter physics and materials science.