It is very fruitful! I have taken advantage of the many research opportunities offered by the IRE program. In the first two years, I was in Prof. Lortz’s research group doing experimental research on high-temperature superconductors. I continued my interest in this subject after I went for exchange at Columbia University and worked with a renowned theorist Prof. Andrew Millis on the novel superconductivity of FeSe. After returning to HKUST, I joined Prof. Vic Law’s research group and started to train myself to be a condensed matter theorist and get to know the field of topological superconductors. The IRE program has given me plenty of training to be a serious researcher and opportunities to interact with brilliant scholars.