Tristan earned his B.S. in physics from Peking University in 2015 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021. While at MIT, he worked with Prof. Keith A. Nelson on strong-field phenomena in low-dimensional materials at THz frequencies. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Aaron M. Lindenberg at Stanford University, where he focuses on studying THz-matter interactions with ultrafast structural-sensitive spectroscopies with sensitivity down to single-particle levels. He will join the University of Washington's Chemistry Department in July 2025, focusing on developing tweezers and scalpels for precise manipulation of electrons and atoms, driving advancements in clean energy production and quantum information science.