Tiantian is a senior research scientist at Taichi Graphics. His research interests include physically-based simulation, geometry processing, and their underlying numerical solutions.

Before joining Taichi, Tiantian worked as an associate researcher at the Internet Graphics group in Microsoft Research Asia. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania with Prof. Ladislav Kavan. He also had a Master's degree in Computer Graphics and Game Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology at Zhejiang University.