Dongdong studied at Zhejiang University in China where he received a Master of Mechatronics degree in 2016. His research focused on high precision control of hydraulic system at the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems under the supervision of Prof. Qingfeng Wang. In January 2018, he began his PhD study at the Mechatronics, Controls and Robotics Laboratory in New York University under the supervision of Prof. Vikram Kapila. He led a 10-people research group--The Legged Group @ NYU. His current research focuses on planning and control, with a special emphasis on legged locomotion for autonomous robot. He is also more broadly interested in questions at the intersection of optimization, machine learning and their application to legged robots.