Junjie was born in Guangzhou (Canton), China, where he lived until 18 and learned Mandarin & Cantonese. He then spent 4 years in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen for his undergrad. He was supervised by Prof. Benzhong Tang and Prof. Zijie Qiu, worked on a review artical about AIEgens for cancer therapy. He then joined Prof. Henry N. C. Wong and Prof. Xiao-Shui Peng's lab, focused on room-temperature phosphorescence tetrapenylene derivatives. Junjie began the doctoral study in 2024 at UCSB and joined Read de Alaniz group in 2025. Outside the lab, Junjie enjoys stargazing, tennis, cooking and playing survival games like Minecraft.