Dr. Sun is an accomplished research scientist who has been studying human physical activity and energy metabolism for many years.  He is an expert in developing intelligent medical devices for the quantification and analysis of physical activity and related energy expenditure.

Dr. Sun holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a MS in Biomedical Engineering.  He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a  Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1990 after he finished his M.D. course work from Shanghai No.2 Medical University, China.  He had been a Research Associate Professor at Vanderbilt and conducted a number of major research projects sponsored by National Institute of Health before starting MiniSun.

Dr. Sun had been the director of several research and development groups over the last 7 years.  These include: Director of Energy Balance Lab, Clinic Nutrition Research Unit; and Director of Metabolic Core, Clinical Research Center, Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Sun has had more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in a number of journals.  His years of research and development of intelligent medical devices culminated in his development of IDEEA.