Junyi is a recipient of ASHE Middle Tennessee General Academic Scholarship and ITS TN Student Scholarship.

Junyi's primary interest is to better understand the microscopic and macroscopic traffic flow characteristics and to formulate control strategies to improve the efficiency and safety of freeway systems. He is devoted to I-24 MOTION freeway traffic testbed development and field experiments. His current research is focusing on understanding the nature of traffc waves and developing the digital twin for freeway testbed.

Junyi’s other domain interests include data analytics in sustainable transportation (road safety, active mode traffic, and environmental impacts). He has served as a volunteer since 2017 for SustainableCity, a top-tier volunteer organization in China focused on sustainability. He also serves for MoveVU, aimed at transitioning Vanderbilt towards a future of sustainable mobility. His long-term research vision is to integrate computational methods and CPS technology with transportation to create a sustainable system in response to climate change.