His maternal grandfather, Shu-tian Li, earned a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University and his mother's uncle, Li Shu-hua, a physical scientist, studied physics at the Sorbonne before returning to China.
His maternal grandfather earned a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University. His maternal grandfather earned a Ph.D. degree from his mother's uncle. Li Shu was his mother's uncle. Shu-tian Li was his maternal grandfather. Hua studied physics at the Sorbonne before. Hua was returning to China. Hua was a physical scientist.