Mr. Ye Qiang joined the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS) as Assistant Research Fellow in July 2013. Before that, he was a part-time Research Fellow starting from December 2012 at NISCSS. During 2008 and 2010, he worked as a clerk at a company in the United States as well as a Legal Officer at a local Court in Beijing. He received an LLB degree from Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) in 2008 and a Master of Law degree from Tsinghua University in 2013. His research interests focused on: 1) the international disputes settlement, 2) the Law of the Sea, 3) the international judicial process, and 4) the legal thought and legal philosophy.