Benjamin Guan graduated from UC Riverside in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Intelligent Systems, from the University of California Riverside in 2010. He joined Dr. Bhanu's VISLab in Spring 2008, and his research focus was on Stem Cell Video Segmentation and Tracking. He was one of the recipients of the UCR Chancellor Fellowship for his first year of graduate study. 

Currently he is a Technical Intern for the Northrop Grumman Corporation.