Before joining M-RCBG, Dan served for nearly five years as executive director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Harvard China Fund, which together are among the world’s leading research centers for the study of China. During his tenure Dan broadened awareness of the Fairbank Center and China Fund within Harvard and beyond; reinvigorated programming and engagement with stakeholders; and played a key role in eight-figure fundraising efforts which left both units in excellent financial standing. In 2019, he was a member of the team that traveled with Larry Bacow to Greater China for meetings with academic partners and government officials.
Before coming to Harvard, Dan served as the inaugural program director for Yale Center Beijing. In that role, he worked in partnership with deans, faculty, and contacts in China to produce programming at Yale’s facility in Beijing. From 2008-14 Dan was at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, finishing as director of special initiatives. At the National Committee, he grew the Public Intellectuals Program, which connects America’s next generation of leading scholars with policymakers and the media. He also led delegations of senior American Congressional staff on study visits to China, directed a range of other programming, and led successful grant initiatives that were funded by the State Department and private foundations.
Dan received a full scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, where he studied politics. He also holds an M.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a B.A. in English and Chinese Language and Literature from Connecticut College. In 2001, Dan was a Thomas J. Watson Fellow.
Dan is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
在加入哈佛商业与政府研究中心之前，慕浩然曾在全球顶尖的哈佛费正清中国研究中心和哈佛中国基金担任执行主任近五年。任职期间，他提升了哈佛大学内外对费正清中心和中国基金的认知度，还重振了各项目和利益相关方的参与度。他在数千万美元的筹款活动中发挥了关键作用，使得这两个机构在财务上一直处于优良状态。2019年，慕浩然随同时任哈佛大学校长拉里·巴考（Larry Bacow）访问大中华地区，与当地学术合作伙伴及政府官员会面。
在加入哈佛大学之前，慕浩然曾担任耶鲁北京中心的首任项目主任。在这一职位上，他与院长、教授及中国的合作伙伴密切合作，在耶鲁北京中心举办了各种项目活动。从2008年到2014年，他在美中关系全国委员会任职，最高职位为特别项目主任。在全国委员会工作期间，他拓展了公共知识分子项目，该项目负责将美国新一代顶尖学者与政策制定者和媒体联系起来。他还多次带领美国国会高级成员访华考察，策划多个不同项目，并成功取得国务院及私人基金会的资助。
慕浩然曾获得南京大学—约翰斯霍普金斯大学中美文化研究中心全额奖学金，在该中心攻读政治学。此外，他还拥有马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校中国研究硕士学位以及康涅狄格学院的英文和中文语言文学学士学位。2001年，慕浩然荣获托马斯·J·沃森奖学金。
慕浩然现为美中关系全国委员会成员。