Hi👋 Nice to meet you!

Coming from an interdisciplinary and international background, I am passionate about exploring the world through multiple perspectives. My interests lie in both the humanities and technical fields. I conduct social research, including field studies, user interviews, and technical writing. At the same time, I also engage in computing, focusing on data science and web/software development.

My research journey started with an undergraduate internship at the New York State Department of Health. In addition to my regular biostatistics tasks, I conducted user research through competitive analysis, accessibility analysis, and heuristic evaluation for a webpage redesign side-project, mentored by a mentor with a human-factors engineering background. Since then, I have found my passion in HCI and its universal connection to various fields, and I enjoy defining problems and solving them to meet people's needs.

I am open to opportunities in user research, human-factors engineering, or machine-learning engineering after completing my master’s degree (Fall 2024). I am also interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in relevant fields based on my passion for HCI research.

I enjoy baking, and I always bake for family and friends during their birthdays and holidays! I believe the process of baking is similar to the process of UX research and design. Both start with ideation and research, then move on to design and prototyping. Imagine you want to bake a cake. You need to think about why and how you want to bake the cake, and what kind of research you need to conduct before you start baking (searching for recipes online or through word of mouth, asking if the target audience has any food allergies, etc.). After baking, you can evaluate the recipe by asking how people feel about the taste and texture of the cake and then modify the recipe based on their feedback. Sometimes, you find yourself failing again and again, and you need to figure out which part of the process went wrong. (For example, I discovered that a conventional oven generally generates less heat than a stove oven, so if you’re following a recipe from an author using a conventional oven, it’s safer to lower the temperature range if you have a stove oven at home.)

⬆️Please enjoy some of my baking product! They are (1) Banana Pudding with recipe from Magnolia Bakery. (2) Matcha petal-shaped cookie for spring (3) Birthday cake for myself, recipe adopted from Rubeus Hagrid, remixed by me. (4) Pumpkin cream pie with halloween theme.

Besides baking, in my spare time, you will find me strolling/jogging in the woods🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️, playing ultimate frisbee🥏, and going to concerts🎸(My favorite genre is rock or indie!).