CV

Here is my full CV.

Education

Ph.D in Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020 - 2025 (expected)
Master in Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024 - 2025
Master in Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020 - 2022
B.S. in Psychology (Minors in Statistics and Neuroscience), University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, 2016 - 2020

Summer 2025: Machine Learning Intern @YUANQI, NetEase
- Improved generative recommendation model performance by integrating semantic IDs and optimized training/inference speed through infrastructure improvements and kernel optimization with Triton.
- Kept playing with Semantic ID outside work on public data&model for fun - see my blog here
Summer 2024: Visiting Research Scholar @Stanford Trustworthy AI Research (STAIR), Stanford
- Led human-inspired AI projects to improve DNN adversarial robustness and develop generative models for brain activity simulation leveraging large-scale datasets.
- Supervisor: Prof. Sanmi Koyejo
2020-Current: Research Assistant @Attention and Perception Lab, UIUC
- Led interdisciplinary deep learning and neuroscience projects to investigate human object recognition invariance and advance generative models of visual processing.
- Supervisor: Prof. Diane Beck
2019-2020: Research Assistant @Vision and Attention Lab, UMN
- Investigated the temporal properties of visual crowding and underlying neural mechanisms.
- Supervisor: Prof. Sheng He
2017-2020: Office Assistant Student Staff / Direct Service Advocate @The Aurora Center, UMN
- Served as 24/7 crisis hotline advocate and hospital medical advocate (MN state certified) for sexual assault survivors while coordinating campus outreach events to promote women’s rights awareness.