I was born in a small town in Michigan, but I mostly grew up in Hong Kong, where I received my BSc in Physics (emphasis: theoretical physics).  During my junior year, I studied abroad and spent a year at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and found my interest in astrophysics.  I went to graduate school at UCSB and  worked with Prof. Crystal Martin to study the kinematics of the cool gas in the circumgalactic medium.  I received my PhD in Physics in summer 2019 (thesis: How Do Galaxies Get Their Gas?) and moved to Texas A&M University as a postdoctoral research associate (supervisor: Prof. Rob Kennicutt).  I have then moved to New Mexico State University as an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow (scientific advisor: Prof. Chris Churchill), and now as a research scientist/affiliated faculty, to continue to study the circumgalactic gas flows using both observations and cosmological simulations.

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Outside of astronomy, I enjoy playing violin and Go, an ancient board game invented 2500 years ago.  I am also a current violinist of the New Horizons Symphony in Las Cruces, which is made up by amateur and professional musicians in the Southwest.