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I am currently a Ph.D. student in Imaging Science at Washington University in St. Louis, where I worked with Prof. Matthew Lew on multi-dimensional single-molecule nanoscopy, specifically single-molecule orientation-localization microscopy (SMOLM). I am interested in developing optical and computational tools for simultaneously measuring single-molecule positions and orientations, thereby resolving the local chemical environments and conformational dynamics of biomolecules at the nanoscale.

Prior to WashU, I graduated from Nankai University with a bachelor’s degree in physics, where I was a member of the Poling Class of Physics and worked with Prof. Leiting Pan. There, I studied the deformability and membrane organization of human red blood cells using microfluidics and single-molecule localization microscopy. I also spent the summer of 2019 as a research intern in Prof. Qiong Yang’s Lab in the Department of Biophysics at University of Michigan.

More details can be found in my CV.