Academic experience
September 2017 - Current (expected May 2022)
Ph.D. Candidate in Physics
Brown University
Advisor: Lorin Crawford
Thesis project: Topological Data Analytic framework for Biological structures and Short-term evolving molecular models
September 2013 - June 2017
B.Sc. in Physics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis projects:
Relaxation analysis of ribosomal P1-P2 heterodimer protein by MD simulations (advisor: Wang Yi)
Surface charge properties of persister cells (advisor: Yilin Wu)
July 2018 - June 2020
Research Experience
Brown University
Co-advisors: Nicolas Fawzi, and Jeetain Mittal
Molecular interactions underlying liquid-liquid phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins
Fall 2017 and Spring 2018
Teaching Experience
Brown University
Lab Teaching Assistant for
PHYS 0030 Basic Physics
PHYS 0040 Basic Physics B
2016, 2020, and 2021
Poster Presentation
Biophysical Society Meeting, 2021, Virtual
Biophysical Society Meeting, 2020, San Diego, CA
Poster presentation for Undergraduate Summer Research Intern, 2016, Hong Kong
June 2016 - Aug 2016
Summer Research Intern
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Surface charge properties of swarming and planktonic cells (advisor: Yilin Wu)
June 2015 - Aug 2015
Summer Research Exchange Student
Brown University
Effect of non-ionic surfactant on swarming motility (advisor: Jay X. Tang)
Jun 2014 - Sept 2014
Editing Assistant
Pearson (Longman) HK Limited, Hong Kong
Job duty: Assist in the editorial tasks of Physics and Science textbooks