I am an applied scientist at Amazon Alexa working on natural language understanding applications. Prior to joining Amazon, I worked as a graduate research assistant and obtained my Ph.D. degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. I also finished two Master of Science degrees in Statistics and Mechanical Engineering.

Before starting graduate school, I earned a B.Sc degree in Materials Science and Engineering and a B.A. in Journalism and Communications, both from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China.