About Me

Hello! I’m a third-year PhD student at the University of Arizona’s WiSeR Lab, advised by Dr. Ming Li, FIEEE, where I’m exploring performance and security challenges in cooperative vehicular perception. My research interests and experience span machine learning, computer vision, and cybersecurity, with a broad curiosity about artificial intelligence — from its theoretical foundations to practical applications and societal implications.

Before joining the University of Arizona, I earned my master’s degree from Columbia University and completed my bachelor’s degrees at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, with two formative years spent at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). Beyond academics, I love deep dives into philosophy and am an avid outdoor enthusiast. I’ve summited several of Colorado’s famed 14ers, including Mt. Harvard, Mt. Yale, and Mt. Holy Cross.

Awards

• Recipient of the 2023 Herbold Fellowship, which is supported by the former COO of Microsoft Dr. Bob Herbold.
• Featured in the University of Minnesota’s Scholar Walk as a Phi Beta Kappa awardee.
• Recipient of the Columbia University ASA JSM Award 2022 and a Department Fellowship.
• Served as the VehicleSec 2023 student volunteer and am a travel grant awardee.

Activities and Services

Reviewer

• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (IEEE TIFS) 2024
• IEEE Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (IEEE TCPS) 2025
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC) 2025
• IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (IEEE ICCCN) 2023

External Reviewer

• USENIX Security Symposium 2023, 2024
• ACM Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS) 2023, 2024, 2025
• Symposium on Vehicle Security and Privacy (VehicleSec, co-located with NDSS) 2023

Teaching Assistant

• ECE 471/571 - Fund. of Info. and Network Security, Univ. of Arizona Jan. 2025 – May. 2025
• STAT 1101W - Introduction to Statistics, Columbia University Sep. 2022 – Dec. 2022
• STAT GR5203 - Probability, Columbia University Jan. 2022 – May 2022

Last update: Feb 15, 2025.