I am an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the School of Data Science and Society (100% FTE) with affiliations in Math, Computer Science, and Computational Medicine.
Until 2023, I was a postdoc at UCLA Math, working with Andrea Bertozzi and Jacob G Foster. Before UCLA, I was fortunate to have been advised by Yuejie Chi and Jelena Kovačević during my PhD.
I am grateful to have been recognized as Heidelberg Laureate Forum Young Researchers (2025), Rising Stars in Data Science (2022) by U Chicago, Rising Stars in Computational and Data Sciences (2022) by UT Austin, Sandia National Labs, and Lawrence Livermore National Labs, and CMU ECE Outstanding Woman in Engineering (2021). I have also received teaching awards such as UCLA Math Liggett Instructor Award (2023) and CMU ECE Outstanding TA Award (2020).
For students:
I am teaching DATA 110 in Fall 2025. If you’re an undergrad hoping to ask for a recommendation letter, see here.
If you’re interested in doing research with me:
Current UNC students and postdocs: If you’re currently at UNC and have ideas for collaboration, feel free to email me at [my first name] [at] unc [dot] edu. Please note that I am not accepting new graduate student advisees for the 2025–2026 academic year.
Non-UNC students: Due to the high volume of inquiries, I’m unable to respond to most emails about joining my lab. Please do not email me as I will not be able to reply. Applications for the UNC Data Science MS/PhD program are expected to open in Fall 2025. While I do not plan to hire students from the Fall 2026 cohort, if you list my name in your application, I will make sure to read it.
Education and Training
UCLA
Postdoc in Applied Math | 2021-2023
CMU
PhD in ECE | 2021
MS in ML | 2021
MIT
MEng in EECS with concentration in AI | 2017
BS in EECS with minor in Math | 2016