I have moved to Walmart Global Tech in 2024. Prior to this role I was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and  managed my MOCA research lab at Northeastern University.  Also, I held  faculty positions in the Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering and the Center of Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems at Binghamton University, and worked as a Post-Doc Research Associate in the Integrated Brain Imaging Center at University of Washington Medical Center.

    I received my PhD degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering at Rutgers University in 2011 and my MS degree in Operations Research at Columbia University in 2007. I also received my BS degree and MS degree at National Taiwan University. 

    My research was focused on the development of data-driven decision tools using optimization and machine/deep learning for large-scale complex systems in healthcare operations and health decision making. 

Honors, Awards, and Recognitions

• • NSF SCH Aspiring PI Travel Award, 2019

  • Research featured by ISE Magazine, 51 (11), 2019

  • Northeastern Global Experience Office Faculty Fellowship (GEOFF), 2018 

  • Scholarship, SSSV Laboratory Exchange Program, Shizuoka University, 2017

  • The Research Foundation for SUNY Collaboration Fund Award, 2013

  • Finalist, The INFORMS Data Mining Best Student Paper Award, 2011

  • Honorable Mention, The Annual New Jersey INFORMS Student Operations Research Contest, 2009

  • Kuhl Memorial Engineering Fellowship, School of Engineering, Rutgers University, 2008