I am a 5th year Ph.D. student at Columbia University in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. I am fortunate to be advised by Professor Yuri Faenza. Prior to joining Columbia, I was an Associate at Charles River Associates Antitrust and Competition Practice. I hold a B.A. degree in Mathematics, Economics, and Applied Mathematics & Statistics from Johns Hopkins University.

My research interest lies in discrete optimization and operations research. More specifically, I am interested in designing efficient algorithms for discrete optimization problems. I have also worked on modelling scheduling problems using integer programming, including designing schedules that have been adopted by Minor League Baseball.

For more information about me, please refer to my CV. You can contact me at lz2573 AT columbia DOT edu