Short bio: I received my Ph.D. in Information Studies from University of Maryland (advised by Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe), MS in Information Science and Technology from Penn State, and BEng in Computer Science from Southeast University, respectively. I also interned as a UX researcher at Meta (People Engineering) and Google (Android) during my Ph.D. study.
In my Ph.D. thesis, I explored multimodal data input as a means of promoting rich and low-burden self-tracking across multiple health and wellbeing contexts (e.g., eating behavior, exercise, and productivity). Building on this foundation, my current work focuses on understanding human agency in using technology for self-care and building interative systems to foster cognitive growth, emotional resilience, and positive behavior changes.

Active Projects

Health Behavior Promotion

How can digital tools be designed as personalized nudges that encourage positive and health behavior change?

AI-Mediated Interaction

How can AI-driven systems be designed to proactively support, rather than undermine, the cognitive and emotional autonomy of humans?

Multimodal & Expressive Emotion Tracking

How do humans express, record, and reflect on their emotions beyond language, and what can they leverage from technology in this process?

Teaching

CS2204 Fundamentals of Internet Applications Development, CityUHK
CS1102 Introduction to Computer Studies, CityUHK
INST408D Special Topics: Designing Patient-Centered Technologies, University of Maryland

Service

Judge of the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) Grand Finals 2026
Student Research Competition (SRC) Co-Chair: ACM CHI 2025
General Co-Chair: Greater Bay Area (GBA) PreCHI 2025
Publication Co-Chair: ACM DIS 2023—2024
Student Volunteer Co-Chair: ACM DIS 2022
Associated Chair (AC) in Program Committee: ACM CHI 2023—2026 | ACM DIS 2026 | CSCW 2023 | CHI 2019 LBW
Conference Reviewer: ACM CHI 2019—2026 | IMWUT 2018—2024 | CSCW 2021—2025 | DIS 2021, 2026 | IDC 2020 | AIMA 2019
Journal Reviewer: ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare | International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) | ACM Transactions on Computing Surveys | ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) | JMIR