Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Feb 2024 - Present)

Postdoctoral Associate

Bridge laboratory research and atmospheric modeling through the development of open-source tools that streamline the integration of oxidation chemistry data into regulatory air quality mechanisms.

• Designed a scalable ETL pipeline and relational database architecture to convert high-resolution lab measurements into mechanism-ready formats in CMAQ CRACMM.
• Created a modular Python/SQLite toolkit to support mechanism developers, facilitating data-driven updates to models.

University of California, Davis (Jan 2022 - Dec 2023)

Postdoctoral Associate

Directed environmental modeling efforts to evaluate the air quality impacts of wildfire smoke and GHG emissions.

• Developed an expanded wildfire VOC speciation profile, increasing chemical resolution to improve the prediction of air toxics and population-level exposure during wildfire events.
• Built Random Forest machine learning models that integrated data from low-cost sensors, satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD), and WRF-based meteorological forecasts.
• Led scenario-based simulations to assess the air quality, health, and environmental justice (EJ) co-benefits of manure management strategies under future climate mitigation scenarios.

University of California, Riverside (Sep 2016 - Dec 2021)

Graduate Student Researcher

Advanced atmospheric chemical mechanism development to strengthen air quality modeling.

• Investigated ozone and SOA formation under wildfire conditions by integrating high-resolution laboratory data with computational chemistry, improving the mechanistic understanding of pollutant generation.
• Developed detailed oxidation mechanisms for biomass-burning VOCs, using the SAPRC mechanism generation system (MechGen), filling gaps in existing chemical models.

Teaching Assistant

• Led discussion sections and provided MATLAB support for the course “Engineering Modeling and Analysis”, and graded assignments and exams (~100 students).

University of California, Irvine (Oct 2015 - May 2016)

Volunteer Researcher

• Collaborated with GIS and computer science teams to evaluate the resilience of water systems under climate stressors.
• Conducted the analysis of historical pipe failure data in relation to extreme weather events.

Taizhou Meteorological Bureau (Jul 2014 - Aug 2015)

Meteorologist

• Produced county-level forecasts by integrating surface observations, radar, satellite imagery, and numerical weather prediction models.
• Issued warnings and briefings to media and emergency teams during typhoons and extreme weather, enhancing local preparedness.

Zhejiang University (Sep 2011 - Jun 2014)

Graduate Student Researcher

Conducted numerical weather modeling and data analysis to study tropical cyclone formation and terrain-influenced mesoscale weather systems in East Asia.

• Analyzed large-scale circulation patterns and satellite data to classify and track the development of tropical cyclones over the Pacific Ocean.
• Investigated orographic effects on precipitation and wind patterns using WRF simulations, satellite observations, and in situ measurements.
• Applied data assimilation techniques to improve model accuracy for mesoscale forecasting applications.

Teaching Assistant

• Delivered lectures twice a week and hands-on WRF model labs for the course “Numerical Weather Forecast” (~20 students).