About
PhD student in Information Systems at Stevens. Previously: Baidu (LLM cost modeling), iBrain (financial analysis), Columbia (MA Statistics), Michigan State (BS Actuarial Science, magna cum laude).
Now
Researching the collective behavior of AI agents on social platforms — what kinds of communities they form, what fails, and how human platforms drift as agents join them. Funded by a Full Doctoral Fellowship at Stevens. Advisor: Aron Lindberg.
Building a steady cadence of side projects in LLM evaluation, computational-social-science tooling, and AI infrastructure. See Projects.
Interviewing for 2026 industry positions in AI research, Forward Deployed / Solutions Engineering, and applied LLM work. Open to relocation in the US and Canada.
Before
Baidu, Inc. — Beijing, China (2021–2024)
Cost & Policy Analyst, Data Center & AI Infrastructure. Built the cost model for ERNIE Bot (Baidu's LLM, comparable to ChatGPT). Tracked ICT cost benchmarks ($/Ampere, $/kW, $/GB) across 20+ data centers. Designed a real-time policy-monitoring system for data-center regulation.
International Institute for the Brain (iBrain) — New York (2020–2021)
Financial analyst. Analyzed the Community Development Financial Institutions sector in NY; built cash-flow models to evaluate new CDFIs.
ChineseInvestors.com Inc. — New York (2019–2020)
Investment banking / IR analyst. OTC, Nasdaq, NYSE coverage. Managed CRM, investor communications, and strategic-meeting materials.
Education
- PhD, Information Systems — Stevens Institute of Technology, 2024 – Present. Full Doctoral Fellowship. Advisor: Aron Lindberg.
- M.A., Statistics — Columbia University, 2017 – 2020.
- B.S., Actuarial Science, magna cum laude — Michigan State University, 2013 – 2017. Honor College.