I am an assistant professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. I am also a member of the Stable Isotope Laboratory at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. My research is at the intersection of climate sciences, stable isotope geochemistry, and atmospheric chemistry. A major goal of my research work is to leverage stable isotopes and analytical chemistry as powerful tools, to enhance our understanding of the how greenhouse gases and other trace gases behave in the atmosphere, and their roles in affecting global climate and regional air quality.
I was born and raised in Huzhou, China. I earned my B.Sc. degree in geochemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei. Following that, I pursued my M.Sc. in geochemistry at the University of Alberta in Canada. During these years of study, I became fascinated by the complicated chemistry processes in the atmosphere. Thus, I dedicated my Ph.D. training at Purdue University in the realm of atmospheric chemistry, with a special focus on applying the stable isotopic geochemistry tools to better understand the chemical processes in the atmosphere.
After my Ph.D. graduation, I worked at the Global Monitoring Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a postdoctoral associate, working on developing novel analytical tools to better measure the chemical compositions of the atmospheric from ground to mid-stratosphere (~25-30 km above ground). Working with scientists at NOAA incubated my research interest in climate sciences.
In my free time, I love playing basketball, skiing and enjoying the outdoor!
