My research journey began in computational neuroscience and psychology, under Prof. Kiyohito Iigaya at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute, where I explored how aesthetic emotions relate to psychiatric patterns. I later worked with Prof. Sam Gershman at Harvard as summer intern, studying reinforcement learning and anhedonia using multimodal health datasets. 

To bring these insights into real-world systems, I joined the XR and BCI groups led by Prof. Steve Feiner and Prof. Paul Sajda, where I conducted multi-visit XR studies and contributed to the development of a large-scale physiological foundation model. 

Currently, I work with Prof. Xuhai “Orson” Xu on applied ML and HCI for behavioral health. In collaboration with Equa Health.

Looking ahead to the Ph.D. and beyond, my work aims to unify three research threads:

1. AI Agents for Self-Exploration and Introspection 

2. Optimizing Behavioral Patterns through the Quantified Self

3. AI-assisted Creative Manifestation of Self