I grew up in Changsha, China, which is a fascinating city full of culture and history. I went to Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in Wuhan after high school. In this forest-like beautiful university, I learned a lot of engineering knowledge, some cognitive science, and politics, which led me to wonder how our mystery brain works. Besides courses, I spent much time on my favourite sport——basketball, joined our university women’s basketball team and played in the Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA) —— Chinese ‘NCAA’. Moreover, I have been the ‘dream teacher’ in Teach For China and helped the students in rural areas with a shortage of educational resources.

After I came to Santa Cruz as a graduate student, I enjoyed the multicultural environment and served as the solidarity officer on the executive board of the UCSC Graduate Students Association in the 2018-2019 academic year and vice president on the executive board of the UCSC Graduate Student Commons in the 2020-2021 academic year. UCSC IEEE HKN is the other organization I volunteer as an officer. I tried skateboarding, snowboarding, kayaking, and dinghy sailing here, which are all pretty exciting. Ukulele is my favourite instrument, and it fits the beach vibes in Santa Cruz very well. I explored more about brain-inspired computing and read a lot to draw inspiration, some of which are listed here.