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Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Communication and Cornell Social Media Lab at Cornell University, working with Dr. Drew Margolin, Dr. Natalie Bazarova, and Dr. Rene Kizilcec.  My research focuses on human-machine communication, social support, digital harm, human-computer interaction and computational communication. I am passionate about exploring the socio-technical mechanisms underlying supportive and prosocial communication processes, and how information and communication technologies (e.g. AI chatbots, online communities, social media) can be designed and used to improve well-being and mental health, enhance prosocial behavior and relationship, mitigate digital harms, and generally contribute to social good. 

As a computational and mixed-method researcher, I used a wide variety of research methods, e.g. automatic text analysis, social network analysis, surveys, prompt engineering, and lab and field experiment, to gain insights into people's emotions, experiences and interactions with new and emerging communication technologies, as well as the resulting changes and effects on mental well-being and social behaviors. My research is at the intersection of communication and human-computer/machine interaction, and has been published in top-tier journals and conference proceedings, including NPJ Digital Medicine, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, CHI, Social Media + Society, Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking among others. My research has been highlighted by the Associate Press, Nature, National Geographic, and over 100 other media outlets.  

Before joining Cornell, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore working with Dr. Renwen Zhang.  I received my Ph.D. in Computational Communication from Fudan University. I hold an M.A. degree in Global Communication from Simon Fraser University and a B.E. degree from Shandong University. I have been a visiting scholar in Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, working with Dr. Robert E. Kraut and Dr. Haiyi Zhu.