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Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Fellow 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, online community, human-computer interaction and computational communication. I am passionate about exploring how information and communication technologies can be designed and used to improve mental health and well-being, enhance social relationship, 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, machine learning, surveys, online experiments, and user interviews, to gain insights into people's emotions, experiences and expectations with new and emerging digital communication technologies. 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, ABC News, and over 90 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 School of Journalism at Fudan University. I hold an M.A. degree in Global Communication from School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and a B.E. degree at 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.