Biography
I am an industrial ecologist with more than 5 years of experience in bioeconomy. My current research develops machine-learning-assisted sustainability assessment frameworks and indices that integrate economic and environmental impacts to guide sustainable biomaterial design, including biochar, biographite, and cross-laminated timber. At Yale, I work with Dr. Yuan Yao and Dr. Robert Mendelsohn.
I was fortunate to work with amazing mentors that inspired me to work at the intersection of ecosystem, engineering, decision-making, and computation. Before PhD, I was a data analyst in Dr. Karl Rohe’s lab. During then, I applied network analysis to Bitcoin transactions and microbial communities. In my undergrad and master, I studied how environments and human behaviors interact. This includes biomaterial development with Dr. Feng-cheng Chang, and social psychology research with Dr. Ling Chen.
Interests
- Nature-based solutions
- Industrial decarbonization
- System engineering
- Machine learning
- Sustainable biomaterial design
- Geospatial analysis
- Uncertainty quantification
Education
PhD in Environment, exp.2026
Yale University
MA in Statistics, 2024
Yale University
MSc in Forestry-Biomaterial, 2020
National Taiwan University
BSc in Forestry / Psychology, 2017
National Taiwan University
