About me

A citizen of the world. Multiple disciplines merged into one. 

I grew up bilingual in Southern US and Taipei, but quickly found myself studying, teaching, researching, and building communities beyond the Far East and West. After moving to Europe in the mid-2010s (first France, then Austria) from Midwest US, I'm now expanding my horizons at University of Vienna. 

This multi-national life trajectory mirrors an equally diverse academic journey from the life sciences (BS), cognitive neuroscience (MS), philosophy (MA & PhD), and ultimately, to institutional science communication for universities and research institutes. 

A common thread connects these pathways. I thrive in interdisciplinary teams that enables the creative autonomy to operate at a high strategic level, with the resources to use our collective power to (re)imagine new futures at the interfaces, be them disciplines, nationalities, or science-society. This fundamental motivation has shaped both my pursuit of "philosophy in the lab" teams and my continued drive to guide communication initiatives for research societies and institutions around the world.