Misc.

Student Co-Authors & Interns

These are my excellent co-authors and interns who were undergraduate/master’s students when we worked together at UC Irvine.

• Yaqi Hu (USC master → UC Irvine PhD student)

• Pengpeng Zhang (UC Irvine undergrad → Yale MS student)

• Mohan Yang (UC Irvine undergrad)

• Kainoa Nishida (UC Irvine undergrad)

• Matthew Truong (UC Irvine undergrad)

• Diptanshu Sikdar (UC Irvine undergrad)

Personal

• I am married to Yongxian Wu, who is a PhD candidate in Engineering at UC Irvine as well.

• We have a baby boy cat named Ruby, following the gemstone name series along with my wife’s other cat, Sapphire. (I don’t really know how to code in Ruby – just like he doesn’t understand a word I say.)

We held our wedding ceremonies in Laguna Hills and took photos at Laguna Beach, a beautiful coastal spot near UC Irvine. (Jan 18, 2024)

Six-month-old Ruby is standing on his favorite cat tree. (Jan 28, 2025)