About Me
Hi! I am a third year PhD student in Operations Management (DOTM) at UCLA Anderson School of Management, advised by Auyon Siddiq.
I am passionate about solving real-world problems in innovative marketplaces and sustainable operations. My research integrates empirical analysis with analytical tools from optimization, game theory, and machine learning to study how market design influences operational decisions and outcomes. Recently, I have been working on a project that applies structural estimation and market design to reduce food waste.
Before joining UCLA, I earned my B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the National University of Singapore (NUS), mentored by Yong-Sheng Soh. Also, I worked as a research assistant at the NUS Business School guided by Chong Juin-Kuan.
✨ News
I will be co-chairing and presenting at the following session at the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA:
- Session: ME54 – Sustainability and Innovative Marketplaces Monday, October 27, 2025, 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM Building B, Level 2, Room B216
Research
Working Papers
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Empirical Market Design in Surplus Food Marketplaces, with A. Siddiq and J. Zhang.
Talks:
- Scheduled for presentation at the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting | Oct 2025, Atlanta, GA
- 2025 INFORMS International Meeting | July 2025, Singapore
- 2025 RMP Section Conference | July 2025, New York, NY
- 2025 MSOM Conference | June 2025, London, UK
- 10th Marketplace Innovation Workshop 2025 | May 2025, Virtual
- 35th Annual POMS Conference | May 2025, Atlanta, GA
In Preparation
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Fairness Behind the Veil: Eliciting Social Preferences from Large Language Models, with M. Ma, N. Trigo, and N. Zhang.
Workshop:
- Accepted to EC'25 Workshop on Information Economics x Large Language Models | July 2025, Stanford, CA
Outside Academia
I love spending time outdoors and enjoy surfing 🏄🏻, windsurfing, and biking. Since moving to Los Angeles, I’ve also taken up golf.
I am passionate about traditional Chinese music and have been playing the zheng (since 2005) and the qin (since 2023, see [1], [2], and [3]). I served as producer of Fall 2024 Music of China concert for UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble.