Hi, I'm Ming!

I'm a PhD Candidate at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology. I work in the Van Vliet Group for Material Chemomechanics, where I use 3D-printing technologies to engineer in vitro models of myelination. Outside of the lab, I work with MITxBio to develop massive open online courses (MOOCs), and I co-chair the Professional Development committee of DBER-SiT, an organization that supports trainees in discipline-based education research (DBER). I also collaborate with the Molecular Biology Education Research Group at Rochester Institute of Technology to study undergraduate student conceptions of chemical bonding and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). I care deeply about teaching, mentorship, and democratizing STEM education, and I eventually hope to pursue a teaching-focused faculty position.