March 2026 – Served as a volunteer proctor for the District Literary Rally, a regional academic competition for students. The event brought together participants from multiple schools to compete in subject-based examinations. 

March 2026 — Exciting News! Grateful to share that I received the Dissertation Fellowship Award (2026–2027), a highly competitive recognition this year, given the limited funding and many outstanding applicants. 

November 2025 — Exciting News!  My second paper, “Prompt2Poly: Ask, Specify, Create – A Dialogue-Based Large Language Model for Targeted Polymer Design”, has been selected for the journal's front cover artwork of the upcoming issue — a wonderful recognition of our research! 

November 2025 — Exciting News!  My second PhD paper, “Prompt2Poly: Ask, Specify, Create – A Dialogue-Based Large Language Model for Targeted Polymer Design”, has been accepted for publication in Polymer Chemistry, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry! 

January 2025 — Exciting News!  My first paper for my PhD, “Generative Design of Thermoset Shape Memory Polymers Driven by Chemical Group: A Conditional Variational Autoencoder Approach”, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Polymer Science, published by John Wiley & Sons! 

April 2025 — Proud Moment! I am honored to receive the Academic Excellence Award for the 2024–2025 academic year — my third consecutive year earning this distinction. I also received the award in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024. I hope to continue this streak until I graduate, as it inspires and motivates me to keep striving for excellence.