About

I am a philosopher of science and philosopher of physics. I completed my Ph.D. in Philosophy and Science Studies at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), and will join the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) as a postdoctoral fellow in philosophy of science in July 2026.

My primary interests are in spacetime and laws of nature. My dissertation examines philosophical issues in General Relativity (GR), including Mach’s Principle, energy conservation, and approximation methods. It is advised by Craig Callender, with committee members Nancy Cartwright, Eddy Keming Chen, Kerry McKenzie and external committee Raphael Flauger (physics) and Dennis Lehmkuhl (Bonn). Some of this work was awarded the Mary Hesse Prize and the Clifton Memorial Prize.

I also work on the metaphysics of meta-laws and symmetry principles, and have broader interests in the history of 20th-century physics (e.g., the history of GR and the postwar transformation of "big science"). I'm currently conducting archival research and interviews for a book project on an intellectual biography of Chien-Shiung Wu and Chinese Scientific Diaspora.

When I am not doing philosophy, I can be found gardening, swimming, and dancing. You can learn more random stuff about me here.