02 — Experience

Where the work
has taken me.

Sep 2021 — Present

Senior Data Scientist

Carvana · Tempe, AZ

  • Built a logistics optimization engine that automatically reassigns vehicle-transport routes, cutting drive time across hub networks.
  • Led initiatives turning operational pain points — trip cancellations, network bottlenecks — into production scoring systems.
Mar 2010 — Oct 2012

Engineer

Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute · Shanghai, China

  • Conducted traffic-flow assessment, freeway-network optimization, demand forecasting, and express transit design for projects in Nanjing and Jakarta.
Dec 2009 — Mar 2010

Assistant Engineer

CCDI Group · Shanghai, China

  • Forecasted regional traffic demand and developed transportation-planning guidelines for Yuci Railway Station.

Education

Ph.D., Transportation Engineering Minor in Computer Science — University of California, Davis 2015 – 2022
M.S., Statistics Data Science Track — University of California, Davis 2018 – 2021
M.S., International Environmental Technology & Engineering UNESCO-IHE · Ghent University · University of South Florida 2012 – 2014

Also: research on physics-informed deep learning for traffic sensors, shared-micromobility modeling, and transit optimization — plus six publications in venues including Transportation Research Part B and INFORMS.