I am a bioinformatician driven by a strong interest in understanding how genomes shape the diversity and evolution of life. During my undergraduate studies at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China, I built a solid foundation in biological sciences while gradually developing a passion for computational approaches to molecular and developmental biology.

As an undergraduate researcher in the laboratory of Andrew Hutchins at SUSTech, I explored the regulatory roles of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in early embryonic development. This experience introduced me to transcriptomic data analysis and genome regulation, and strengthened my interest in studying biological systems through computational methods.

I am currently a graduate student in the KAUST–SUSTech joint Master’s program, working in the Coral Symbiomics Lab at KAUST under the supervision of Prof. Manuel Aranda. My present research focuses on the comparative and evolutionary genomics of sponges (Porifera), where I investigate genome architecture and evolutionary dynamics in early-diverging animal lineages. Through large-scale genomic and cross-species analyses, I aim to better understand how early animal genomes are organized and how key genomic features emerged during the early evolution of Metazoa.