She conducted research in rehabilitation engineering and coordinates the RST graduate program and recruitment efforts. She holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical and automation engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and received her postdoctoral training in rehabilitation engineering. She mentors engi­neering undergraduate interns on projects encompassing assistive device design and instru­mentation. She also advises graduate students in the RST program and serves on graduate thesis/dissertation committees. She has (co)authored more than 35 peer-reviewed papers and served as expert reviewer for federal grants, peer-reviewed journals and conferences in the field of robotics and rehabilitation engineering. She was the recipient of the NIDRR Switzer Fellow­ship and the PVA Research Fellowship. Professor Ding is a member of RESNA and IEEE.