Her primary research interests are data privacy, information security, and database applications. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Emory University and a B.S. in Mathematics from Zhejiang University in China. Prior to joining SUNY, she spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California. She was named one of the "Rising Stars in EECS" by MIT in 2015.