California visits USC, 2004About Me

 

 

When you enter the world of "Alice in Wonderland," you will see a rabbit, and around his neck is a clock. This rabbit is constantly running. If you ask him why he is always running, he will say to you, "the world is turning every second, if you want to stay at where you are, you will have to run with the world. If you want to be ahead of where you are, then you will have to run faster.”

 

 


 

I am a Ph. D. student in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (final year)

Research Advisors (aka the bosses): Bill Gelbart and Chuck Knobler

Research Interest: Physics of DNA, RNA, and RNA-like Polymers

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Brief Biography:

Formal Education:

Elementary School:
Sept 1987 ~ June 1992, Shanghai East Beijing Road Elementary School, Shanghai, China

Middle School:
Sept 1992 ~ Feb 1995, Shanghai 67th Middle School, Shanghai, China
Feb 1995 ~ May 1995, Marina Middle School, San Francisco, California, USA

High School:
Aug 1995 ~ May 1999, Galileo High School, San Francisco, California, USA

Undergraduate Institution:
Aug 1999 ~ May 2003, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Bachelor's Degree: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Emphasis Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Postgraduate School:
Sept 2003 ~ Current, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

     

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Hobbies:

I like to play tennis, basketball, football, badminton, ping-pong, and probably a half dozen other sports I forgot to mention here. I started playing tennis in the summer of 2006, and quickly became addicted to it toward the end of that year. Now, tennis is clearly my favorite playing sport. I can throw a nice spiral in football, even though the velocity and distance are lacking. Speaking of football, you will know how much I love the sport just by reading some stuff I wrote for Cal Bears and UCLA Bruins football program when I should be doing homework!

If I had not majored in biochemistry, I would have majored in astrophysics. Knowing the beginning and the fate of the universe requires the understanding of the most fundamental laws of nature. Much advancement has been made in physics from Galileo to Newton to Einstein and Schrodinger. However, we are still ill equipped to grasp the most fundamental questions regarding our universe. When did it begin? Does it even have a beginning? When will it end? Does it even have an end? How large is the universe? Does it even have a size? Is it physically possible to travel beyond our solar system, our galaxy, or even this very universe? Can the theory of relativity be broken to enable faster-than-light travel? Can the theory be bent? Can the fabrics of the universe be understood? Can it be manipulated? Can it be broken or torn? What is to become of us? What is the fate of our universe?

Will graviton be discovered, or is it purely a theoretical object? Is String Theory the answer, or is it mere mathematical acrobatics? What is fundamental makeup of matter?

These questions are truly fascinating. It is mind-boggling that so much of Einstein's theories were proven true experimentally, when the theory was largely constructed in the absence of experimental motivation.

Want to read more of my general scientific interests?

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Miscellaneous: 

This is my favorite piano piece of all time, performed by Richard Clayderman. Unfortunately, this is perhaps not a very well known piece. I can't even find its title, so if you know what is this piece called, please tell me! Beware, this is a 4.5MB MP3 file. It might take a while to download if you have dial-up internet.

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