I am an assistant professor in the chemistry department at Cornell University. During my undergraduate study at the University of California, Berkeley, I became super excited about laser spectroscopy after working with Prof. Stephen Leone. I studied a single quantum dot blinking and fell in love with laser excitation and light emission! During my PhD at Northwestern University with Prof. Michael Wasielewski, I got to learn about the role of spins in the multiexciton generation process in organic molecules. Since then, I became more interested in spins and started my postdoctoral research in 2D magnetic materials at Columbia University in Prof. Xiaoyang Zhu’s group. In my group, I hope to navigate the intricate interplay of spins, lattices, and electrons in various magnetic materials using light.