I am a third-year Ph.D. student in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Florian Schaub and Prof. Christopher Brooks.
My research sits at the intersection of human-centered security, human-AI interaction, and usable privacy and security. I am especially interested in how people make sense of complex systems, negotiate privacy and control with other stakeholders, and adapt their behavior as AI systems become more autonomous. Methodologically, I use mixed methods including large-scale surveys, vignette experiments, statistical modeling, and qualitative analysis.
I hold an M.Sc. in Applied Psychology from Zhejiang University and a B.Sc. in Psychology from Southwest University. Previously I was a research assistant at Johns Hopkins University with Prof. Yaxing Yao. I have also been fortunate to work alongside Prof. Danny Yuxing Huang at New York University and Prof. Haojian Jin at UC San Diego.
How people perceive, reason about, and respond to security and privacy threats in everyday and multi-stakeholder settings such as smart homes, short-term rentals, and shared devices, and how those perceptions shape the protections they actually adopt.
How people understand, trust, disclose to, and make decisions with conversational and agentic AI systems, and how they keep awareness, agency, and meaningful control as AI moves from answering prompts to acting on their behalf.
Designing privacy notices, controls, and negotiation mechanisms that people can actually use, grounded in large-scale surveys, vignette experiments, and qualitative studies so that protections fit real practices rather than idealized ones.
News
- 2026.08Presented our paper Exploring Privacy Negotiation Strategies for Camera-Equipped Smart Home Devices in Airbnb at USENIX Security 2026 in Baltimore, MD, USA.
- 2026.01Our paper Privacy and Trust vs. Utility: Adoption of Commercial vs. Institutional AI Assistants Among University Users was accepted to CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain.
- 2025.12Presented TunTun Diary: Exploring AI-Generated Storytelling and Virtual Companionship for Nightmare Relief, a mobile game that turns nightmares into comforting stories, at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Posters in Hong Kong.
- 2025.08Our poster Privacy Perceptions in the Use of ChatGPT Across Different Contexts: A Survey Study of Commercial vs. University-specific Implementations was accepted to SOUPS 2025 in Seattle, WA, USA.
- 2024.08Started my Ph.D. at the School of Information, University of Michigan.
- 2023.08Presented our paper Exploring Tenants' Preferences of Privacy Negotiation in Airbnb at USENIX Security 2023 in Anaheim, CA, USA.
Selected Publications




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Education
Teaching
- Fall 2026: Graduate Student Instructor for SI 544: Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis, School of Information, University of Michigan
Awards
- 2026: GREPSEC Student Grant
- 2026: USENIX Security Student Grant, USENIX Association
- 2025: Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (~$1,500), University of Michigan
- 2024: Excellent Graduate, Zhejiang University
- 2021: Excellent Graduate (City-Level), Chongqing
- 2020: Science Scholarship (~$3,000), Southwest University
- 2020: National Scholarship (~$1,200), Southwest University
Academic Service
- Conference reviewer: CHI 2026, CHI LBW 2023–2025, CSCW 2024
- Journal reviewer: Information, Communication & Society
Last updated: 7 September 2026