Education
- Savannah College of Art and Design, MFA Fashion Design, expected graduation in 2022
- University of California, San Diego, BS Biochemistry/Chemistry, graduated in 2019
Experience
Trainee – Yuxuange Fashion Studio, Beijing, China (2019.07 – 2019.08)
- Made patterns for customer designs.
- Helped with sewing muslin garments, making adjustments, and steaming outfits.
- Assisted in choosing and purchasing fabrics.
Student Artist – Annual Undergraduate Art Show of UC San Diego, San Diego, CA (2018.05 – 2018.06)
- Exhibited one sculpture at University Art Gallery as one of the twenty-three student artists.
- In line with the celebration of the department’s 50 year anniversary, 2018’s exhibition aims to investigate the convergence of histories in the context of place.
Designer Assistant – LA Fashion Week, Los Angeles, CA (2018.03 – 2018.03)
- Assisted Betty Tran’s group in steaming haute couture, organizing outfits, and making repairs to stretched dresses.
- Helped with setting up backstage and runway.
- Worked with designers to dress models and prepare jewelries.
Volunteer – Society Fashion Week, Los Angeles, CA (2018.03 – 2018.03)
- Helped with guests check-in, question answering, and runway set-up.
- Provided assistance for designers and models, including assigning garments and shoes.
Volunteering Artist – Student Services Center, UCSD, San Diego, CA (2018.02 – 2018.03)
- Designed and painted the mural for the Triton Day in April, 2018.
On-going Exhibition – Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, UCSD, San Diego, CA (2017.11 – Present)
- Have one painting on exhibition at the Student Affairs Office.
Exhibition Curator – Risk Exhibition at Adam D. Kamil Gallery, San Diego, CA (2017.11 – 2017.12)
- Developed and finalized the exhibition proposal, helped design the exhibition poster.
- Assisted in installing artworks.
Researcher – Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany (2017.07 – 2017.08)
- Practiced operation of column chromatography, rotovap, and NMR measurements.
- Helped synthesize required polymers and clean lab glasswares without supervision.
Trainee – UCSD Early Childhood Education Center, San Diego, CA (2016.09 – 2016.12)
- Designed and implemented three early childhood education curriculums that aim to facilitate children’s learning process.
- Compiled a travel handbook suitable for four-year-old children.
Research Assistant – Shandong Provincial Institute of Materia Medica, Jinan, China (2016.07 – 2016.08)
- Measured experimental spectra and analyzed the excipient’s impact on drug’s absorption in the field of pharmaceutical chemistry.
- Helped optimize the proportion of excipients and compressed sample tablets.
Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Clip Studio Paint (Illustration Software)
- Hand-drawing
- Pattern Making
- Sewing
- Cello (previous member of Shandong Provincial Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)