I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia where I lead the ViDAR Lab.
My research sits at the intersection of data visualization, human-computer interaction, and design, with a focus on understanding how to inspire and support creativity in data visualization and design.
This allows me to empircally explore how people conceptualize design ideas, and develop tools that empower people to bring their ideas to life.
I recieved a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, where I worked with Zhicheng Liu in the Human-Data Interaction Group.
I also hold an M.Sc. in Software Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, and a B.Sc. in Computer Information Systems from Babcock University.
Recent News
Jun '26: Spoke with CBS19 News about how people read and trust data visualizations as AI tools become more common. Watch the segment
Dec '25: Gave an invited talk at the UVA LLM Workshop
Nov '25: Gave an invited talk at Data Palooza
Aug '25: Invited to serve as a PC member for IUI'26!
Aug '25: I started my new role as an Assistant Professor at UVA SDS!
Aug '25: Invited to serve as a PC member for VISCOMM and the Short Papers track at VIS'25!
July '25: Two papers presenting an SVG corpus with semantic labels and D3 decomposition strategies accepted at IEEE VIS'25!