She is researching the properties of the elementary particles and fundamental forces of Nature. Currently, she is focusing on the origin of neutrino masses.

AWARDS：

2022 UC Irvine Office of Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award, “Celebrating Black in Physical Sciences”

2020 UC Irvine Office of Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award, “Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) at UCI”

2019 UC Irvine Dr. De Gallow Professor of the Year Award nominee

2019 Department of Physics and Astronomy Undergraduate Teaching Award, UC Irvine (Selected by the graduating class of Physics and Astronomy students as the faculty member who most inspired them in their undergraduate studies)

2019 School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, UC Irvine

2015 Humboldt Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2015 Carl Friedrich von Siemens Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2012 School of Physical Sciences Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, UC Irvine

2010 Faculty Career Development Award, UC Irvine

2009 Erice Fellowship, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture

2008 Most Valuable Referee for Physics Letters B, Elsevier

1998 Graduate Tuition Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder