Dr. Luan was trained as an experimental physicist. Dr. Luan received her B. S. from the University of Science and Technology of China, Ph. D. at Stanford University, and performed her postdoc research at Harvard University, all in the department of Physics. She worked at UT Austin from 2014 – 2019 as a research scientist and then as a research assistant professor, where she transitioned from quantum physics to neural engineering. She joined the faculty at Rice University in the fall of 2019 and is currently an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and a core faculty member of Rice Neuroengineering Initiative.