I’m on the job market this year! Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have a position to fill. I am interested in both tenure-track academic positions (SLACs & teaching-focused) and industry positions.

My name is Lisa. I am a PhD Candidate studying Computer Science at UC San Diego in the Programming Systems Group advised by Sorin Lerner. I have spent summers at Apple and Microsoft Research researching AI, HCI, programming systems, and education, building a product along the way. Before coming to UCSD, I obtained my B.A. in Computer Science and Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences from Wellesley College near Boston, MA, where I worked extensively with Franklyn Turbak and Takis Metaxas.

I study programmers of all kinds and build programming systems for them. In the age of AI-assisted programming, how do we design appropriate programming support with human factors in mind? How should programming interfaces adapt to updates in programming workflows while accounting for domain-specific user needs? Read more about my Publications along these lines.

Besides research, I am passionate about Teaching Computer Science, from introductory programming to upper-level research seminars. I received the Doctoral Excellence in Teaching Award from the UCSD CSE department in 2024.

Outside of my day job as a computer scientist, I am an amateur figure skater, pianist, and flutist.