Miscellaneous Links

My mentoring experience (my favorite part of the job!)
Blog posts on Medium: @yixue_zhao
Conference talks on YouTube: @Yixue Zhao
Twitter (academic life): @yixue_zhao
Instagram (beautiful moments): @zhao_yixue
Favorite Instagram accounts: @susa_sachiko, @im.littlehome, @spongecake_thescottishfold, @indiarosecrawford, @thetinychefshow
Favorite YouTube channels: Mr & Mrs Gao (Chinese), TWIM - Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
Favorite Podcast: Philosophize this!, FitMind
Favorite Newsletter: Letters from Love, 5 Minutes That Might Change Your Life
Favorite Apps: FitMind, Finch, Forest
A list of random (non-major) classes that I've enjoyed taking: random classes

Photo Gallery

Amazing Meditation Spot in Acadia!

At John Lennon Wall with my ICSE Roommates!

Aww my heart meled in Nara

CIFellow Gathering in DC

College Graduation in 2014

Cute Ancient Village in China

First CHASE in 2025!

First OHBM and found my twin lol

Four Tandem Bikes in DC haha

Fushimi Inari Taisha in Japen 2018

Grace Hopper Celebration 2015 at Houston

Grad Cohort 2017 at Washington DC

Grand Canyon

Happy moments when visiting parents in law!

I'm married!

ICSE 2024 in Lisbon!

ICSE Roommates' Trip in Prague!

ICSE2016 SoftArch Group Photo at Austin (my first ICSE!)

ICSE2017 Argentine Dinner at Buenos Aires

ICSE2017 Empanada Competition at Buenos Aires (I won!)

ICSE2017 Student Volunteer Victory Dinner at Buenos Aires

ICSE2018 (50 years of SE!) SoftArch Group Photo at Gothenburg

ICSE2019 Roommates Reunion at Montreal

Just Passed My PhD Defense!

Kyoto is Amazing!

Love Small Village Living (Shirakawa in Japan)

Lovely Evening at Heshun Ancient Town in China

MOBILESoft2017 Student Research Competition Gold Medal

Meeing Doraemon in Singapore at FSE 2022!

My Independence Day Celebration!

My Very First Piano Performance at USC!

Niushoushan is My Fav!! (China 2024)

Outdoor Climbing in Farley!

Pandemic can't stop me from climbing!

Philosopher's Path in Kyoto

Piano performance at USC!

Poem by Xu Zhimo at Cambridge

Post-ICSE Trip in Berlin 2018

Presenting at ASE 2018 in Montpellier

Safari Trip in Kenya 2017 (will come back!)

Safari Trip in Kenya with Binoculars!

Santa Monica Pier

Seals at La Jolla Cove!

Such amazing energy from Heaven in Xinjiang

Such happiness in Tokyo

Trip at Joshua Tree National Park (when I broke my foot)

We love you Bara! (ICSE 2024)

With Mom in Vegas