Haoyu graduated in 2021 from the EdM program in Applied Physiology at Teacher College, Columbia University. He holds a BS in Psychology from Peking University, China. He enjoys exploring the topics of movement science, neuroscience, rehabilitation, and has experience working with stroke patients in a physical therapy setting. His interests and experiences have brought him to the lab to further explore movement and rehabilitation sciences. His research in the NRL lab was about characterizing heart rate variability in people with Huntington's disease during exercise.
He is an amateur bodybuilder, winning first place at the Fifteenth Bodybuilding Championship of Beijing, and has played the tuba in marching band and symphony orchestra for over ten years.