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I go by Tracy because it sounds like my Chinese name 陈玥西, here’s the breakdown:

陈 (Chen)：a common Chinese last name, you might also see Chan (Cantonese) or Tan (Hokkien)

玥 (Yue)：a gemstone

西 (Xi)：west

I come from Neijiang, a city on the bank of a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province, China. If you’ve read River Town by Peter Hessler, my life is like a sequel to the book: my mom attended a teachers’ college and later became an English teacher. I received my B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, Anhui Province, which I consider as my second hometown

When I am not doing research, I am usually playing tennis. I was on the varsity team when I was an undergrad. If you also play UTR or USTA tournaments, you can find my profiles here [UTR] [USTA]. I also created a map to record the tennis courts I’ve visited on the 🌍