Dr. Ma is an associate Professor of the Department of Communication Engineering at Chengdu University of Information Technology (CUIT). She joined CUIT in 2010 and served as vice Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering from 2016.
She received her Ph.D. degrees from State Key Lab of Optical Technologies for Microfabrication, Institute of Optics & Electronics (IOE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and her M.S. degree from Jilin University.
She has pioneered research in many areas of micro and nano sensors, including micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) devices, optical fiber sensors, and plamonic sensors. Her research has been funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, postdoctoral Science Foundation of China, and Scientific Research Foundation of CUIT.
She has published over 20 technical papers in leading journals and refereed international conference proceedings, and holds 6 China patents.