Shu is from Buffalo Grove, IL and graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Biometry and Statistics. During her undergraduate studies, Shu performed research in the Schimenti Lab at Cornell University surrounding the genetics of infertility, and completed her thesis on identifying genetic variants in the regulatory regions of infertility genes through computational analysis and experimental validation. In the Beroukhim lab, Shu has been developing methods to detect rearrangements that drive cancer.

Fun Facts: Shu enjoys fermenting food (such as kimchi and kombucha), reading and writing poetry, and playing badminton.