Weixuan (Lyra) Wu
About Weixuan (Lyra) Wu
Weixuan (Lyra) Wu is a Data Scientist at Expedia Group with a background in data science and economics, having previously worked at Cambia Health Solutions and Columbia University.
Current Position at Expedia Group
Weixuan (Lyra) Wu currently works as a Data Scientist at Expedia Group. She has been with the company since 2022 and is based in Seattle, Washington, United States. In her role, she applies data science methodologies to solve business problems and optimize processes within the organization.
Previous Experience at Cambia Health Solutions
Before joining Expedia Group, Weixuan (Lyra) Wu worked at Cambia Health Solutions. She served as a Data Scientist from 2020 to 2021, focusing on healthcare data analytics in Seattle, Washington. Prior to this role, she was an NLP Data Science Intern at the same company in 2019, where she gained experience in natural language processing and healthcare data projects over the course of three months.
Educational Background: Columbia University and UCLA
Weixuan (Lyra) Wu holds a Master’s degree in Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences with a focus on Data Science from Columbia University, where she studied from 2018 to 2020. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science and Business Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2014 to 2018. During her academic career, she participated in research projects and held various intern positions.
Internships and Research Roles
Throughout her career, Weixuan (Lyra) Wu gained diverse experience through several internships and research roles. She was a Teaching Assistant at Columbia University in 2019, helping students in the Greater New York City Area. She also interned as a Data Scientist at SafeRock in 2018-2019. At Columbia Business School in 2018, she contributed as a Graduate Research Assistant, and she held a similar role at UCLA from 2017 to 2018. Additionally, she completed an internship as an Investment Banking Summer Intern at Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. in Beijing in 2017.