Zining is a medical planner and designer at NBBJ with a focus on healthcare design. She began her career at the Palace Museum in Beijing, where her interest in architecture was first sparked. Zining actively researches design solutions and innovations that improve health outcomes, user comfort, and operational efficiency in healthcare environments. Her work focuses on computational lighting design and analysis, as well as developing data-driven tools that support performance-based design. She holds a Master of Architecture and a Master of Science in Design Computing from the University of Washington and serves on the board of NOMA NW.