Her research work focuses on developing novel models at the intersection of statistics, mathematics, and computer engineering in the field of medical and biological imaging. Before joining Lehigh University, Miaomiao completed her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at University of Utah. After that, she was a postdoctoral associate at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received the MICCAI Young Scientist Award 2014 and was a runner-up for the same award at MICCAI 2016.