Ding is a PhD student in the Philosophy of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney under the supervision of Paul Griffiths and Kate Lynch. Her main interest is in the interplay between ontological assumptions, scientific practice, and empirical data underlying the generation of explanations and intervention strategies for natural phenomena. Her current work focuses on non-reductive approaches in developmental biology and centers around three major focal points: (i) the differences between reductive and non-reductive approaches, (ii) the conceptual concerns surrounding the adoption of non-reductive approaches, and (iii) the practical implications of adopting such approaches.