Experience

UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant - Basic & Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  - Researching the impacts of various visual factors and individual differences on visual crowding - Conducted 200+ behavioral and EEG experiments regarding visual crowding - Trained on ERP methodology and ERP data analysis techniques under Dr. Steve Luck - Researching the impacts of various visual factors and individual differences on visual crowding - Conducted 200+ behavioral and EEG experiments regarding visual crowding - Trained on ERP methodology and ERP data analysis techniques under Dr. Steve Luck



Neurotech@Davis

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Projects Division Lead

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  - Leading and mentoring 25 students in the Neurotech Projects Division in developing Brain Computer Interfaces for gaming, research, and medical applications - Organized and taught a 10-week series for 50+ students on neuroscience, BCIs, and signal processing - Utilized OpenBCI hardware and softwares like Python, PsychoPy, and Brainflow for real-time processing - Worked on creating SSVEP-based BCI for communication, affective BCI for mood alteration, and BCI for gaming - Leading and mentoring 25 students in the Neurotech Projects Division in developing Brain Computer Interfaces for gaming, research, and medical applications - Organized and taught a 10-week series for 50+ students on neuroscience, BCIs, and signal processing - Utilized OpenBCI hardware and softwares like Python, PsychoPy, and Brainflow for real-time processing - Worked on creating SSVEP-based BCI for communication, affective BCI for mood alteration, and BCI for gaming



Accelerating Success by Providing Intensive Research Experience (APSIRE)

• University of California Davis, California, United States

• Independent Researcher

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  - Conducting research on the interactive-activation model under mentorship of Dr. Steve Luck - Formulating research question, running EEG experiments, analyzing data with MATLAB ERPLAB and Python, and building a decoder to classify words and letters through EEG signals - Conducting research on the interactive-activation model under mentorship of Dr. Steve Luck - Formulating research question, running EEG experiments, analyzing data with MATLAB ERPLAB and Python, and building a decoder to classify words and letters through EEG signals



Cognitive Science Student Association at UC Davis

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & President

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  - Built and led an academic/professional community of 400+ students, providing networking, professional development, and technical skill-building opportunities to students - Contributed to the development of the Cognitive Science major at Davis by collaborating with faculty, advisors, and industry partners to improve curriculum and academic opportunities and resources - Built and led an academic/professional community of 400+ students, providing networking, professional development, and technical skill-building opportunities to students - Contributed to the development of the Cognitive Science major at Davis by collaborating with faculty, advisors, and industry partners to improve curriculum and academic opportunities and resources



University of California, Davis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant - Brain Computer Interfaces Lab

  • Jan 2023 - Mar 2023

  - Supported course development by testing and refining lab content to solidify course instruction and flow - Helped students record and process neural signals using the OpenBCI hardware and OpenVibe software - Supported course development by testing and refining lab content to solidify course instruction and flow - Helped students record and process neural signals using the OpenBCI hardware and OpenVibe software



Boston University School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant - Laboratory of Intellectual Disorders

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  - Researched the effect of extracellular vesicles on neural progenitor cells in Trisomy 21, quantified cells using Matlab, and analyzed confocal images - Trained in western blotting, immunohistochemistry, and confocal microscopy under Dr. Ella Zeldich - Presented research to Boston Medical Center’s Chair of Neurosurgery and Medical School faculty - Researched the effect of extracellular vesicles on neural progenitor cells in Trisomy 21, quantified cells using Matlab, and analyzed confocal images - Trained in western blotting, immunohistochemistry, and confocal microscopy under Dr. Ella Zeldich - Presented research to Boston Medical Center’s Chair of Neurosurgery and Medical School faculty



Boston Medical Center (BMC)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Medical Shadowing Intern

  • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  - Shadowed neurosurgeons in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of neurological disorders for 50+ hours. - Gained hands-on experience analyzing brain tissues samples, interpreting scans and identifying abnormalities with neuroradiologists and neuropathologists - Shadowed neurosurgeons in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of neurological disorders for 50+ hours. - Gained hands-on experience analyzing brain tissues samples, interpreting scans and identifying abnormalities with neuroradiologists and neuropathologists