Experience

Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PhD Researcher (MICrONS Project)

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  • Within the government funded MICrONS initiative, individually devised and implemented a solution to the problem presented in large-scale brain analyses: how to analyze and learn from immense amounts of data when the noise level of synaptic connections is much larger than the true signal. • Implemented data pipeline to reduce noise level in neuron 3D reconstructions, extract features from their shapes and procure the largest high fidelity brain connectome to date (implemented using deep… Show more • Within the government funded MICrONS initiative, individually devised and implemented a solution to the problem presented in large-scale brain analyses: how to analyze and learn from immense amounts of data when the noise level of synaptic connections is much larger than the true signal. • Implemented data pipeline to reduce noise level in neuron 3D reconstructions, extract features from their shapes and procure the largest high fidelity brain connectome to date (implemented using deep learning, machine learning, graph analysis and data visualization techniques), which I then analyzed and produced novel neuroscience findings (specifics in publication). • Sole first author on publication “NEURD: A mesh decomposition framework for automated proofreading and morphological analysis of neuronal EM reconstructions”, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.14.532674v1. Show less • Within the government funded MICrONS initiative, individually devised and implemented a solution to the problem presented in large-scale brain analyses: how to analyze and learn from immense amounts of data when the noise level of synaptic connections is much larger than the true signal. • Implemented data pipeline to reduce noise level in neuron 3D reconstructions, extract features from their shapes and procure the largest high fidelity brain connectome to date (implemented using deep… Show more • Within the government funded MICrONS initiative, individually devised and implemented a solution to the problem presented in large-scale brain analyses: how to analyze and learn from immense amounts of data when the noise level of synaptic connections is much larger than the true signal. • Implemented data pipeline to reduce noise level in neuron 3D reconstructions, extract features from their shapes and procure the largest high fidelity brain connectome to date (implemented using deep learning, machine learning, graph analysis and data visualization techniques), which I then analyzed and produced novel neuroscience findings (specifics in publication). • Sole first author on publication “NEURD: A mesh decomposition framework for automated proofreading and morphological analysis of neuronal EM reconstructions”, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.14.532674v1. Show less



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Math and Engineering Teacher (High School)

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2018

  High school math and engineering teacher at Northampton County High School (NCHS). • Designed entire curriculum and taught senior math and engineering classes (4 novel courses that included 3D modeling, coding, robotics and electronics) • STEM summer courses on machine learning and deep learning. • Founder and head of the engineering department at NCHS. • Varsity coach (Basketball, Track, Cross Country). High school math and engineering teacher at Northampton County High School (NCHS). • Designed entire curriculum and taught senior math and engineering classes (4 novel courses that included 3D modeling, coding, robotics and electronics) • STEM summer courses on machine learning and deep learning. • Founder and head of the engineering department at NCHS. • Varsity coach (Basketball, Track, Cross Country).



Stryker

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Electrical Engineering Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Designed schematics for audio/control/KVM module for OR video router. • FPGA design • Organized OrCad and PADS Database. • Built an automatic Bill of Materials (BOM) report for schematic design pipeline. • Designed schematics for audio/control/KVM module for OR video router. • FPGA design • Organized OrCad and PADS Database. • Built an automatic Bill of Materials (BOM) report for schematic design pipeline.



TriQuint Semiconductor (now Qorvo, Inc.)

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Data Mining Internship

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2015

  Developed a procedure for storing all wafer parameter measurements and designed a MATLAB script to analyze all data for predicting trends and determining the critical parameters most likely to become out of spec in the future. Developed a procedure for storing all wafer parameter measurements and designed a MATLAB script to analyze all data for predicting trends and determining the critical parameters most likely to become out of spec in the future.



Southern Methodist University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemistry Researcher

  • Dec 2012 - Aug 2014

  Undergraduate Researcher in Professor Tsarevsky's polymer lab at SMU. Worked on independent project for novel polymeric structures and assisting SMU chemistry graduate student. Fall 2013 research project awarded and funded by Hamilton Scholarship by SMU Deadman College of Humanities and Life Sciences. Undergraduate Researcher in Professor Tsarevsky's polymer lab at SMU. Worked on independent project for novel polymeric structures and assisting SMU chemistry graduate student. Fall 2013 research project awarded and funded by Hamilton Scholarship by SMU Deadman College of Humanities and Life Sciences.



Stryker

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Electrical Engineering Intern

  • May 2014 - May 2014

  Designed full schematic layout and programmed firmware for a circuit board capable of streaming, recording and playback of all visual and audio media for an Operating Room router Designed full schematic layout and programmed firmware for a circuit board capable of streaming, recording and playback of all visual and audio media for an Operating Room router