Experience

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  Polygence

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Cofounder/CEO

    • Apr 2019 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    At Polygence, we help high school students turn their passions into personalized, tangible research projects under the guidance of expert mentors. Our mission is to democratize access to research opportunities for all. We leverage our proprietary technology platform and cutting-edge AI techniques to provide exceptionally high-quality project-based learning experiences to students and mentors at scale.

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  Harvard University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Associate

    • Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

    Research focused on topological quantum optics in photonic crystal environments.

  • Research Fellow

    • Jan 2014 - Nov 2018

    Research focused on creating topologically robust devices for quantum information processing using quantum optics and nanophotonics - supervised by Prof. Mikhail Lukin.

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Sep 2013 - May 2017

    Received the Henry Kendall teaching award for my work teaching electrodynamics to undergraduates.

  • Research Fellow

    • Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

    Clay Fellowship

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  University of St Andrews

  • Scotland

  • Research Student

    • Jul 2010 - May 2011
    • Scotland

    Researched and published two papers on the theory of invisibility, proving that invisibility cloaking is a possibility for all colors - supervised by Prof. Ulf Leonhardt. Results received international news coverage.

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  Leiden University

  • Netherlands

  • Research Student

    • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
    • Netherlands

    Researched the topology (overall shape) of the universe using signals from the cosmic microwave background radiation under the supervision of Dr. Mark Jackson.