Experience

Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  I am a TA for CS 001X: Intermediate Computer Programming in Fall 2022 under Professor Michael Vanier. I will be a TA for Bi 008: Foundational Principles of Molecular Biology in Winter 2023 under Professors Elizabeth Hong and Mitch Guttman. I will be a TA for Bi 009: Cell Biology under Professors David Prober, David Chan, and Alexander Varshavsky.

• Undergraduate Researcher, Winfree Lab

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  I carried out computational research with the Winfree Lab, exploring the applications of Surface Chemical Reaction Networks (CRNs) in solving constraint satisfaction problems. I implemented effective graph k-coloring solvers and Hopfield neural networks with Surface CRNs. I presented my research via poster at the 28th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA 28) in August 2022 and plan to publish a paper. I have also been selected as a semifinalist for the 2022 Perpall Speaking Prize at Caltech, given my presentation on my research. I continue to work with the Winfree lab. Show less

• Undergraduate Researcher, Hong Lab

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  I carried out wet-lab research with the Hong Lab exploring mRNA extraction and purification of the OR42 receptor gene from a non-model organism (Lucilia Cuprina). This was done in the hope of inserting the gene into a transgenic model organism (Drosophila) as a basis for further study. I continue to work with the Hong lab, further studying gene expression and manipulation in flies.



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - May 2021

  I was a TA in the Mathematics department under Professor Paul Bamberg. I TA’d: RA-23 (a 2-week Real Analysis class), Math 23a Linear Algebra and Real Analysis I, Math 23c Mathematics for Computation and Data Science, and Math J23c (covering 5 weeks of Math 23c). I ran sections and office hours for College, Graduate, and Extension students. I wrote quiz questions, tested draft exams, and graded student exams. I also built an app to present mathematical proofs. I was a TA in the Mathematics department under Professor Paul Bamberg. I TA’d: RA-23 (a 2-week Real Analysis class), Math 23a Linear Algebra and Real Analysis I, Math 23c Mathematics for Computation and Data Science, and Math J23c (covering 5 weeks of Math 23c). I ran sections and office hours for College, Graduate, and Extension students. I wrote quiz questions, tested draft exams, and graded student exams. I also built an app to present mathematical proofs.



Stop TB Partnership

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  I worked part time, scraping and filtering Tuberculosis data on key populations (notably prisons). I worked part time, scraping and filtering Tuberculosis data on key populations (notably prisons).