Experience

Duke Innovation Studio

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Scientist

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Worked with the startup KORA (Kinetic Operating Room Assistant) on using camera-based vision to build a foundation for machine learning solutions in the operating room, that started with an autonomous lighting and camera system for image acquisition, object detection, and touchless operating area illumination. Worked with the startup KORA (Kinetic Operating Room Assistant) on using camera-based vision to build a foundation for machine learning solutions in the operating room, that started with an autonomous lighting and camera system for image acquisition, object detection, and touchless operating area illumination.



Duke University, Department of Chemistry

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Working alongside Grad Student Alex Cao in Dr. Amanda Hargrove's Lab to analyze RNA-small molecule ligand bonding in MALAT 1 and Coronavirus pseudoknots. Currently developing a QSAR model to accurately optimize binding characteristics and deep neural network in TensorFlow to translate binding optimization into new molecular SMILES strings. Working alongside Grad Student Alex Cao in Dr. Amanda Hargrove's Lab to analyze RNA-small molecule ligand bonding in MALAT 1 and Coronavirus pseudoknots. Currently developing a QSAR model to accurately optimize binding characteristics and deep neural network in TensorFlow to translate binding optimization into new molecular SMILES strings.



University of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Researcher

  • Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Led a wet-lab/dry-lab project to develop a novel diagnostic tool for Traumatic Brain Injury and neurodegenerative diseases based on genetic and proteomic biomarkers in serum, tissue, and CSF. • Worked in Dr. Kevin Wang's Lab at the UF Center for Neuroproteomics and carried out genotyping, ELISA, Immunohistochemistry, Sequencing, and Flow Cytometry. • Developed an RF/CNN algorithm in sk-learn with 98% AUC, results submitted for Patent-Pending. • Led a wet-lab/dry-lab project to develop a novel diagnostic tool for Traumatic Brain Injury and neurodegenerative diseases based on genetic and proteomic biomarkers in serum, tissue, and CSF. • Worked in Dr. Kevin Wang's Lab at the UF Center for Neuroproteomics and carried out genotyping, ELISA, Immunohistochemistry, Sequencing, and Flow Cytometry. • Developed an RF/CNN algorithm in sk-learn with 98% AUC, results submitted for Patent-Pending.



Seminole County Public Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Intern

  • Aug 2018 - Jun 2019



Seminole State College of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Researcher

  • Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Planned and executed a foundational in vitro study analyzing oxidative stress and translocation of cathepsins initiated by photodynamic therapy and free-radicals on a model E. coli strain. • Utilized Biopython and CENTIPEDE to determine if exposure to PDT could inhibit/downregulate overexpressed prokaryotic transcription factors . • Over 100 cell cultures tested at various concentrations and light wavelengths, with subsequent electron microscope and bacteriophage lysate assay analysis • Planned and executed a foundational in vitro study analyzing oxidative stress and translocation of cathepsins initiated by photodynamic therapy and free-radicals on a model E. coli strain. • Utilized Biopython and CENTIPEDE to determine if exposure to PDT could inhibit/downregulate overexpressed prokaryotic transcription factors . • Over 100 cell cultures tested at various concentrations and light wavelengths, with subsequent electron microscope and bacteriophage lysate assay analysis