Learning Facilitator

• Dec 2021 - Present

Instructor for the MIT xPRO Virtual and Augmented Reality course, an online professional development course with a broad audience that includes designers, engineers, professors, artists, and other professionals worldwide. Conducted live sessions to teach about the technology, design process, and sociology of XR, including Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and other emerging technologies. https://executive-ed.xpro.mit.edu/virtual-reality-augmented-reality Instructor for the MIT xPRO Virtual and Augmented Reality course, an online professional development course with a broad audience that includes designers, engineers, professors, artists, and other professionals worldwide. Conducted live sessions to teach about the technology, design process, and sociology of XR, including Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and other emerging technologies. https://executive-ed.xpro.mit.edu/virtual-reality-augmented-reality

Graduate Research Assistant

• Jun 2020 - Present

Research Assistant at the Imagination, Computation, and Expression Laboratory, researching virtuality for museum environments. I use sociological and behavioral research frameworks to create novel virtual experiences that can communicate empathy, analyze culture, and stimulate curiosity. Topics of interest: immersive experiences, emerging technology, education, HCI, prosocial impact, storytelling, journalism, museum settings Research Assistant at the Imagination, Computation, and Expression Laboratory, researching virtuality for museum environments. I use sociological and behavioral research frameworks to create novel virtual experiences that can communicate empathy, analyze culture, and stimulate curiosity. Topics of interest: immersive experiences, emerging technology, education, HCI, prosocial impact, storytelling, journalism, museum settings

Platform Infrastructure Software Engineer II

• Jun 2019 - Oct 2019

Developing large-scale distributed systems (performant, resilient, and scalable to 1 million client machines) for platform security, including key management and intrusion detection.

Platform Infrastructure Engineer

• Feb 2018 - Jun 2019

Security Software Engineer - Intern

• May 2017 - Aug 2017

Performance Optimization Software Engineer - Extern

• Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

Research in performance optimization for trading Research in performance optimization for trading

Software Intern

• May 2016 - Aug 2016

C++ development C++ development

Researcher

• Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

Member of the Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) Group. Implemented features for the CCD cameras using C++; conducted analysis of noise and artifacts of the CCD cameras using shell scripts, C++, and ROOT (a C++ data analysis framework). Member of the Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) Group. Implemented features for the CCD cameras using C++; conducted analysis of noise and artifacts of the CCD cameras using shell scripts, C++, and ROOT (a C++ data analysis framework).

Researcher

• Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

Worked on "GelSight," a high-resolution surface topography sensor for use as a robot fingertip. Investigated creation of software for a new sensor using Python, C++, and Raspberry Pi hardware. Worked on "GelSight," a high-resolution surface topography sensor for use as a robot fingertip. Investigated creation of software for a new sensor using Python, C++, and Raspberry Pi hardware.