Experience

A-Level Capital

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

• Partner I Head of Life Sciences

  • Jul 2023 - Present

• Associate

  • Mar 2022 - Jun 2023

  A-Level Capital is a student-run venture capital firm with over $3M in AUM. We invest in early stage, capital-efficient companies with ties to Johns Hopkins. Unicorns: -Elemy, $219M Series B placing valuation at $1.15B (https://www.elemy.com/) Portfolio Exits: -KITT.AI, acquired by Baidu (http://kitt.ai/) -Birdi, acquired by Luma (http://birdihome.com/) -Tueo Health, acquired by Apple -Progressly, acquired by Box (https://progressly.com) -WiseBanyan, acquired by… Show more A-Level Capital is a student-run venture capital firm with over $3M in AUM. We invest in early stage, capital-efficient companies with ties to Johns Hopkins. Unicorns: -Elemy, $219M Series B placing valuation at $1.15B (https://www.elemy.com/) Portfolio Exits: -KITT.AI, acquired by Baidu (http://kitt.ai/) -Birdi, acquired by Luma (http://birdihome.com/) -Tueo Health, acquired by Apple -Progressly, acquired by Box (https://progressly.com) -WiseBanyan, acquired by Axos Financial (https://wisebanyan.com)



Thermo Fisher Scientific

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advanced R&D Intern

  • May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for the detection of biological molecules. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for the detection of biological molecules.



Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Design Team Member

  • Jan 2022 - May 2023

  Working to create a novel closed needle pleural biopsy. Working to create a novel closed needle pleural biopsy.



Johns Hopkins Medicine

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant - Garza Lab

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Researched cellular therapies to modify skin identity in amputees as part of a broader FDA-approved trial. Researched cellular therapies to modify skin identity in amputees as part of a broader FDA-approved trial.



Rutgers University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Leader - Waksman Student Scholars Program

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Led cohort of 15 students by teaching newer members the necessary background knowledge and laboratory techniques needed to successfully complete their research. Published research on the potential use of duckweed for the production of biofuel to the NCBI database. Led cohort of 15 students by teaching newer members the necessary background knowledge and laboratory techniques needed to successfully complete their research. Published research on the potential use of duckweed for the production of biofuel to the NCBI database.



Summer STEM Institute (SSI)

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Researcher

  • Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

  Applied several machine learning models(KNN, Random Forests, Logistic Regression, Clustering and Dimension Reduction) to accurately classify DNA sequences based on post translational identity. Applied several machine learning models(KNN, Random Forests, Logistic Regression, Clustering and Dimension Reduction) to accurately classify DNA sequences based on post translational identity.