Experience

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  Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs

  • Operating Committee Leader

    • Oct 2023 - Present

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  Columbia Venture Partners

  • Analyst

    • Oct 2023 - Present

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  Bozdag Lab at The University of North Texas

  • Dallas, Texas, United States

  • Computational Biology Research

    • May 2021 - Aug 2023
    • Dallas, Texas, United States

    - Developed Open-Source Deep Learning frameworks for Drug-Target Interaction Link Prediction and Nuclear Receptor protein classification and sub-classification- Created ensemble graph-learning and node embedding strategies to boost link-prediction performance by 25%- Employed data reduction techniques including autoencoding, feature selection, principal component analysis, for unifying ~50,000,000 data points across 10 databases- Parallelized code across various GPU cores and servers to decrease runtime by 60x- Performed molecular interaction analysis using AutoDock and PyMol- Presented research at Sigma Xi’s International Forum on Research Excellence and at the International Science and Engineering Fair- Received $25,000+ in scholarships to continue conducting research- Published paper in ACS Omega and another manuscript in-progress

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  Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science Research Organization

  • Executive Board Member

    • May 2022 - May 2023

    - Organize TAMS Fair - an interdisciplinary research fair with 100+ attendees - Organized research symposiums with UNT research professors to assist students with learning about and obtaining research opportunities- Directed one-on-one sessions and workshops to assist students with effective research presentation skills for science fairs and research conferences- Held weekly general assemblies to connect students with various research opportunities and scholarships- Fundraised $3,000+ to sponsor stem enrichment in Denton and alleviate expenses for students going to competitions- Organize all logistics behind competitions for TAMS students (TJAS, TJSHS, FWRSEF, TXSEF, and ISEF)

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  Girls Who Code

  • Co-President of Chapter

    • Aug 2021 - May 2023

    - Host monthly workshops connecting girls to opportunities in Computer Science including scholarships, hackathons, competitions, and conferences- Organize a career symposium with women from various fields in computer science and engineering to immerse students in these fields- Organize a female/non-binary-only hackathon to involve more women in computer science

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  Robotics

  • Design Lead/Executive Programming Team

    • Oct 2020 - May 2023

    - Led team in design development for robot- Used Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software to design different systems and evaluated different systems by building prototypes- Worked closely with build and programming teams to build the robot and develop the autonomous program for the robot- Initiated the use of Machine Learning via Reinforcement Learning in autonomous program design using sensor outputs