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New Brunswick, Nj, Us

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

• Teach scientific concepts and lead hands-on activites for middle-school students across New Jersey on the "Science Bus"• Expose students to research practices and science demonstrations to foster community engagement and scientific curiosity

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

My research revolves around computational biology, with specific interests in single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis, cancer biology, clonal hematopoiesis, and machine learning.Thesis: Guiding cell type identification in single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis with rank based metrics. Advisors: Dr. Daniel Herranz, Dr. Hossein Khiabanian• Evaluate rank-based metrics for refining unsupervised clustering based on differentially expressed genes in single-cell RNA sequencing analysis• Investigate the role of mutated blood cells, known as clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, in the solid tumor microenvironment

Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States

• Evaluated and developed a plate assay for quantifying polysorbate-80 concentration

Los Angeles

• Compiled sources of text data for training natural language processing (NLP) models• Implemented a data pipeline for predictive modelling on Google Cloud Platform • Designed a user profile scoring system based on heuristics on published articles and their authors’ subject matter expertise

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Delivered technology solutions for data engineering to clients in industry and government• Served as a lead data engineering developer in a platform migration project, developing ETL pipelines to migrate database systems from Oracle-based infrastructure to a PySpark/AWS environment

Stanford, Ca

I taught and supervised up to 8 high-school age campers in weekly tech courses. The classes I taught include:• AI and Machine Learning• Cryptography and Cyber Security• Game Programming With Unity & C#• 3D Level Design With Team Fortress 2• C++ Coding• Adventures in Game Design: Minecraft

Sunnyvale, Ca

Helped teach middle school students a variety of different classes in a summer innovation camp.Classes Taught:• Mod Design with Minecraft• Digital Design for the Web• Video Game Design• Launch Lab: Catapults• Go-Kart Builders

Sunnyvale, Ca

Assisted lead instructors and office team in running and maintaining a summer innovation camp for middle school students.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Quantitative Biomedicine

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Symphony, Game Music Ensemble, Club Track and Field, ACM, National Society of Collegiate ScholarsI was.