Monitored environmental change using artificial intelligence to monitor satellite data. Led the technical development of Global Plastic Watch to find plastic waste before it reaches the ocean, Amazon Mining Watch to track illegal gold mining in real time, and unsupervised techniques for search.

• Responsible for the experimental paths of two research teams in machine learning and virtual/augmented reality application development• Owned key supporting software infrastructure for machine learning research, led user testing to quantitatively guide development path, and productized core research for release and widespread use.Key hand tracking team accomplishments include:- Released the fourth generation of Leap Motion hand tracking. A real-time vision system that is heavily reliant on machine learned components. leapmotion.com/technology/- Optimized compute and memory of tracking system to enable high-quality virtual reality performance on desktop, mobile, and embedded processors at 60-90 FPS.- Guided internal tools to make ML experiments fully reproducible and scalable across the team.Key applications team accomplishments include:- Released the Interaction Engine, a physics engine for VR that enables natural interaction with digital objects. Easy-to-use developer flow in Unity.- Created three VR applications with novel interfaces and interactions to showcase V4 tracking.

• Acted as an extension of the cofounders, understanding company goals, priorities, and vision in order to act on their behalf internally and externally.• Led product launches, press briefings, and other experimental projects too early for a dedicated team.• Responsible for sharing technology and product vision to target investors. • Traveled extensively worldwide, particularly throughout China, in support of the funding round and to develop strategic business and investment partners.

Projects for National Geographic have included:- Reef to Aquarium - Won a grant with four other explorers to share the story of the marine aquarium fish trade through map-based storytelling. reeftoaquarium.com- The Highest Road Expedition - Collaborated to study the highest elevation road system in the world. This road is built at 18,000’ each year in the highly contested Jammu-Kashmir region of the Indian Himalayas.- The Ice Cream Expedition – Created a project and raised >$20k to drive an ice cream truck across America encouraging exploration and conservation. Led team on a three-month journey. icecreamexpedition.com

Studied the mechanisms of coral bleaching focusing on the production of reactive oxygen species.

Analyzed Antarctic sediment from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. 6-10.2012Worked with a six-person team on Lago Sarmiento aboard the 40’ research vessel R/V Neecho to study shifts in El Niño/La Niña frequency and intensity throughout the Holocene. Helped with seismic scans, gravity and piston cores, and CTD profiles of lake water chemistry.Created a multivariate lake hydrology model to predict isotopic composition of lake water based on climate parameters. Presented at the 2013 SES Research Review.

Worked with members of the Somero Lab in rivers, estuaries, and the intertidal regions with a three-person team to study cardiac function in fish under thermal stress and determine adaptive and acclimated tolerance.

1 of 17 students in the United States sponsored to join students from 23 countries around the world in a unique cultural and scientific experience.Studied mechanisms of interaction between signaling proteins in the MAPK cascade with the Seger Lab.

Assisted athletes and was responsible for in game dugout logistics and batboy scheduling.