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Venmo Consumer Team

San Francisco, California, United States

Science lead for pricing diagnostics• Built & productionized optimization model for sampling external data. Improved accuracy of data by 40% and unlocked flexible data sampling, supporting monthly operational pricing campaigns at 20% reduced cost.• Developed rider pricing frameworks & business recommendations using product analytics & deep dives.• Ideated, built, and maintained business-critical dashboards & metrics, enabling data-driven pricing decisions.• Built team roadmap by identifying gaps in decision systems, impact sizing, collaborating cross-functionally with 6 teams, and reprioritizing initiatives as needed to align with evolving company needs.• Managed relationships with 2 third-party vendors to reduce vendor errors by 50%, improve accuracy of metrics by 13% & increase data coverage. Cleaned & analyzed external data to support rideshare models.Stepped up as product manager for 1 year to cover gap in staffing • Delivered $1M in annualized net revenue & cost-savings & 4% in improved data accuracy by leading 2 key projects end-to-end: conducted user research with stakeholders to identify high-impact projects, drafted project specs, onboarded a new third-party vendor & managed a pod of 4 software engineers.Stepped up as data engineer for 2 years to cover gap in staffing• Maintained pipelines, set up automated data quality checks & resolved bugs, ensuring clean & accurate data for pricing decisions.

San Francisco, Ca

PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Li Gan. Investigated the role of microglia in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis through the use of behavioral, cellular, and molecular techniques. • Collected, analyzed, and interpreted raw biological data using parametric and non-parametric statistical methods (i.e. t-tests, one-way and two-way ANOVAs, linear regressions, correlations, multivariate analysis).• Simplified data analysis by 25% by using correlations to identify pertinent ways to segment data.• Increased efficiency of data collection pipeline by 30% through standardization and identification of key metrics.• Spearheaded an interdisciplinary research program from inception to completion across 8 labs and 20 contributors, resulting in a multi-year grant from the National Institute of Health and two first-author publications.• Trained 8 new scientists in experimental design, data analysis, and presentation skills.

San Francisco Bay Area

Sole instructor for a semester-long graduate course on Biological Psychology taught to first year Clinical Psychology Psy.D. students at USF. • Taught a 12-week graduate-level course on Biological Psychology to 11 students. • Constructed an entirely new syllabus, combining material from multiple sources and disciplines.• Achieved 6/6 median score on all student feedback criteria, exceeding department averages in all 4 categories.

New Haven, Connecticut

Helped Yale students sharpen their writing skills through one-on-one mentoring. I worked with both native and non-native English speakers on written pieces from a broad range of disciplines.

New Haven, Connecticut

I studied the role of a tyrosine phosphatase, STEP, in Fragile X Syndrome by using genetic and pharmacological manipulations and quantifying outcomes through the use of western blotting and immunoprecipitation. My work in Dr. Lombroso's lab culminated in a two-part senior thesis on the effects of STEP on behavioral and biochemical aspects of Fragile X Syndrome.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Neuroscience Curriculum Committee Student Member (2014-2017), Neuroscience Bootcamp Committee Member.

B.S., Psychology

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Chi, Yale Writing Center Peer Tutor, MATHCOUNTS Tutor, Tutoring in Elementary School.

High School

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Scholar