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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Rigorous study of options theory & mock trading; monitoring and analyzing live trades with risk managers on desk
• Built advanced volatility time decay models for equity option markets, employing regression analysis and time series modeling, thorough data preprocessing and feature selection to enhance model performance

Stanford, California, United States

• Teach a weekly discussion section of ~15 students; design section content on topics like recursion & Big-O
• Mentor students through personalized 1:1 feedback sessions, hold office hours, recruit & train new section leaders

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Modeled forward rates and term structures based on short stock margins; analyzed extensive datasets of broker trade order flow to design innovative trading strategies for the index options desk
• Designed and implemented a parallel computing trading simulation strategy that computationally managed positions, calculated theoretical values, and responded quickly to other traders in the market

Santa Clara County, California, United States

• Fine-tuned machine learning models for visual tech applications including 3D reconstruction & video interpolation
• Designed and filed a patent on AR-based navigation and advertising solutions in autonomous vehicles. Collaborated with experts across teams and enhanced object detection for Intel's smart windshield technology

New York, New York, United States

Conducted in-depth market research and financial analysis to support investment decisions, and successfully sourced a deal to add to the company’s portfolio.

Stanford, California, United States

Worked in conjunction with the NASA Europa Clipper Mission to test a method of using a radar sounder to measure tides on Europa as part of the Stanford Earth Summer Undergraduate Research (SESUR) program in the Radio Glaciology Lab (June-August 2021). Integrated remote sensing measurements into a MCMC-based carbon cycle model as a part-time research.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Conducted research at UC Santa Cruz for two consecutive summers: Developed machine reading algorithms to analyze changes in sediment reworking behavior of marine organisms over time. Investigated and visualized anomalies in the emission lines of supermassive black holes.

Austin, Texas, United States

Analyzed remote sensing data to study post-wildfire vegetation recovery. Developed experience working with satellite imagery and geographic information systems.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: CS145 (Databases) Course Assistant, CS198 Section Leading Artificial Intelligence Track

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mathematical And Computational Sciences

Activities and Societies: Residential Assistant, Stanford Science Olympiad, Golden Gate Science Olympiad, Stanford Wind Symphony, Stanford.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Sigma Xi Science Research Honor Society, Science Olympiad, Environmental Science Club, Tri-Music Honor Society.