• Provided expert consultation to graduate students and faculty, aiding in the selection of optimal statistical tests tailored to their research questions. • Provided troubleshooting support and practical assistance with SAS, R and SPSS code.

Initiated and pursued research agenda investigating the interaction between sleep and stress on day-to-day mental and physical health.• Secured over 250k in research funding and published 12 peer-reviewed research papers in high impact journals; research presented at international conferences as well as cited by news outlets.• Designed and led studies covering biobehavioral, cognitive, and emotional asessments, including cross-sectional studies, ecological momentary assessment (EMA), longitudinal designs.• Created data analysis strategies and applied statistical models (e.g., machine learning, Network-Meta Analyses, ITC) with SAS and R.• Managed data infrastructure and created data processing pipelines for behavioral and biological data.• Prepared summary reports for funding agencies, maintained research timelines, and communicated with ethics boards and SABs.

Sessional instructor for Undergraduate Psychology Honors program in the 2023-2024 academic year.• Mentored honors students in the process of honing their skills in writing high-level scientific reports and manuscripts. • Adapted and adjusted feedback for students in research areas unrelated to my own.• Facilitated instruction and managed a cohort of 50 highly motivated undergraduate psychology honors students.

Teaching Assistant for undergraduate psychology courses (e.g., Health Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Honors) at the Department of Psychology for each academic year.

• Collaborated with team of computer scientist to design of human-centered interactive technologies that address complex problems requiring diverse viewpoints and methodologies.• Utilized a range of methodologies including moderated and unmoderated interviews, field studies, A/B testing, and thematic analysis to evaluate acceptability and efficacy of prototype solutions.• Notably, completed project from conceptualization to high fidelity prototype in under 4 months.

Conducted clinical trial to evaluate feasibility of intranasal hormone (oxytocin) in reducing PTSD symptoms for military veterans.• Employed a variety of methods such as hormone and cytokine assays, experimental stress induction, as well as psychophysiology measures. • Analyzed data using quantitative methods (e.g., ANOVA, regression) in R and transformed the results into interpretable figures and graphs; findings subsequently presented at scientific conferences.• Trained and supervised a 20+ team of research assistants and created SOPs that have now become standard practice.• Responsible for creating and presenting weekly progress reports as well as maintaining study timelines as well as submitting quarterly reports to our funding agencies (e.g., NIH, US Department of Defense).

Research assistant in the Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology laboratory at UCSF under Dr. Wendy Mendes.• Interacted and walked 7+ participants weekly through experimental protocol. In addition, attached psychophysiological sensors (e.g. blood pressure, ECG, impedance cardiograph) to participants.• Guided participants through experimental protocol, data collection, data entry, data clean up, applying physiological sensors, participating in lab meetings, and programming (i.e. Inquisit).• Contributed in discussions of creating study designs

Facilitated local high school students through multiple leadership exercises and discussions; in addition to assist in the planning of a leadership conference at Orange High School.• Facilitator: Interacted with 15+ students and guided them through team building exercises and post-reflection.

Assisted primary investigator in various lab work (e.g. make/return phone calls, data entry, poster making), in addition to attending bi-weekly meetings and presenting the study at an on-campus research expo.• Investigator: Interacted and ran 7+ participants through the experimental measures, and recorded data.

Administrative assistant in the Chancellor’s office for the Institute for Excellence in Teaching.• Event Coordinator: Coordinated and set up 10+ events that promotes excellence in teaching (i.e. new faculty orientation, grading and technology workshops).• Data Entry: Entered survey data after every event into an Excel spreadsheet.• Note Taking: Participated in biweekly meetings and took concise notes; in addition, mailing out a structured and summarized version to all attendees.

Assisted in planning and facilitate educational presentations for the Orange chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness from May 20th to August 16th.• Activities Coordinator: Contacted and coordinated with various businesses and schools to organize presentations or informative classes on mental illness.• Presenter: Assisted in giving educational presentations on mental illness in a variety of locations.

Interned in an inpatient psychiatric ward for 3 months during the summers of 2011, 2012. • Interviewer: Interacted and interviewed 5+ psychiatric patients daily for background information and current well-being.• File Manager: Reviewed and updated 32 psychiatric files of new and current patients.• Mentee: Shadowed an inpatient psychologist and psychiatrist included attending medical rounds, 3 team meetings, 2 legal hearings, and 20+ interviews weekly.