Neuroscience of Cognitive Control Lab, advised by Jon Cohen. Computational cognitive science and deep learning for VLM interpretability and psychological analyses.

Mentor: Dr. Necibe TuncerAuthored two publications, presented at five conferences. Developed a novel HIV model incorporating protein interaction using ODEs; explored parameter identifiability with Differential Algebra and Monte Carlo simulations.

Mentor: Dr. Matthew Disney @ UF Scripps Biomedical Research, Department of Chemistry • Expanded Inforna – a database matching small molecules to RNA secondary structural motifs – to include 194 new molecules and 82 new motifs• Synthesized covalent binders to target c-Myc RNA and r(CAG) expansion• Screened dozens of small molecule binders against the frame-shifting element of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in HEK293-T cells

• Developed machine learning model to predict location of DNA transcription factors given a sequence • Presented on efficacy of prediction models (decision trees, linear regression) for disease given clinical trial data

Designed gRNA to mitigate APOE-e4 gene (Alzheimer’s gene) through use of CRISPR