- NEMT Research: I've been diving deep into understanding how Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) impacts folks in rural and semi-urban areas. It's fascinating to see the real-world effects and areas we can improve. Specifically social determinants of health.-Data Engineering: I am responsible for the architecture, design, and maintenance of our company's data pipelines. - Strategic Leadership: I, with our executive director, set the direction and vision for the data science team, aligning it with the company's broader goals and mission statement.- Building Partnerships: I team up with community adjacent organizations, e.g. County transit authorities, hospitals and medical centers to solve broader transit accessibility and social determinants of health problems.

--- We have partnered with Volunteer Transportation Center Inc. ---Our company specializes in software and mobile app solutions for medical transportation, primarily catering to rural and semi-rural areas. We also engage in data science consulting for research institutes, hospitals, private organizations, and are enthusiastic about collaborating on community-focused initiatives. Our current objectives include minimizing missed medical appointments, reducing hospital readmission rates, optimizing trip planning, and delivering actionable analytics, all in compliance with Medicare regulations.By forging strong, enduring relationships with our partner organizations, we empower them to put their valuable data to work, ultimately leading to informed decision-making and enhancement of process workflows. Please check us out at https://tktrips.com

Adjunct professor in the Cognitive Science Department and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute. I teach lower and upper division data science coursesAverage instructor rating 98%. ~1100 students taught to date!

Provide consultations for clients working on data science related projects, or clients trying to learn more about how data science and machine learning are influencing different domains.

Assist Healthgen.AI with project scope, planning and technical guidance. I typically sit in on client meetings to help facilitate requirements, and understand how Healthgen.AI can solve their client's data problems. Engagements have revolved around the medical and healthcare industries, as well as projects looking at social determinants of health.

- Provide guidance, support and technical mentorship to students working through data science and machine learning related courses. - Develop and lead technical/industry related seminars/workshops both in person and online.

- Provided guidance and lectures regarding coursework, interviewing, industry trends, and technical tools

- Clients included the Navy Balboa Medical Center, Marine Corp SYSCOM, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, and SSC-PAC- Projects included optimization of hospital inventory ordering system, defining metrics and a data pipeline for Navy fleet training systems, broad exploratory analysis of data systems, and data analytics project development guidance.

- Developed story driven neuroscience educational lesson plans: https://backyardbrains.com/experiments/- Traveled domestically and internationally to teach and engage students with hands-on neuroscience experiments- Published peer reviewed nerve conduction velocity research in the Journal of Advances in Physiology Education- Our team was awarded an SBIR grant through the National Institute of Health to develop innovative neuroscience education products

- Assisted with brain computer interface EEG research in the occipital lobe- Teaching Assistant (TA) for three upper division cognitive neuroscience courses- Analyzed data in support of examining the neural basis for spatial cognition, decision-making, and episodic memory

- Partnered with parents and students to devise academic goals, study plans, and build academic confidence- Maintained student data and produced academic metrics and reports for parents and students