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Amherst, MA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

Singapore, Singapore

Quantum cryptography research. Coding software which exhaustively searches for quantum circuit S-box implementations that are optimized with respect to quantum depth and T-depth. Testing software design on known S-boxes to verify correctness of the implementations and their suspected optimized depths. Found optimized implementations for LowMC and PRESENT.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Applied cryptography research. Creation of novel, lightweight encryption protocol designed for the Internet of Things. Implementation of aforementioned encryption protocol into lightweight test devices with varying specs. Created a threat model for a theoretical security analysis. Wrote results into a research manuscript, which will be published by.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Took responsibility for the well-being of a dorm and all the residents inside. Managed, advocated for, and assisted residents. Created programs and events for the purposes of community-building. Performed on-call duty four times a week, helping students in crisis or reporting dangerous situations.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Established proper and constant communication between student leaders and Student Activities. Was on-call for any organized activities, and assisted when student organizers need support. Reported feedback to Student Activities to help optimize event strategies and communication.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Wrote for, posted for, and managed the Amherst Student Activities social media profiles. Tracked feedback and analytics, and adjusted for better outreach and marketing. Communicated with large groups of students for improved analytics, achieved up to 200% increased engagement over several months.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Worked in lab built for Bose-Einstein condensation research. Used traces and measurements from machine, correlated with manually detected magnetic noise, to find ground loops and spaces in lab with substantial signal interference. Then corrected for errors and constructed a high-precision magnetometer to detect all such interferences.

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Researched spectral graph theory applied to quantum physics. Developed on (discrete) graph model of quantum mechanics, and used the standard postulates of quantum mechanics to assert similarity to real-world models. Then, used spectral graph theory and Python to determine the effects of interface and bridge gluing on energy eigenvalues.

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Worked independently with the Basic Plasma Science Facility. Created a triple Langmuir probe using Schematic and PCB Design software, which became a permanent staple of the Large Plasma Device's functionality. By placing multiple electrodes into the plasma and varying the voltage bias between them, we can easily detect the current at which the ions become.

Stanford, California, United States

Was one of 45 accepted out of a pool of 600+ applicants. Lead a research team of 4 as the sole programmer. Researched the sensitivity lower bound of a hypercube’s vertices under an arbitrary boolean function. Wrote, edited, and published a research journal, “The Average Sensitivity of Boolean Functions on Hypercubes,” in The Informaticists.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics

Activities and Societies: President of Math Club. Member of Spectra (physics club) and Chess Club.

Concurrent Enrollment With Graduate School, Mathematics