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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Developed and compared novel supervised machine learning models to assess aspects of cognitive function using features derived from passive smartphone typing behaviors.• Engineered features from smartphone typing and accelerometer metadata relating to diurnal patterns and sleep for use in predictive models of cognition.• Designed unsupervised machine learning method to process accelerometer metadata collected during smartphone typing to compare to patterns in mood and cognition.•… Show more • Developed and compared novel supervised machine learning models to assess aspects of cognitive function using features derived from passive smartphone typing behaviors.• Engineered features from smartphone typing and accelerometer metadata relating to diurnal patterns and sleep for use in predictive models of cognition.• Designed unsupervised machine learning method to process accelerometer metadata collected during smartphone typing to compare to patterns in mood and cognition.• Explored influence of time of day on response inhibition as measured by Go/No-Go task in those with mood disorders using mixed effects models.• Identified individual characteristics in diurnal smartphone orientation through accelerometer metadata for detection of mood changes.• Analyzed smartphone keyboard metadata to determine correlation between typing speed, mood, and trail-making test time using hierarchical mixed-effects models. Show less

Atlanta, Ga

• Developed standard curves for tracers to use in field testing of product feed rates,performed raw material testing and product analysis on equipment parts for R&D• Analyzed water samples to determine the molecular composition and effectiveness of the function of the water treatment system• Digested deposit samples to obtain elemental composition for determination ofcomponent failure in water treatment equipment• Maintained analytical instruments used in analysis of water… Show more • Developed standard curves for tracers to use in field testing of product feed rates,performed raw material testing and product analysis on equipment parts for R&D• Analyzed water samples to determine the molecular composition and effectiveness of the function of the water treatment system• Digested deposit samples to obtain elemental composition for determination ofcomponent failure in water treatment equipment• Maintained analytical instruments used in analysis of water and deposit samples• Tested physical characteristics of all products according to the standard operatingprocedures and provided adjustments to product formulations as needed Show less

Georgia Institute Of Technology

• Studied the efficacy of TNF-α and IFN-γ to induce inflammation in vivo forcomparison of lymphatic vessel permeability to healthy vessels• Developed a method for quantification of lymphatic vessel permeability in vivo usingmouse models and near-infrared imaging to relate to the cause of lymphedema• Characterized and optimized a protocol for a near-infrared fluorescent tracer andcompared the results to the dye currently being used in near-infrared imaging oflymphatic… Show more • Studied the efficacy of TNF-α and IFN-γ to induce inflammation in vivo forcomparison of lymphatic vessel permeability to healthy vessels• Developed a method for quantification of lymphatic vessel permeability in vivo usingmouse models and near-infrared imaging to relate to the cause of lymphedema• Characterized and optimized a protocol for a near-infrared fluorescent tracer andcompared the results to the dye currently being used in near-infrared imaging oflymphatic vessels Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Concentration in Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry

Minor in Spanish Research Option with emphasis on bioengineering, advisor: Dr. J. Brandon Dixon Petit Undergraduate Research Scholar