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Mountain View, CA, US

Soh Lab, Stanford, California

Developing tools for small molecule and protein biomarker quantification for early disease diagnosis including problems such as: - Practical multiplexed measurement of proteins that span across the proteomic range- Quantitative use of cross-reactive affinity reagents - Spatial and temporal monitoring of cellular signaling moleculesThesis available.

Reshaped graduate BIOC 241 course w/ Rhiju Das for Online Learning. Flipped classroom, developed, and led synchronous section. Topics covered include: thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of macromolecular folding, kinetics of enzymatic processes, and bistable systems using fixed point analysis.

Mumbai, India And Via Zoom

Teaching and helping develop project based curriculum to introduce modern artificial intelligence to high school students in multi-week intensive course. Basic curriculum develops from linear and logistic regression, building up to KNNs, NLP, and CNNs via socially impactful projects. Advanced curriculum delves into Healthcare focused AI with more advanced.

Taught BIOE101/201 Introduction to Systems Biology. Led recitations, wrote and graded homeworks and exams, held office hours.

Stanford, CA

Taught and revamped curriculum for EE 235, Analytical Methods in Biotechnology. Led lab modules with two other TAs. Topics include restriction enzymes, immunoassays, bacterial transformation, and sequencing. Instigated and taught mini-lectures during down time ranging from DNA/protein structure and dynamics to details on Nanopore sequencing.

Molecular Information Systems Lab, Seattle, WA

Spearheaded wet lab automation device (PurpleDrop) for DNA data storage (See Nature Comm 2019 publication)More general information on PurpleDrop and its spinout projects since its inception can be explored on the MISL webpage!

Imtek, Freiburg, Germany

Stress mitigation in thin film electrodes for neuroprosthetics. See publications.

Seattle, WA

Managing one of the UW’s residential hall floors of 50-110 diverse students, while providing paraprofessional advising and developing programs on diversity, personal development, security, and academic performance.

Biorobotics Laboratory, Seattle, WA

Analyzing Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for real-time myoelectric control of prosthetics and creating algorithm for robotic sensory feedback mapping (ROS, Linux). Developed 3D tissue models for auricular reconstruction surgical practice.

Seattle, WA

Prepared, led, and taught week-long computer coding sessions to students age 7 to 14.

Seattle

Working with Seattle Biomed Director of BioQuest to develop phantom tissue curriculum for high school students. Presented curriculum to 70 teachers in Biomed Infectious Inquiry workshop at the Gates Foundation. Will be presenting curriculum at individual high schools in the greater Seattle Area. This project is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates.

Hsinchu, Taiwan

Built a sensory-motor fusion system by analyzing walking and stair stepping CPG’s and integrated in Matlab to estimate human intention for control of a lower extremity exoskeleton robot.

• Prepared medical equipment, updated software, ran errands, and shadowed anesthesiologists.
• Worked in Operating Rooms, PeriAnesthesia Care Unit, and the Billing Office of Anesthesiology.Volunteer.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Bioengineering

Activities and Societies: Stanford Graduate Fellowship (SGF) NSF Stanford Cycling (Cyclocross Co-Captain)

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Departmental Honors, Bioengineering, 3.7

High School Diploma, 3.94

Activities and Societies: FIRST Robotics-FRC, Culinary Arts, Chamber Orchestra, CWC-Creating a World of Change, Tennis