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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Produced comprehensive pitch decks, P&L statements, and financial analysis reports for NeoNest Global (previously known as The Initiative) while also competing in major campus pitch competitions and successfully raising over $21,000 in capital funds for the organization.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Conducted comprehensive customer discovery in Kenya, presenting the incubator prototype developed by The Initiative project team to stakeholders from Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), Kombewa Hospital, Migori County Referral Hospital (MCRH), and VIA Global Health, while also gathering design feedback, establishing clinical trial partnerships, and securing pilot test locations.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Conducted targeted alumni outreach across diverse industries for KISA-hosted virtual networking sessions, enabling students to receive career guidance, connect with alumni, and gain valuable insights into various sectors.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Selected as one of the top 23 entrepreneurial-minded students out of 200+ applicants at the University of Michigan across all academic programs, majors, and years to participate in an elite and rigorous year-long fellowship that provides in-depth training and mentorship to develop functional, managerial, and leadership skills in entrepreneurship.Participated in the WUST San Francisco Trek and Seattle Trek, engaged with alumni, start-ups, and VCs in the area, and won two innovation challenges hosted by Mason and Pure Watercraft.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Shadowed and reported directly to the Co-Founder & CEO, actively participating in impactful humanitarian missions to reduce infant hypothermia globally. These missions have resulted in the annual rescue of over 11,000 babies in 85 hospitals across 23 countries in collaboration with esteemed partners such as Doctors Without Borders, Rotary Club, VIA Global Health, and others.Conducted visits to 7 hospitals in Kenya, engaging with over 25 physicians, nurses, and county health officials to gather insights on maternal and infant healthcare and researched opportunities to expand the clinical usage of the IncuBlanket to reduce newborn hypothermia incidence and infant mortality.Identified a significant contributor to infant mortality in Migori County Referral Hospital—the lack of adequate warmth in ambulances transporting infants during inter-hospital transport—and developed a strategy to provide over 73 IncuBlankets to nearby medical facilities to address the issue.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Researched and wrote a conference paper examining how the People's Power Party Presidential Candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, strategically utilized anti-feminism to appeal to young male voters during the 2022 South Korean presidential election.Presented findings at the eleventh annual Korean Studies Undergraduate Exchange Conference at the University of Southern California and won the best presentation award.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Participated in screening and identifying potent protein disulfide-isomerase protein inhibiting compounds that show significant in vitro efficacy that can be potentially used to treat glioblastoma.Learned to use novel drug discovery technologies to accomplish various research tasks, such as screening PDI through insulin-turbidimetric assay, testing PDI stability through thermal shift assay, and checking novelty and literature for the latest updates on PDI activities and inhibitors through SciFinder.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Led a department-funded research team under the guidance of Dr. Nicholas Valentino and constructed survey questions to examine the relationship between party partisanship and the safety perception of common vaccines and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.Fielded our survey to a stratified sample of 1,000 Americans through YouGov in March 2022 to obtain data.Conducted data analysis using Stata, revealing that Republicans perceived the COVID-19 vaccine as more dangerous compared to less politicized vaccines such as Influenza and NMR vaccines and were more hesitant towards the COVID-19 vaccine than Democrats.