× Engineered machine learning pipeline – including consumer facing web app and novel neural network – allowing wireless mouse users to train gesture recognition models× Collaborated with project managers on full stack development to ensure compatibility with existing product software and firmware

• Tutored high school and college students in calculus, physics, and writing, creating personalized lesson plans and building years-long relationships.

× Collaboratively developed and taught 24-week workshop series on technical aspects of engineering brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)× Led weekly troubleshooting sessions for fourteen student teams designing BCIs and provided one-on-one mentorship for team leads× Centralized organizational knowledge via GitHub and training board members on new hardware, thereby doubling the amount of available EEG headsets× Pushed for big-picture strategizing to improve goals and culture, and implemented structural changes for long-term organizational growth

× Engineered novel GAN algorithm to refocus single planar images to desired depths, leading to a 10-fold improvement in the spatial resolution of the world’s fastest 3D fluorescence microscope (Nature Methods publication pending)× Led 10-person team to design, build, and optimize multi-functional microscopes for insect brain imaging, resulting in 4 publications at UCLA Undergraduate Research symposium× Identified weaknesses in management, data storage, and onboarding, implementing best practices which improved lab output and cohesion× Continually collaborated with senior leadership in developing big picture research vision and translated this road map into quantifiable goals for research team× Initiated and built relationships with research collaborators at leading universities which facilitated crucial material and knowledge exchange× Went above scope of position to self-teach in vivo insect microsurgery allowing for brain imaging with live fly specimen

× Oversaw operations, maintenance, staff recruitment, and customer outreach of popular tourist attraction with 4.9-star Google rating