UC San Diego - CSE & Halicioglu Data Science Institute
Teaching DSC 232R: Big Data Analytics Using Spark and CSE 150A: Intro to AI.
Forging a Sustainable Future: Harnessing Bioinformatics and AI to Ensure Food Security and Species Rescue in the Face of a Changing Climate.
Machine Learning Engineer
Informuta, Inc.
Applying AI solutions to predict and forecast antimicrobial resistance.
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow
UC Davis
Mentors: Patrice Koehl (Computer Science) and Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra (Population Genomics).
Fellowship includes $425,000 hiring incentive upon tenured faculty appointment.
Education
PhD Biological Sciences (Comparative Genomics)
University of California, Irvine
Dissertation: “Evolutionary Comparative Genomics and Analyses”
Advisor: Brandon S. Gaut
MS Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine
BS Computer Science (Biomedical Computing)
University of California, Irvine
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python (TensorFlow, PyTorch, PySpark)
Machine Learning & AI
Bioinformatics
High-Performance Computing
Research Areas
Computational Genomics
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Computer Vision
Awards
Featured Researcher - SDSC & ACCESS-CI
San Diego Supercomputer Center ∙
July 2023
Research on maize RNA secondary structures featured in press releases and national highlights.
UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of California Office of the President ∙
September 2021
Prestigious fellowship for outstanding women and minority PhD recipients pursuing academic careers.
Includes $425,000 hiring incentive upon tenured faculty appointment.
UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship
University of California Office of the President ∙
December 2020
Selected as member of inaugural cohort of 29 UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellows.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)
National Science Foundation ∙
September 2017
Three-year fellowship supporting graduate research in computational biology and genomics.
NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship (LSAMP CAMP)
National Science Foundation ∙
September 2016
Fellowship supporting first-year doctoral studies through the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) program.