CV

A complete PDF version of my CV is available here.

Experience

• Assistant Project Scientist, (La Jolla, CA) August 2024 - present.
  • Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego. Vineet Bafna Lab.
• Postdoctoral Scholar, (La Jolla, CA) January 2022 - August 2024.
  • Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego. Vineet Bafna Lab.

Education

• UC San Diego, (La Jolla, CA) 2015 - 2021.
  • Ph.D., Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (December, 2021).
  • M.S., Computer Science (March, 2019).

  • Masters’ and Ph.D. thesis advised by Professor Vineet Bafna.

• University of Washington, (Seattle, WA) 2010 - 2015.
  • B.S., Applied Computational & Mathematical Sciences. Minor in Mathematics.
  • Graduated with Interdisciplinary Honors. Member of UW Honors Program.

Other professional experience

• Bioinformatics consultant: April 2022 - September 2022. - Consulted for Boundless Bio, Inc. (San Diego, CA).

Publications

List available here or on Google Scholar.

Media

• The New York Times, Science section: “Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand Mysterious DNA Circles Common in Cancer Cells” by Carl Zimmer
• National Cancer Institute - Coming Full Circle on Cancer and Extrachromosomal DNA
• Nature - News & Views: “Extrachromosomal DNA appears before cancer forms”
• UC San Diego Today: “UC San Diego Researchers Help Discover That Tiny DNA Circles are Key Drivers of Cancer”
• UC San Diego Today: “Mapping Mutation ‘Hotspots’ in Cancer Reveals New Drivers and Biomarkers”
• Cancer Grand Challenges: “Novel insights into the role of ecDNA in the cancerous transition of Barrett’s oesophagus”
• The UCSD Guardian: “UC San Diego Researchers Help Identify Correlation Between Extrachromosomal DNA and Cancer”
• Fred Hutch Cancer Center Science Spotlight: “Extrachromosomal DNA contributes to cancerous transformation of Barrett’s esophagus”

Awards

• Doreen J. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation AACR Scholar-in-Training Award. (Feb. 2023)
• Cancer Grand Challenges UK Future Leader. (Nov. 2022)
• JXTX James Taylor Memorial scholarship recipient for CSHL BDS 2020 conference. (Nov. 2020)
• Bionano Genomics Conference Grant. (Feb. 2020)
• UCSD CSE Research Open House Best Research Poster award. (Feb. 2020)