CV

A PDF-version of my CV is also available here.

Current Position

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

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.

Bioinformatics consultant: 2022 - present. - Consulted with Boundless Bio, Inc. (San Diego, CA).

List available here or on Google Scholar.

ASHG (Los Angeles, CA, October 2022).
- Poster
ITCR (St. Louis, MO, September 2022).
- Poster
RECOMB (La Jolla, CA, May 2022).
- Poster
Bionano Genomics Symposium (Online, January 2022).
- Talk
- Panelist
CSHL Biology of Genomes Conference (Online, May 2021).
- Talk
CSE Research Virtual Open House (Online, Apr. 2021).
- Talk
Moores Cancer Center Cancer Genomics Cross-Laboratory Meeting (Online, Apr. 2021).
- Talk
CSHL Biological Data Science Conference (Online, Nov. 2020).
- Lightning talk
- Poster
AGBT (Marco Island, FL. February, 2020).
- Bionano Genomics Industry Session Talk
- Poster
CSE Research Open House (La Jolla, CA. February, 2020).
- Poster, won “Best Research Poster” cash award
ASHG (Houston, TX. October, 2019).
- Platform talk
Moores Cancer Center Delivering Discoveries Retreat (La Jolla, CA. October, 2019).
- Poster
Salk Institute Inaugural Integrative Biology Symposium (La Jolla, CA. September, 2019).
- Poster
UCSD Bioinformatics EXchange (BEX) (La Jolla, CA. September, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019).
- Talk
Southwestern Bioinformatics Conference (La Jolla, CA. May, 2019).
- Talk
Undergraduate Bioinformatics Council (UBIC) Graduate Panel (La Jolla, CA. April, 2018).
- Panelist
ASHG (San Diego, CA. October, 2018).
- Poster
UBIC Industry and Academia Bioinformatics Symposium (La Jolla, CA. March, 2017).
- Talk

Peer reviewer (April 2022 - present)
- Journals reviewed for:
  - Cell Genomics
  - Oncogenesis
  - Science Advances
Bafna Lab Server Systems Administrator (June 2016 - present)
- Manage multi-node, 120 core, 350Tb Ubuntu cluster computer with approximately 10 active users.
- Conducted installation/configuration of multiple network filesystems, including hardware upgrades to SSD NFS.
- Cluster job submission system maintenance/management.
- Manage cluster access, train new users.
BISB Peer Mentor Program (September 2018 - June 2019)
UCSD Bioinformatics Booth at San Diego Festival of Sciences (Petco Park, San Diego. March 2018)
- Coordinated UCSD Bioinformatics booth at a K-12 STEM outreach event, featuring a Lego DNA sequencer.
UC San Diego Graduate Bioinformatics Student Council
- President (June 2017 – June 2018)
  - Organized recruitment weekends, Town Hall meetings & program events. Managed annual budget.
- Director of Outreach (June 2016 – June 2017)
  - Attended ABCRMS 2017 Conference & LMU 2017 Diversity Conference, on behalf of UCSD to recruit underrepresented students in STEM to pursue graduate degrees at UCSD.
- Student Representative (September 2015 – June 2016)

Teaching Assistant - CSE 280A Algorithms in Population Genetics (UC San Diego) – Winter Quarter 2017, Winter Quarter 2018.
- Course instructed by Vineet Bafna
Academic Connections Instructor (UC San Diego Extension) – Summer 2017.
- Designed curriculum for & instructed a three-week college bridge course for high-school students.
Guest Lecturer - BENG 162 (UC San Diego) – Winter Quarter 2016, 2017.
- Title “Analyzing NGS data from pooled CRISPR screens”. Course instructed by Prashant Mali
Academic Support Program tutor/mentor, (University of Washington) – Fall 2013.