cv

Short version of my CV. For the full CV please check out the PDF linked on the right.

Education

  • Expected
    2028
    Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Expected
    2026
    M.S. in Computer Science
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
  • 2023
    B.S. in Applied Mathematics with Specialization in Computing
    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California
    • Cum laude.

Research Experience

  • 09/2023
    - Present
    Allman Fellow & Research Assistant
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
    • Refining diffusion models to accurately model and predict complex stochastic systems, emphasizing their mathematical underpinnings.
  • 06/2022
    - 03/2023
    Research Assistant
    Department of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
    • Investigated an optimization problem related to the Morrey conjecture that rank-one convexity does not imply quasi-convexity.
    • First successful numerical strategy to prove the Morrey Conjecture by finding example functions.
  • 02/2022
    - 06/2022
    Research Assistant
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
    • Constructed a mechanistic simulation-based model and a boosted regression tree model to predict tick population abundance.

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    • UW-Madison Allman Fellowship

Teaching

  • Winter 2022
    Grader
    PIC-20A: Principles of Java Language with Applications, UCLA
  • Spring 2022
    Learning Assistant
    CS 31: Introduction to Computer Science I, UCLA
  • Winter 2022
    Learning Assistant
    Math 32B: Calculus of Several Variables, UCLA