Hello! 👋

I am research technician at the Miri Lab at Northwestern Univerisity, and am passionate for applying mathematics and machine learning in theoretical and computational neuroscience. I graduated here with Bachelors in both Mathematics and Data Science with a minor in Cognitive Science, and through the Fitzgerald Lab developed a senior thesis on neural encoding of zebrafish tail locomotion using biologically relevant RNNs. The brain is a computationally rich organ, and the secrets to its function lie in understanding these inner mechanisms. Particularly intrigued by motor control and motor planning, I’m interested studying the gap between motor behavior sets and the neural encodings of these behaviors.

Through my coursework, I’ve developed a strong skillset in Python, matlab, and R. I also hold a passion in data visualization, and have applied my skills through data dashboards for Chicagoland education non-profit Project SYNCERE and weather data interactives which received first place at Northwestern’s research symposium. In the past, I’ve researched through the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science at Northwestern into methods of classifying mysterious infrasound signals, and under their advisory I’ve developed my own mathematical algorithm to improve signal recovery programs of analogue seismograms such as SKATE.

Research is not my only passion. Having served as a teaching assistant in both the Data Science and Math departments, I enjoy helping a variety of students in tutoring roles to make STEM topics more accessible and easy to understand. I strongly beleive every student holds the expertise to learning and excelling in mathematics, and just need the right resources, teaching, and confidence to unlock that power. I currently work as an AMC 10/12 instructor at AoPS Academy in Northbrook, IL, and also as a substitute teacher for the RSM at Illinois locations.

By request, I also private tutor students in topics from pre-Algebra to Calculus, as well as SAT/ACT prep and AMC 10/12 prep. Please see the teaching tab for more information.

On the side, I enjoy music, sports, film editing, satirical news writing, and linguistics, and in my free time I like to cook, watch movies, build LEGO sets, visit museums, and take pictures of sunsets.