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Education & Work
My education at Northwestern & UCLA, and professional experience
Education
M.S. Biomedical Engineering - Data Science & Software Design Concentration
Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering 2026
I'm now working on my Masters degree at Northwestern University! Here I'm hoping to further my knowledge of data science and software design, specifically in the context of biomedical engineering. My interests specifically lie in AI, and how I can use Machine Learning to better the lives of others, whether that be in biotech or beyond!
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science Emphasis
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering 2023
I graduated from UCLA's Samueli School of Engineering this December 2023! I originally chose to get my degree in Biomedical Engineering because of my interest in the rapidly growing field of biotechnology. While I primarily have focused my coursework around data science and software engineering, I took a wide breadth of classes on other subjects involving drug design/chemical engineering as well as robotics.
Professional Experience
Startup Backend Software Engineer
Lintbook Homeowner Expense Application
Recently I worked with a startup app project intended to help homeowners track their spending on house projects/purchases. As a backend engineer, I set up a workflow using AWS services that allows app subscribers to forward their invoices to an email inbox or upload them directly in the app, and use computer vision to automatically extract data from the invoice and create a receipt in the app for the user. Part of the code used for data extraction was also used to extract data from files directly uploaded to the app in a very similar manner. This project was fantastic for my experience as a backend engineer, and gave me my first deep-dive into working with AWS (S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, etc.), and building out an entire workflow to process invoice/receipt images uploaded to the app or sent to us via email using machine learning image recognition methods.
Clinical Research Data Specialist/Software Engineer
Cedars-Sinai Hospital Medical Imaging (Los Angeles)
In my senior year at UCLA I cooperated with the BIRI at Cedars-Sinai Hospital to put together our capstone project. For this project I led a team of 6 other UCLA engineers to refine a U-Net DL model used to segment abdominal CT Scans. We then used those segmented images along with a separate ML model to create an automated workflow for identifying patients with CT scans that showed possible signs of PDAC. After we presented this project to the Biomedical Engineering Board at UCLA, the group at Cedars-Sinai asked me to join their team as an intern. Since then, they have promoted me to the position of Research Associate as I continue to work on developing and training ML/DL models and publish written research.
Software Engineer
UCLA BMES Design Team
During my junior year at UCLA I worked with a group of 9 other engineers from UCLA’s Biomedical Engineering Society to develop a prototype therapeutic glove to aid in Parkinson’s rehabilitation. We used React Native to design an IOS app that worked in tandem with Arduino-controlled glove sensors. These sensors gathered data from hand movements made by the subject and tracked tremors and possibly involuntary movements.
Back of House Staff
Vinbero Wine Bar
The summer after my sophomore year at UCLA, I worked at a wine bar in Edmonds, WA. Here I prepped food, and did regular lunch and dinner service 5 days/week. Nothing makes you appreciate the wonderful food service workers like walking a mile in their shoes, so I am extremely grateful for my time here.
Teaching Aide
University of Washington – MATH 120
In my junior year my math teacher at Roosevelt High School (who also teaches summer courses at UW) asked me if I would come be her TA for the summer. This was my first real job, and an extremely rewarding one at that. I graded and recorded assignments for classes of 60+ students, and assisted professor in organizing lectures and accompanying coursework as well as providing out of class office hours for students in need of extra help.
