I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in Cole Trapnell's lab at the University of Washington Department of Genome Sciences. I got my Ph.D. in Computational and Systems Biology from Washington University in St. Louis. I was co-advised by Barak Cohen and Mike A. White in the Edison Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, and the Department of Genetics.

I am interested in understanding how the instructions for multicellular life is programmed into a single genome. I use techniques from machine learning, active learning, systems biology, and data visualization to interpret sequencing data generated from high-throughput perturbation experiments. In my postdoc, I am developing new computational methods that infer gene regulatory networks to reveal mechanisms underlying zebrafish development. During my Ph.D., I created an active machine learning framework to model cis-regulatory grammar by continuously generating data through Massively Parallel Reporter Assays.

I believe that science should be accessible and welcoming to all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality, nationality, immigration status, religion, ability, socioeconomic status, and beyond. We all have an obligation to dismantle structures of power that prevent people from succeeding.

In my free time, I enjoy cooking, reading, playing video games, watching TV, and listening to emo and punk music.