I am a second-year PhD student at MIT EECS co-advised by Heng Li and Bonnie Berger. My research involves developing computational methods for analyzing biological sequencing data, and I am currently working on projects related to read alignment (in collaboration with Victoria Popic) and genome assembly. I have also worked on methods for identifying somatic structural variation and analyzing ancient DNA.

I was previously at UT Austin, where I majored in computer science, math, and English literature and received an MS in computational science (advised by Vagheesh Narasimhan). My other research experience also includes work in physical oceanography (with the UT Computational Research in Ice and Ocean Systems group) and in computational materials (through the UT Freshman Research Initiative).

For a more detailed description of my academic and work activity, see my CV.


Unrelated Facts About Me

  1. I spent the summer before my PhD studying and performing Shakespeare through the Winedale program. I was in productions of Hamlet (Ophelia), As You Like It (forest lord/page), Cymbeline (soothsayer), and Julius Caesar (Lucius).
  2. I like to play the oboe and piano and currently play in the MIT Symphony Orchestra and the Broad Institute's chamber orchestra. Previously, I played in the UT Engineering Chamber Orchestra and UT University Orchestra.
  3. I am also usually reading too many books at once.