"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams." — Gabriel García Márquez
affiliation
Undergraduate researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying Computer Science, Mathematics, and Biology. Undergraduate Research Scientist at the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI, NIST), Researcher at the Skolnick Lab (Georgia Tech), and Visiting Undergraduate Researcher at the Sabeti Lab (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard). Formerly a Research Fellow (now adjunct) at the Shakhnovich Lab (Harvard).
interests
Machine learning × biology. Drug discovery. Protein design & structure prediction. Cellular modeling. Biosecurity in the era of generative AI.
research
My research lies at the intersection of machine learning and molecular biology. I develop computational methods to understand protein structure and interactions, predict the effects of mutations, and detect emerging pathogens, with the goal of enabling more precise and evolution-resistant therapeutics.
beyond
Avid reader of literature, poetry, and history. Enthusiast of visual arts, theater, and dance. Please feel free to reach out if any of my work or interests pique your curiosity.
personal
Collections
A few of my favorite books, poems, and paintings.
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
↗ poetry foundationBeloved
"Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another."
↗ goodreadsThe Charge of the Light Brigade
"Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die."
↗ poetry foundationA Memory of Light
"There are no endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending."
↗ goodreadsLove in the Time of Cholera
"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good."
↗ goodreadsBecause I Could Not Stop for Death
"Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me."
↗ poetry foundationThe Way of Kings
"Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination."
↗ goodreadsGrant
"I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three."
↗ goodreadsMan's Search for Meaning
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
↗ goodreadsThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner
"He prayeth best, who loveth best all things both great and small."
↗ poetry foundation
Woman with a Parasol — Monet
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — Seurat
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee — Rembrandt
Judith Beheading Holofernes — Gentileschi
The Torment of Saint Anthony — Michelangelo
The Cardsharps — Caravaggio
The Anger of Achilles — David
Skeletons Warming Themselves — Ensor
Las Meninas — Velázquez
Almond Blossoms — van Gogh
Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen — Turner
Dog Guarding a Basket of Grapes — Snyders
The Seventh Plague of Egypt — Martin
Water Mill — Thaulow
Portrait of Mademoiselle C. — Cassatt
The Window — Bonnard
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill — Trumbull