Experience
The Climb
Climbing is about making progress one move at a time, with each step setting up the next. Here's my path so far, most recent first.
Still climbing…
2026 — 2030
Duke University
B.S.E. Biomedical Engineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering (intended) · Durham, NC
Where the route goes next.
- Relevant coursework: Data Structures & Computer Algorithms, Differential Equations, Chemistry/Biology, Engineering Design
- Return offer · Summer 2027
Jun — Aug 2026
Raytheon
Software & Research Intern · Arlington, VA
Evaluation infrastructure for a fraud-detection research program.
- Rebuilt a fragmented benchmarking pipeline into a modular, end-to-end evaluation framework in Python, cutting per-run setup from 4 hours to 10 minutes and making results reproducible across 5 data sources.
- Benchmarked anomaly-detection models against realistic synthetic event data and characterized 3 failure modes where detectors missed suspicious activity. The test harness was adopted by a 35-person team and 3 customers.
Jun — Aug 2025
MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute
Quantum Software · Cambridge, MA
Exact simulation of the 1D transverse-field Ising spin chain.
- Built an exact quantum simulation of the 1D transverse-field Ising model in Q# and Qiskit; published on GitHub.
- Applied quantum algorithms (Quantum Fourier Transform, Shor’s) to optimize circuit efficiency; presented to 500+ peers.
May 2024 — Present
Agent-Based Modeling Research
Research Intern · Dr. Taylor Anderson · Fairfax, VA
Computational models for public health decision-making.
- Engineered an agent-based model of vaccine uptake across 5.5K synthetic agents linking social factors and health policy.
- Pioneered a small-area estimation approach using iterative proportional fitting, improving local health-outcome predictions by 2% over CDC benchmarks across 50+ counties.
- Co-authored 4 peer-reviewed publications and open-sourced model code and datasets.
Jun — Jul 2024
Stanford Clinical Science, Technology & Medicine
Summer Intern · Stanford medX · Stanford, CA
AIDKnIT: AI-driven robotics for patient-centered care.
- Developed AIDKnIT, an AI-driven robotics concept for patient-centered care, with the Stanford medX team and clinicians.
- Produced and presented an ePatient case study to clinicians and engineering mentors.
- 1st of 520
Mar 2023 — Jun 2026
HackTJ
Winner → President / Director · Tysons, VA
Won it, then ran it.
- Built SwiftStudy, an app that turns uploaded notes into source-linked study questions (OpenAI API, AWS). Placed 1st out of 520 participants.
- Later led HackTJ as President / Director.
Sep 2022 — Present
Givology
Head of Events & Special Projects · Fairfax, VA
Global education nonprofit (501(c)(3)).
- Spearheaded 6 fundraising campaigns raising over $18K for education initiatives for children in developing countries.
- Managed Facebook and LinkedIn presence with 7.8K followers.
Aug 2022 — Jun 2026
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Advanced Studies Diploma · GPA 4.60 (W) · Alexandria, VA
Base camp.
- Founder, TJClimbing NGO · Associate Editor-in-Chief, TEKNOS Research Journal · President, Coding Lady Colonials
- Coursework: Statistics, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, AP Physics, Computer Vision, Mobile/Web Dev
Base camp
Honors
- Congressional Award Gold Medalist
- International Research Olympiad Semifinalist
- 4 peer-reviewed publications
- 1st of 520, HackTJ