Researcher • Leader • Innovator • Athlete
App Development & Educational Technology
Rebuilding an app for explicit instruction in phonemic awareness and early phonics to build a sound foundation for fluent reading using evidence-based curriculums. Revamping the app to improve teacher flow, student flow, and student progress tracking for children at risk for reading failure.
Founder & Officer
Founded and direct all activities for this 249-member club, fostering creativity and social interaction through building activities separate from academic pressures.
School Chapter President
Lead planning and execution of activities to raise Hepatitis B awareness, with specific focus on outreach to the AAPI community. Previously served as Activities Coordinator.
Team Captain (7+ Years)
Continuously serving as Team Captain since 5th grade, organizing annual tournaments and maintaining team standards. Also serve as Head Coach for K-3rd grade clinics.
Team Captain
Led the JV team fostering teamwork through encouragement and managing on-court communication with referees and players.
Society for Neuroscience - World's Largest Neuroscience Conference
Research poster accepted as late-breaking submission: "Multiscale Systems Biology Framework to Model mBDNF–proBDNF-Mediated Bifurcation Dynamics in CNS Neurotrophin Signaling"
Spiking Prototypical Neural Networks
Built and analzyed a spiking prototypical neural network for meta-learning capabilities and energy efficiency compared with a standard prototypical neural network.
UC Berkeley Professor Mentorship
Processed and analyzed EEG data from the TUH EEG Corpus using Python's MNE library. Extracted wavelet coefficients to train a CNN for automated epilepsy detection.
Quantitative Finance Machine Learning
Developed an LightGBM model ensemble for stock price forecasting with walk-forward testing. Achieved a 2.09 Sharpe ratio and 80% annualized growth, demonstrating strong risk-adjusted returns.
Multiple High Rankings
California School of Mathematics and Science
Sequenced bacteriophage genes, utilized PCR, Gibson cloning, and AlphaFold
Computational Biology Pre-College
Phylogenetic analysis, sequence alignment, automated biolab workflows
Computational Neuroscience Program
Neural circuit modeling, brain-computer interface design, electrophysiology
Selected member competing in Serra Ethics Bowl, analyzing complex ethical dilemmas
Science & Technology Writer covering advancements and breakthroughs
Active member participating in discussions and science-related activities
~30 hours/year supporting economic mobility and community building through food distribution events
~60 hours/year since 2022 coaching clinics, tournament logistics, and scorekeeping
"A Thousand Brains" • "The Worlds I See" • "Code Breaker" • "Why Fish Don't Exist"