Currently working under the advisory of Enoch Yeung in the Biological Control Lab (BCL) in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

My current projects:

-Developing a parameterized hybrid promoter library which will provide a number of promoters with distinct gene activation profiles in both log and stationary phase.

-Validating time-varying genetic circuit models proposed and analyzed in this paper using the promoters from my hybrid promoter library and the algorithmic framework from this paper .

-For a friendly introduction to most of my current research, please read my recent SIAM News article

Interests : Control theory, mathematical modeling, system identification, optimization, data science, numerical analysis

For more detailed info on my coursework, experience, and skillset, please see my CV .

Bio:

My research career started in high school when I got an internship at the Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology at UCLA. Here, I helped in the design and testing of a novel prostate cancer treatment method called focal laser ablation. During my B.S. in Applied Math at UC San Diego, I was a supplemental Instructor for pre-calculus, calculus, and linear algebra courses for three out of the four years of my undergraduate career. I got into the University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees Program (UC LEADs) in which I gained funding for my undergraduate research. Through UC LEADs, I was able to conduct research in the Coimbra Research Group at UC San Diego working on numerical methods for solving variable order differential equations. I also used this funding to perform computational simulations of respiratory drug intake in the human trachea in the Delplanque Research Group at UC Davis. After several varied research experiences, I began my PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara with the Mechanical Engineering Excellence Fellowship. Here, I have expanded my expertise further in mathematical modeling, data science, and control theory for applications in biological systems under the supervision of Dr. Enoch Yeung in the Biological Control Lab.