About Me
About Me
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Note: Website inspired by a close friend of mine, Darsh Gandhi
Hello! I am a half-Latino first-generation student from St. Louis, MO. In December of 2024, I graduated from the University of Missouri - St. Louis with my BS in Mathematics and a Philosophy minor. I began a Ph.D. in Geophysics at Stanford University shortly after in January 2025. However, due to medical injuries, I decided to drop out of the program and reapply for Ph.D. programs starting in Fall 2026.
In the meantime, I have gone back to my undergraduate institution to take more courses and intern through a collaboration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). There, I work on geoscience-related projects that I hope to present and publish information on at a later date.
Research Interests
Research Interests
My research interests are in applying dynamical systems and/or theoretical math/physics models to volcanology, specifically conduit systems or degassing. However, more broadly, I am interested in numerically modeling geophysical systems, specifically natural disasters, including but not limited to: hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, and tsunamis.
My past research has been in numerous topics, creating a broad skill set that has helped me today. Some research topics and techniques I have been exposed to include:
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
Total Variation Flow
Liquid Metal Dynamics
Mathematically Modeling the Retina
Linear Programming and Assignment Problems
Geoscience-related Problems
Specifically, I have worked on certain techniques to model these, including:
Finite Difference Methods
Dynamical Systems
Reduced-Order Modeling
Finite Element Method
Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Parameter Tuning and Estimation
Upcoming and Recent Activities
Upcoming and Recent Activities
UMSL NGA Internship (May 2025 - Current)
University of Missouri - St. Louis Undergraduate Research Symposium (Oral Presenter - April 2025)
Presented my research on modeling Retina growth that was done with the team I was a part of at the SIAM GSMMC
Volunteered as a spokesperson advocating for undergraduate research internships and REUs
One Algorithm to Rule Them All publication (April 2025)
Past Activities
Past Activities
MAKO Undergraduate Research Conference (Oral Presenter - November 2024)
Liquid Metal Dynamics Research with DRUMS REU
SACNAS Conference (Poster Presenter - October 2024)
Liquid Metal Dynamics Research with DRUMS REU
SIAM Mathematical Problems in Industry (July 2024)
Advisor: Johanna Voznak (University of Delaware Graduate College)
The goal was to determine optimal mentor-mentee pairings for the University of Delaware's GradLEAP program
The study explores two potential mathematical models: linear programming method using the Hungarian Method and a stable marriage formulation solved via the Gale-Shapley algorithm
SIAM Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp (July 2024)
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Anderson
Project: "Modeling Spatial Dependence of Rods and Cones in the Retina"
Worked with numerous graduate students to create two PDE models to explain the spatial dependence of rods and cones in the retina
Represented in UMSL's newspaper
Discusses my graduation plans to attend Stanford University at the time
Modeling and Simulations with PDEs Undergraduate Summer School at Texas A&M University (May 2024)
Worked with Jordan Hoffart as a mentor, together with other undergraduate students, to learn the theory behind modeling
Investigated a family of nonlinear dispersive PDEs used to model soliton waves and developed and implemented finite difference methods in Python to solve them
University of Missouri - St. Louis Undergraduate Research Symposium (Oral Presenter - April 2024)
Liquid Metal Dynamics Research with DRUMS REU
Emerging Researchers National Conference (Oral Presenter - March 2024)
Awarded 3rd place in the Computer Science and Information Management, and Data Science group for oral presentations
Liquid Metal Dynamics Research with DRUMS REU
Hispanic Scholarship Foundation Entertainment and Media Summit (Attendee - November 2023)
Math Alliance Field of Dreams Conference (Attendee - November 2023)
SACNAS Conference (Poster presenter - October 2023)
Total Variation Flow Research with SUMAR REU
North Carolina State University DRUMS REU (Summer 2023)
Advisor: Dr. Hangjie Ji
Project: “Mathematical Modeling of EGaIn Droplets Sliding Down an Inclined Plane”
Numerically observed a coupled fourth-order lubrication model through C and Python programming while comparing it to experiments analyzed through Matlab
Worked with Shawn Koohy, Kathryn Massey, and Megan Vezzetti
University of Missouri - St. Louis Undergraduate Research Symposium (Oral Presenter - April 2023)
Total Variation Flow Research with SUMAR REU
Colorado Conference for Underrepresented Students in Mathematics (Oral Presenter - April 2023)
Total Variation Flow Research with SUMAR REU
Central States Math Undergraduate Research Conference (Oral Presenter - February 2023)
Total Variation Flow Research with SUMAR REU
Emerging Researchers National Conference (Oral Presenter - March 2023)
After attending, I was mentioned in UMSL's newspaper
Liquid Metal Dynamics Research with DRUMS REU
Math Alliance Field of Dreams Conference (Attendee - November 2023)
SUMAR REU Closing Conference (Oral Presenter - August 2022)
Kansas State University SUMAR REU (Summer 2022)
Advisor: Dr. Marianne Korten
Project: "Total Variation Flow in R^n with examples relating to perimeters of level sets”
Properly derived a radial solution for multiple dimensions for the Total Variation Flow equation while analyzing the properties of the equation
Worked with Victoria Shumakovich
Mizzou's Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum (Online Presenter - May 2021)
University of Missouri - Columbia MOLSAMP REU (Summer 2021)
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Montgomery-Smith
Project: "Nonlinear Dynamics: A look into one-dimensional and two-dimensional flows"
Studied nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory through Strogatz’s Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering
Represented in the Local Newspaper after going on to the final four teams, represented nationally in the Lexus Eco Challenge, a competition focused on environmental science efforts for high schoolers
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