Experience

Education

Academic Experience

Postdoctoral Reserach Associate - Mathematics

• Healthcare Data Science Initiative researcher in collaboration with the University of Tennessee Medical Center

  • • Analyzed breast cancer MRI via machine leanring to postsugrical complications.

Graduate Research Assistant - Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Applied Markov decision processes, and machine learning to model dynamic medication response in collaboration with neurology specialists at Northwell Health New York, NY.

  • • Determined optimal prescription policy for a 18 Parkinson’s disease patient cohort.

    • Utilized longitudinal wearable sensor, genetic, and healthcare record data.

• Developed deep brain stimulation parameter optimization process for Parkinson’s disease patient.

  • • Applied clustering and random forest classification techniques to predict optimized stimulation frequency for a 22 Parkinson’s disease patient cohort.

    • Identified alternative frequency patients with statistically similar performance to neurology specialists.

• Led international genomics study in collaboration with the University of Manchester U.K.

  • • Applied machine learning techniques to Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) database and statistically improved gene expression prediction.

    • Utilized high performance computing - ISAAC Secure Enclave, and Google cloud computing.

• Mentored undergraduate students on interdisciplinary projects in environmental engineering.

Graduate Research Assistant - Nuclear Engineering

• Developed novel interpolation methods to improve nuclear detection capabilities in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Division of Nuclear Security and Isotope Technology.

  • • Collected data from D-T generators and applied novel signal processing techniques.

• Performed in resident research at Los Alamos National Laboratory to improved existing custom neutron detectors.

  • • Built and calibrated full radiatioun detector system for portable nuclear securities application. 

Fellowships and Selected Awards