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As a researcher and engineer, I employ human-centered design and advanced analytics methods (e.g., mathematical optimization and machine learning) to mitigate the human and environmental health effects of anthropogenic change. Typically this looks like collaborating with non-academic partners to understand every aspect of a planetary health challenge and then devising mathematical decision making models to maximize the utility and equitable distribution of scarce resources in complex crises (humanitarian, environmental, health, and economic).
In May 2025, I completed my PhD under Professor Justin Boutilier in the Analytics for Human Development Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Beyond the US, my research experience spans three continents with extensive stays in Colombia, Malawi, and Switzerland. Additionally, I have field work and study experience in Ecuador, Kenya, and Guatemala.
Visit my About Me page to see recent media, publications, teaching experience, and more! A comprehensive design portfolio, including my experience in product design, systems/service design, and educational curriculum design will be coming soon.
My professional mission is to leverage my doctoral training in predictive and prescriptive analytics with my background in biomedical engineering and human-centered design to address pressing global health and planetary health challenges.
Energizing Healthcare 2025
The first ever conference to convene stakeholders who work on health facility electrification was held in Nairobi in February 2025. Read the conference summary here.
Serving as a mentor to the UW–Madison student chapter of Engineers Without Borders on a monitoring trip to Guatemala.
Student participating in a holiday hackathon I co-organized to adapt electronic toys for children who use adaptive switches.
Standing at the base of a Ceiba tree in the Ecuadorian Amazon as part of a course on One Health, indigenous approaches to healthcare, and shamanism.
Two volunteers from the student organization FH King Students for Sustainable Agriculture participate in the pilot project for our clinic electrification work.
Throwing up the 'W' during the makeathon I co-organized called the Solympics.
Building a circuit with UW–Madison students while serving as the teaching assistant to a study abroad course in Kenya.
Teaching an electronics workshop at the UW Makerspace for a group of elementary-aged students and their grandparents.
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