University of Pittsburgh
Honors Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering (HBS)
Curriculum Vitae
Education
North Carolina State University
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (MS)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Coding Contributions
- ERG Wavelet Transform Code - Continuous and Discrete Wavelet Transform Analysis of Electroretinogram Signals
Work Experience
Biocurator
- Curate and standardize disease ontologies and genetic variant classifications to improve clinical genomics databases and facilitate precision medicine applications.
- Collaborate with international research teams to maintain high-quality biomedical data standards and contribute to open-source genomic knowledge resources.
Machine Learning Engineer
Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA
- Designed and executed wearable‑sensor studies in manual wheelchair users; developed MATLAB algorithms to classify activity intensity using multimodal signals.
- Mentored undergraduate interns on data cleaning and model evaluation workflows.
Research Assistant
Vascular Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
- Developed code to improve efficiency of computational procedures.
- Monitored right ventricular catheterization and evaluated procedures effects on data acquisition.
Awards/Fellowships/Scholarships
- First Year Diversity Award (University of Pittsburgh, 2015)
- Panther Pride Award (University of Pittsburgh, 2015-2020)
- The Cathedral Of Learning Prestige Scholarship (University of Pittsburgh, 2015-2020)
- Undergraduate BME Travel Award (University of Pittsburgh, 2017)
- Honors College Travel Award (University of Pittsburgh, 2019)
- Panthers Forward Scholarship (University of Pittsburgh, 2020)
- First Year Enhancement Grant (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2023)
- Diversity Enhancement Grant (North Carolina State University, 2024)
- Mentored Teaching Experience (North Carolina State University, 2024)
- Graduate EE Student Travel Award (North Carolina State University, 2024)
- BME Graduate Student Service Award (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2025)
- Graduate BME Student Travel Award (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, x2, 2024 & 2025)
- UNC Graduate School Travel Grant (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2025)
- International Society of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision Student Scholarship (ISCEV, 2025)
- Off-Campus Dissertation Scholarship (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2025)
Teaching
- Graduate Teaching Assistant - BMME 760, Senior Design (Capstone course, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024)
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - BIOENG 1310, Bioelectronics (University of Pittsburgh, 2020)
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - CHEM 310, Organic Chemistry 1 (University of Pittsburgh, 2017)