Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
GPA: 3.9/4

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Clemson University, Clemson, SC
GPA: 3.95/4

Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University

• Assisted with grading assignments, helping students, and course management for Ethics of Computing course.

Capstone Project Leader, Giant Oak

• Led pipeline development for named entity recognition in large-scale web data
• Guided agile team in research decisions, development plans, and individual responsibilities
• Optimized natural language processing models using Python libraries such as PyTorch and NLTK

Data Science Intern, NASA

• Led development of NLP models to streamline user support ticket resolution
• Conducted data pre-processing and feature extraction to optimize model performance
• Communicated technical results to non-technical stakeholders

Research Assistant, North Carolina State University

• Developed physics-based neural networks to remove clouds and their shadows from satellite images
• Conducted in-depth literature reviews of state-of-the-art approaches and implemented them using Python
• Analyzed model performance and identified areas for improvements

Undergraduate Researcher, Clemson University

• Developed R and Python software to simulate natural forests, segment individual trees, and visualize results

Research Intern, Monero Research Lab

• Developed and ran simulated hacker attacks to improve blockchain transaction security
• Evaluated effectiveness of attacks to assess privacy of transactions
• Wrote Python code that was well-structured, documented, and rigorously tested

Undergraduate Researcher, Michigan State University

• Collaborated with a team to study a variation of convolutional neural networks
• Reproduced and applied the model to new classification domains using Python
• Presented findings at 5 professional conferences, including the Joint Mathematics Meetings