Education

M.S. Information Science: Machine Learning (January 2024 – degree expected December 2025)
The University of Arizona, College of Information Science | Tucson, AZ

B.A. Chemistry, English minor (August 2018 – May 2022)
Reed College | Portland, OR

Degree-Relevant Coursework

UArizona

Information
Introduction to Machine Learning
SQL/NoSQL Databases for Data and Information Sciences
Data Analysis and Visualization
Science Information and its Presentation
Artificial Intelligence
Bayesian Modeling & Inference
Foundations of Information
Introduction to Human Computer Interaction
Statistical Natural Language Processing

Reed College

Chemistry
Molecular Structure and Properties
Chemical Reactivity
Organic Chemistry I & II
Inorganic Chemistry
Quantitative Data Analysis for Chemists
Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Structure
Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Spectra of Diatomic Molecules

Mathematics
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Data Science
Statistical Learning

Relevant Work Experience

Senior Help Desk Specialist (October 2018 – May 2022)
Reed College | Portland, OR
Trainee (Oct 2018 – Apr 2019), Consultant (Apr 2019 – Oct 2019), Senior Consultant (Nov 2019 – Mar 2021), Senior Specialist (Mar 2021 – May 2022)

Mathematics Laboratory & Course Assistant (August 2021 – April 2022)
Reed College | Portland, OR
Introduction to Probability and Statistics laboratory assistant (Aug 2021 – Dec 2021), Data Science course assistant (Jan 2022 – Apr 2022)

Student Researcher (December 2020 – December 2021)
See below

Research Experience

☞ Explore a more extensive list of my past and current projects here.

Undergraduate Senior Thesis (August 2021 – May 2022)
Reed College | Portland, OR
Exploratory Analysis of a Holocene Sea Salt Ice Core Record from Skytrain Ice Rise, Antarctica

Portland Air Quality Project (December 2020 – December 2021)
Neighbors for Clean Air + Reed College Dept. of Chemistry | Portland, OR
Part-time ad hoc preliminary research (Dec 2020 – Jan 2021), full-time research & development (Jun 2021 – Aug 2021), part-time community engagement focused (Aug 2021 – Dec 2021)

NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (2015 – December 2016)
Notre Dame High School | San Jose, CA & Pasadena, CA
Luminosity, Accretion Disk, and Dust Team

Skills

Proficiency in R (language, RStudio, Shiny, tidyverse, data wrangling & visualization, Git/GitHub integration)
Advanced experience in Python (language, algorithm construction & execution, natural language processing)
Advanced experience with LaTeX (language, collaboration via Overleaf, BibTeX integration)
Academic and non-academic writing (incl. essays, laboratory reports, front-end website documentation)
Document editor suites (Google Docs Editors, Office 365, iWork)
Computer help desk support (Mac, Windows, ticketing via Request Tracker, website editing via Cascade)
Dry chemistry laboratory experience (incl. software such as Spartan, Gaussian, MestReNova, ChemDraw)
Wet chemistry laboratory experience (incl. column chromatography, titration, recrystallization, roto-evaporation)
Basic experience with Arduino (language, wiring, electronics)

Honors & Awards

Reed College

June 2022 - Commendation for Excellence in the 2021–22 academic year | Office of the President
July 2021 - Commendation for Excellence in the 2020–21 academic year | Office of the President
April 2021 - “April Fool’s” Data Visualization Contest Winner | Dept. of Mathematics
November 2020 - Data Visualization Contest Category Winner: Most Visually Appealing | Dept. of Mathematics

Notre Dame High School

2014–2018 - Françoise Leadership Award (annual)
May 2018 - Academic Achievement Award: Robotics
May 2018 - Academic Achievement Award: innov@teND
May 2017 - Outstanding Achievement in Biotechnology: Laboratory Fundamentals

Activities & Societies

Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA) (August 2025 – valid through December 2026)
Awarded by the Tourism Ambassador Institute

Reed College

American Chemical Society chapter participant (fall 2020 – May 2022)
STEMGeMs student member (fall 2020 – May 2022)

Notre Dame High School

FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1967 safety captain (2014–2018), programming committee member (2014–2016), marketing committee member (2016–2018)