I am a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Statistics Department at the University of Washington. I am co-advised by Tyler McCormick and Ema Perkoviฤ.
Before UW, I completed my B.S. in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Boulder in May 2020.
I have also interned at Microsoft as a data scientist and as a software engineer. At Microsoft, I worked on Xbox, Mixed Reality, and Microsoft Edge.
Research interests
Broadly, I am interested in two things: causal inference and statistical methods with applications in social science. Sometimes the two interests coincide, but often not. I also find other areas such as network science, choice models, and semiparametric methods interesting but don't work with them on a daily basis. Currently, I am working on:
At CU, I worked with Dan Larremore on developing methods and software to automatically parse curricula vitae. Later, I completed my undergraduate thesis, advised by Dan, on identifying effects of node covariates in ranking and choice models.
Outside school
Non-academically, I am interested in music - both listening and playing.
I also like to read.
My most recent favorite fiction is The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson.
My most recent favorite non-fiction is Promised Land by Barack Obama.
I enjoy playing a good video game once in a while and my all-time favorites are Uncharted, God of War, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Having spent four years in Boulder, I also tend to enjoy climbing, biking, and running.
Since my early undergrad days, I have been maintaining a blog where I reflect on science, math, the world, and life.
My current/past projects (green) and academic interests (blue).
News
15 Mar 2024 - ๐ I will give a talk on "Feasible Contact Tracing" at the University of Illinois Chicago's Epidemiology and Biostatistics seminar! [Slides]
18 Nov 2021 - ๐ I will present our work (+Tyler) on contact tracing at the Data Science Methods for Policy Evaluation seminar at Johns Hopkins University. [Slides]
29 Sep 2021 - ๐ Entering Year 2 of my Ph.D. at UW.