I graduated in May 2011 with a B.S. Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
I am currently a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Refer to my CV for more detailed information.
My main research interests are in bioinformatics and data mining. I am particularly interested in developing novel algorithms and software tools for biological analyses.
I worked in the UNC Computational Genetics Research Group with Dr. Wei Wang.
The broad focus of this work is on genetic recombination. I collaborated on the implementation of haplotype and ancestry inference tools which infer alleles from genotypes and inheritance of contiguous regions of the genome. In particular, I worked on a dynamic programming–based tool and an HMM-based tool for ancestry inference.
I'm currently studying piano with Dr. Clara Yang and am especially interested in 20th Century and contemporary Western classical music. I have also studied with Dr. Mayron Tsong and John Herrmann. I'm also trying to make sense of Indian classical music using my background in Western music theory.
I have participated in the ACM ICPC each of the past three years and have had a lot of fun developing my problem solving and programming skills.
I use open source tools, especially (Arch) Linux, the GNU toolchain, and Emacs for nearly all of my daily computing.