Welcome!
Computational biologist with a Ph.D. in Computational Science from UC Irvine and SDSU, passionate about using data-driven approaches to uncover molecular mechanisms and advance biological discovery. My doctoral work integrated transcriptomics, network analysis, and machine learning to investigate how environmental exposures influence developmental toxicity.
Currently, as a postdoctoral scientist at Element Biosciences, I develop computational tools and methodologies for analyzing multiomic spatial single-cell datasets, integrating RNA, protein, and morphological data, to enhance biological interpretation and support next-generation sequencing technology development.
For more details on my research, visit my Research Page!
Experience
Computational Biology Postdoctoral Scientist, Data Science and AI (09/2025-present)
Element Biosciences
Quantitative Solutions Intern, Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (06/2022 - 08/2022)
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Science (2020 - 2025)
San Diego State University and University of California Irvine
Dissertation Title: Computational Models to Assess the Role of Environmental Exposures During Development
Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics, cum laude (2015-2019)
San Diego State University
Featured
danRerLib Python Package
Excited to announce my new publication danRerLib: a python package for zebrafish transcriptomics!
ARCS Scholar Recognition
I was recently recognized as an ARCS Scholar at the annual Scientist of the Year Event!
George Lab
Check out the George Lab website for information about all the cool work we are working on!
Fellowships and Scholarships
- 2024-2025 SDSU University Graduate Fellow
- 2022-2025 San Diego ARCS Scholar
- 2020-2025 NSF S-STEM ASSICS Scholar
- 2020-2022 ACM Computational and Data Science Fellow
- 2019 Howell-CSUPERB Research Scholar
For a full list of my accomplishments, awards, projects, and much more please see my CV.
Recent News
- September 22, 2024 - Excited to announce I am beginning a computational biology postdoctoral scientist position at Element Biosciences in the Data Science & AI group.
- September 10, 2025 - PhD degree officially conferred!
- May 5, 2025 - The third chapter of my dissertation has been accepted for publication in Toxicological Sciences and is currently in press! Stay tuned for the official publication link.
- April 30, 2025 - Excited to announce I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation!
- April 2, 2025 - A recent collaborative project has officially been selected for publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry! Check out the article!
- October 30, 2024 - Happy to share I was a selected featured spearker and Third Place winner at the SCCSOT Meeting. Learn more…
- August 19, 2024 - Excited to announce I have been awarded the SDSU University Graduate fellowship for this upcoming school year.
- May 6, 2024 - Another chapter of my dissertation is officially published in Bioinformatics Advances. (read paper)
- December 7, 2023 - My first published blog post is live through the Society of Toxicology. read the post.
- September 6, 2023 - I successfully defended my dissertation proposal and have advanced to candidacy!
- June 16, 2023 - My second first-author publication has been published in the Journal of Xenobiotics. (read paper)
- March 22, 2023 - Presented my work at the 2023 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting.