EDUCATION
- Ph.D. Computer Science — University of Michigan (08/25 - Present)
- M.S. Computer Science — Cornell University (08/2023 - 05/2025)
- B.A. Mathematics & Computer Science (Double Major), Minor in Southeast Asian Studies — Cornell University (08/2020 – 05/2023)
EXPERIENCE
- Graduate Student Researcher — University of Michigan (08/2025 - Present)
- Thesis research for Ph.D. in CS.
- Theoretical cryptography research focused on transaction fee mechanism design.
- Advised by Dr. Ke Wu.
- Research Advisor — Lumiere Education (02/2024 – Present)
- Mentor high school students conducting computer science research.
- Guide research and paper writing for publication-level work.
- Structure ~12-week research projects.
- Graduate Student Researcher — Cornell University (08/2023 – 05/2025)
- Thesis research for MS in CS.
- Cryptography research focused on universal encryption schemes using combiners.
- Working with secret-key and public-key encryption.
- Advised by Dr. Noah Stephens-Davidowitz.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant — Cornell University (08/2024 – 05/2025)
- TA for CS 4830/6830 – Cryptography.
- Hold weekly office hours to reinforce course content.
- Support course administration to ensure an enriching student experience.
- Visiting Graduate Researcher — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (05/2024 – 08/2024)
- Research in Dr. Kushal Dey’s lab.
- Working on improving the DREAMwalk drug-repurposing framework using random walks on biomedical knowledge graphs.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant — Cornell University (08/2023 – 05/2024)
- Head TA for CS 4820 – Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms.
- Designed assignments/exams, organized TAs, held lecture-style office hours.
- Undergraduate Researcher — IUPUI (06/2023 – 08/2023)
- Cybersecurity research on noisy point clouds and data poisoning attacks on ML gesture recognition.
- Published work accepted into ACM MobiHoc proceedings.
- Undergraduate Researcher — Rice University (05/2022 – 05/2023)
- ML + Oncology: estimating evolutionary fitness parameters of phylogenetic cancer trees.
- Designed simulator for tumor phylogenetic modeling.
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant — Cornell University (01/2022 – 05/2022)
- TA for CS 4820. Supported course logistics, grading, and weekly office hours.
- Data Science Intern — MassMutual (06/2021 – 08/2021)
- Analyzed survivorship mortality policies using actuarial data.
- Proposed new modeling factors for A/E ratio evaluation.
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
- Universal Secret-Key and Public-Key Encryption Using Combiners (M.S. Thesis)
- Here is a copy of the thesis — 04/2024
- Here is a copy of the slides for the talk — 04/2024
- Evaluating the Impact of Noisy Point Clouds on Wireless Gesture Recognition Systems
AWARDS
- Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
- Computer Science Degree Representative, Class of 2023
- Dean’s List (5 semesters)
- High School Valedictorian
LANGUAGES
- Greek — Advanced
- Indonesian — Proficient
- Personal Trainer — Crunch Fitness (08/2025 - Present)
- Volunteering — Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen (10/2022 – 05/2025)
- Marathon Runner — 3 races, Corning NY (10/2021 – Present)
