I am a PhD candidate at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, being advised by Dr. Amy Orsborn and Dr. Sam Burden. My research is at the intersection of neuroscience and electrical engineering, using control systems, game theory, and brain-machine interfaces to explore the learning dynamics between humans and machines.  I am an NDSEG 2020 Fellowship Recipient. 

I also work part-time as a Venture Analyst with the Washington Research Foundation (WRF), an early-stage life sciences venture fund. I assess early‐stage health technologies for investment potential and conduct technical and market due diligence for investment summaries. This includes researching market competition, technical research, IRR analysis, IP searches, and regulatory pathways. My diligence work includes digital health, medical device and sensor companies, including three funded by WRF: BirchAI, MajorBoost, Somalytics.

I graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s in electrical engineering (2013) and a master’s in electrical engineering (2015). In 2013, I received a Fulbright Award to research the feasibility of grid-connected rooftop solar panels in Kathmandu, Nepal. After completing my master’s, I worked from 2015 to 2017 as a computer engineer in the Sensors and Embedded Systems group at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before joining the UW ECE PhD program, I worked from 2017 to 2019 as an embedded systems engineer at Cala Health, a neurotechnology start-up in Burlingame, CA.

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