I’ve always had a passion for design, be it graphics, devices, experiments, or algorithms. I want to use technology to build someting that can really help people.
Right now, however I’m focusing on becoming a stronger programmer, but eventually I would like to work with data to learn and create new findings, something I’ve really enjoyed in my research heavy adventures thus far.
B.A. Molecular Cell Biology : Genetics
Start Date: March 2015
Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
▪ Member of the MedRx team which deals with anything related to e-prescribing
▪ Developed tool to handle inbound refill requests
▪ Used ember.js for front end framework and built backend API in C#/.NET/WCF in accordance to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
▪ Presentation used here: Presentation
Jan 2014- Present
▪ Maintain and update content on the Center for Financial Reporting and Management website.
▪ Mostly dealing with static html, some .ASP and PHP to help automate.
June 2013- Present
▪ Designing and testing diagnostic microfluidic device with Siemens to sort single circulating tumor cells at 98% efficiency.
▪ Design experiments to test deformability of cells and fluid dynamics models from Ansys and Comsol
Jun-Aug 2013
▪ Developed content based image retrieval sotware (both standalone Windows Application and ImageJ plugin) to recognize individual brain slices using python and chamfer matching algorithm for brain mapping pipeline.
▪ Explored other methods of computer vision and machine learning including SIFT/SURF, PCA, Visual Bag of Words, Support Vector Machines, Neural Networks
Sep 2011 - Jun 2013
▪ Worked on a pipeline to annotate genes via mutagenesis and high-throughput next generation sequencing.
Jan - Aug 2013
▪ Constructed water filtration system for school in rural Panama that serves over 900 students and their families.
▪ Learned and implemented sustainable human centered engineering design; performed needs assessment, prototyping, etc. Explored repurposing of plastic into fuel/fabric/concrete
▪ Designed and modeled via Solidworks a plastic shredder to be used while prototyping the plastic to diesel process.
May - Aug 2009
▪ Conducted experiments and collected data to model population dynamics of Daphnia in different conditions including consumption/exposure to Phosphorous and Nitrogen.
▪ Helped design larger scale vacuum manifold specific to carbon testing experiments.
Mar 2010 - Jan 2011
▪ Served ice cream and other menu items to customers (usually cute little kids!).
▪ Managed cash register, stocking items, and closing.
▪ Gained customer interaction experience, responsibility, right arm muscles, and some weight.
Jan 2013- Present
▪ Manage finances and fundraising for club, facilitate logistics of club as executive officer.
▪ Worked on Coagulation team in Arsenic Removal from Peruvian Water using choosing by advantages process.
▪ Design and Optimize filtration and mixing systems.
▪ Test turbidity, pH, and mixtures of coagulants to optimize Arsenic removal.
May 2012 - Jun 2013
▪ Managed and effectively delegated tasks to 20 person committee
▪ Held workshops to teach design concepts, marketing, and software (Adobe Creative Suite)
▪ Initialized many projects/ideas; created and maintained website [bmes.berkeley.edu], blog, videos, Facebook page, newsletter, fliers, yearbook, clothing and other platforms to advertise the the premier BioE club to its ~100 consistent members.
Jan 2012- Jan 2013
▪ Volunteered >100 hours in guiding patients through pre/post-op process, which included keeping them company, recording information and measurements, and discharging the Patients.
▪ Manage bed occupation to optimize flow of Patients.
▪ Substantial interaction with Patients, Nurses, and Doctors, which offered an enligntening glimpse into the medical and healthcare field.
▪ Also spent some time volunteering in the Family Care Center (Pregnancy and NICU).