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Experience

Research, tutoring, and applied engineering work.

University of California, San Francisco

Undergraduate Data Analyst

San Francisco, CA · June - August 2023, May - September 2024

  • Developed a transformer-based model to automatically annotate prostate cell types from multimodal single-cell and spatial omics data.
  • Applied non-negative matrix factorization to identify neuroendocrine patterns in prostate cancer samples from the RESPOND cohort of African American men.
  • Contributed to the submitted manuscript "A single-cell and spatial atlas of prostate cancer reveals the combinatorial gene programs defining lineage plasticity and metastasis" (Hanbing Song et al., incl. Isaac Salzman).
  • Contributed to the AACR Annual Meeting 2025 poster presentation "A gene program association study (GPAS) in prostate cancer reveals novel gene modules associated with plasticity and metastasis" (Cancer Research, Abstract 7506). https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2025-7506

Sonoma State University

Computer Science and Mathematics Tutor

Rohnert Park, CA · April 2023 - September 2024

  • Led lab and classroom sections for computer science courses, providing real-time debugging support and technical guidance.
  • Debugged student code in Python and C++, emphasizing systematic problem-solving and engineering best practices.
  • Designed programming projects to reinforce core concepts such as data structures, algorithms, and problem decomposition.