Resume

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Education

University of Texas at Austin

May 2027
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Computational Track
  • Coursework: Embedded Systems, Biomedical Instrumentation, Real-Time Digital Signal Processing, Circuits, Systems & Signals, Numerical Methods, Statistics, Differential Equations & Linear Algebra, Intro to Computational Engineering Design

Experience

Machine Learning Researcher

Feb 2026 – Present
Wang Laboratory, UT Austin · Austin, TX
  • Applying machine learning to study gut–brain interactions.

Edge AI Team Lead

Sep 2025 – Present
Longhorn Neurotech · Austin, TX
  • Directed a team of student engineers to optimize neural networks for deployment on embedded systems (Raspberry Pi series).
  • Designing a reusable quantization pipeline using ExecuTorch and an inference backend to support keyword spotting and future neuroprosthetic control applications.
  • Quantized an EMG gesture MLP to INT8 with ONNX Runtime (311 KB), running at 0.43 ms per sample on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W against 1.04 ms for FP32, at a 0.13-point accuracy cost.

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AI/ML Developer

Sep 2024 – Aug 2025
Longhorn Neurotech · Austin, TX
  • Built a capsule network for EEG motor-imagery classification (BCI Competition IV-2a) toward prosthetic arm control, reordering channels to match scalp topography.
  • Used Captum attribution to inspect what the EEG classifiers were keying on.

Research Intern

Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
Recanzone Laboratory, UC Davis · Davis, CA
  • Contributed a 3D feature visualization view to phy, an open-source spike-sorting package for neuroscience, designing the projection pipeline and camera controls for inspecting neural spike data.

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Researcher and Programmer

Sep 2023 – May 2025
Functional Optical Imaging Lab, UT Austin · Austin, TX
  • Developed a real-time Laser Speckle UI in Python, using Basler cameras and Arduinos for automated laser intensity control.
  • Enhanced speckle pattern evaluation by implementing contrast analysis algorithms to maximize measurement precision.
  • Refactored contrast adjustment scripts from MATLAB to Python, enabling integration with the real-time Laser Speckle Analysis UI.

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Skills

Languages
Python, Swift, C, ARMv6-M Assembly, MATLAB, R, TypeScript
On-device AI
llama.cpp, Metal, Core ML, ExecuTorch, ONNX, TensorFlow Lite, quantization
ML and data
PyTorch, Optuna, Captum, Docker, Google Cloud, Modal
iOS
SwiftUI, HealthKit, Apple Vision
Embedded
TI MSPM0, Raspberry Pi, RP2040, Arduino, UART, Code Composer Studio
Hardware design
Fusion 360, SolidWorks

Projects

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