CV
You can download a PDF of my CV here. You can find my academic positions, education history, reviewer history, institutional service, and organization affiliations below, and you can find all other information via the links above (e.g. "Awards", "Publications", etc.).
Academic Positions
- Assistant Teaching Professor (2019–Present)
Education
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (2015–2019)
- University of California, San Diego
- Co-advised by Siavash Mirarab and Pavel Pevzner
- B.S. in Bioengineering: Bioinformatics (2011–2015)
Reviewer
- Grants/Awards
- Journals
- AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
- BMC Bioinformatics
- Bioinformatics
- Briefings in Bioinformatics
- Evolutionary Bioinformatics
- F1000Research
- IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- PLOS Computational Biology
- PeerJ
- PeerJ Computer Science
- Scientific Reports
- Conferences
- ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM-BCB) 2022
- ACM Global Computing Education Conference (CompEd) 2019
- Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW) 2019
- Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW) 2020
- Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) 2020
- Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) 2021
- Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2019
- Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2020
Institutional Service
- Member: PREPARE Community Core, Data Science & Management Core
- Group: Pandemic Response to Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance and Equity (PREPARE) Institute, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2021-06-09 to Present
- Member: PREPARE Training Committee
- Group: Pandemic Response to Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance and Equity (PREPARE) Institute, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2021-06-09 to Present
- Member: PREPARE Research Committee
- Group: Pandemic Response to Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance and Equity (PREPARE) Institute, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2021-06-09 to Present
- Member: BISB Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee
- Group: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BISB) Graduate Program, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2020-05-20 to Present
- Member: BISB Outreach and Student Affairs Committee
- Group: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BISB) Graduate Program, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2019-11-08 to Present
- Member: BISB PhD Admissions Committee
- Group: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BISB) Graduate Program, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2020-10-20 to 2022-06-30
- Member: CAMSEE Steering Committee
- Group: Center for Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education (CAMSEE), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2020-08-09 to 2022-06-11
- Member: CSE MS Admissions Committee
- Group: Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) Department, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2019-12-02 to 2022-06-11
- Member: Seventh College Executive Committee
- Group: Seventh College, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2020-09-01 to 2021-08-31
- Founding Director and Mentor: CBAM
- Group: Computational Biology and Medicine (CBAM) Research Mentorship Program, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2020-04-10 to 2021-06-30
Organizations
- Member: CSTA San Diego Chapter
- Group: Computer Science Teachers Association
- Duration: 2018-11-01 to Present
- Member: SIGCSE
- Group: Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
- Duration: 2018-03-09 to Present
- Member: SMBE
- Group: Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)
- Duration: 2017-06-28 to Present
- Conference Chair: RECOMB-BE 2022
- Group: RECOMB Satellite Conference on Bioinformatics Education (RECOMB-BE) 2022
- Duration: 2022-02-25 to 2022-05-21
- Treasurer and Registrar: CCSC-SW
- Group: Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW)
- Duration: 2019-03-23 to 2021-03-27
- Conference Chair: CCSC-SW 2021
- Group: Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW) 2021
- Duration: 2019-03-23 to 2021-03-27
- Member: AGA
- Group: American Go Association (AGA)
- Duration: 2018-10-13 to 2020-10-16
- Organizer: ACM-BCB Conference Orientation for Undergraduates
- Group: ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM-BCB) 2020
- Duration: 2020-08-28 to 2020-09-20
- Member: IAS
- Group: International AIDS Society (IAS)
- Duration: 2018-07-06 to 2020-07-05
- President: UCSD GBIC
- Group: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2018-09-24 to 2019-06-16
- Member: UCSD CS foreach
- Group: CS foreach, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2018-09-24 to 2019-06-16
- Member: UCSD GradWIC
- Group: Graduate Women in Computing (GradWIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2017-09-25 to 2019-06-16
- Member: ISCB Fundraising Committee
- Group: International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
- Duration: 2017-10-30 to 2019-01-01
- Director of Onboarding: UCSD GBIC
- Group: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2017-09-25 to 2018-06-17
- Director of Finance: UCSD GBIC
- Group: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2016-09-19 to 2017-06-18
- Director of Internal Affairs: UCSD GBIC
- Group: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2015-09-21 to 2016-06-12
- President: UCSD UBIC
- Group: Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2014-09-29 to 2015-06-14
- Member: UCSD EWH
- Group: Engineering World Health (EWH), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2014-09-29 to 2015-06-14
- Member: UCSD WIC
- Group: Women in Computing (WIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2013-09-23 to 2015-06-14
- Member: UCSD SWE
- Group: Society of Women Engineers (SWE), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2013-09-23 to 2015-06-14
- Administrative Officer: UCSD UBIC
- Group: Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2013-09-23 to 2014-06-15
- Member: UCSD UBIC
- Group: Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2012-09-24 to 2013-06-16
Outreach
- Mentor: UCSD CSE ERSP
- Group: Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP), CSE Department, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2019-08-16 to Present
- Instructor: UCSD CSE SPIS
- Group: Summer Program for Incoming Students (SPIS), CSE Department, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2019-04-01 to Present
- Volunteer: Skype a Scientist
- Group: Skype a Scientist
- Duration: 2018-09-24 to Present
- Volunteer: SciChats @ Salk
- Group: SciChats @ Salk (my profile), Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Duration: 2017-01-25 to Present
- Volunteer: SalkEducation
- Group: SalkEducation, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Duration: 2017-01-25 to Present
- Internship Mentor: HTHCV
- Group: Internship Program, High Tech High Chula Vista (HTHCV)
- Duration: 2022-05-09 to 2022-06-03
- Judge: TritonHacks 2021
- Group: TritonHacks, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2021-06-17 to 2021-06-27
- Workshop Guest Speaker: TheOpenCode Foundation
- Group: TheOpenCode Foundation
- Duration: 2020-07-24 to 2020-08-17
- Mentor: DataHacks 2020
- Group: DataHacks, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2020-02-09 to 2020-02-09
- Author: STEMTaught (Inherited Traits, 3rd Grade)
- Group: STEMTaught
- Duration: 2018-06-25 to 2019-12-05
- Judge: SD Hacks 2019
- Group: SD Hacks, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2019-10-24 to 2019-10-27
- eMENTOR: Del Lago Academy
- Group: Del Lago Academy
- Duration: 2018-09-19 to 2019-10-09
- Mentor Teaching Assistant
- Group: Teaching Methods in Computer Science (CSE 599), CSE Department, UC San Diego
- Duration: 2016-09-01 to 2019-06-14
- Volunteer: High Tech Fair
- Group: Fleet Science Center
- Duration: 2019-01-15 to 2019-01-17
- Volunteer: Park Clean-Up
- Group: San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services
- Duration: 2018-10-01 to 2018-10-31
- Group Mentor: UCSD WIC
- Group: Women in Computing (WIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2017-09-25 to 2018-06-17
- Project Mentor: Protein Modeling
- Group: Mission Bay High School (lecture recording)
- Duration: 2017-09-25 to 2017-10-23
- Organizer: UCSD UBIC High School Outreach Event
- Group: Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2015-03-01 to 2015-04-25
- Organizer: UCSD SWE Envision
- Group: Society of Women Engineers (SWE), UC San Diego
- Duration: 2015-02-21 to 2015-02-21