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.).

Positions

Academic

• Associate Teaching Professor (2023–Present)
• Computer Science & Engineering
• University of California, San Diego
• Assistant Teaching Professor (2019–2023)
• Computer Science & Engineering
• University of California, San Diego

Non-Academic

• Consultant (2025–Present)
• Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Program Specialist (2023–Present)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCHHSTP/DHP/DRB)
• Machine Learning Consultant (2025–2026)
• Blizzard Entertainment

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)
• University of California, San Diego
• Minor in Economics

Editor/Reviewer

• Grants/Awards
• California Education Learning Lab
• Czech Science Foundation (GAČR)
• Journals
• AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
• Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics Advances
• BMC Bioinformatics
• BMC Genomics
• Briefings in Bioinformatics
• Cell Reports Methods
• Computational and Structural Biotechnology
• eLife (Guest Reviewing Editor)
• Evolutionary Bioinformatics
• F1000Research
• Gigabyte
• IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
• IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Journal of Theoretical Biology
• NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Nature Communications
• Nature Computational Science
• Patterns
• PeerJ
• PeerJ Computer Science
• PLOS Computational Biology
• PLOS ONE
• Scientific Reports (Editorial Board Member)
• Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
• Virus Evolution
• Viruses
• 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
• Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW) 2023
• Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW) 2024
• Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) 2020
• Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) 2021
• Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Education 2025
• Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB) 2023
• Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB) 2024
• Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2019
• Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2020
• Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2022
• Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Technical Symposium (SIGCSE TS) 2027

Institutional Service

• Member: Inclusive Instruction Working Group
  • Group: Collective Impact, UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2024-01-11 to Present
• Co-Advisor
  • Group: Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC), UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2023-09-25 to Present
• 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/BMI PhD Admissions Committee
  • Group: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BISB) Graduate Program, UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2020-10-20 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: CSE MS Admissions Committee
  • Group: Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) Department, UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2019-12-02 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
• Senior Faculty Mentor
  • Group: National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM), UC San Diego School of Medicine
  • Duration: 2024-05-01 to 2024-09-30
• Chair of the Faculty
  • Group: Seventh College, UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2023-09-01 to 2024-08-31
• Co-Advisor
  • Group: Data Science Student Society (DS3), UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2023-09-25 to 2024-06-16
• 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: 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: Editorial Board
  • Group: Scientific Reports
  • Duration: 2026-02-12 to Present
• Member: Editorial Review Board
  • Group: Evolutionary Bioinformatics
  • Duration: 2024-06-01 to Present
• Diversity Director / Broadening Participation Champion
  • Group: Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory (PRISM) Center, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
  • Duration: 2023-06-02 to Present
• Member: ACM
  • Group: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Duration: 2019-07-01 to Present
• Member: CSTA San Diego Chapter
  • Group: Computer Science Teachers Association
  • Duration: 2018-11-01 to Present
• Faculty Research Mentor
  • Group: Undergraduate Research to PhD (UR2PhD) Program, Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Duration: 2025-05-06 to 2025-08-15
• UR2PhD + CTI Accelerate Course Developer
  • Group: Undergraduate Research to PhD (UR2PhD) Program, Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Duration: 2024-06-16 to 2024-12-02
• Bridge Workshop Series Designer-Facilitator
  • Group: Undergraduate Research to PhD (UR2PhD) Program, Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Duration: 2023-12-18 to 2024-11-18
• Member: RECOMB 2023 Highlights Program Committee
  • Group: 27th International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB)
  • Duration: 2023-01-26 to 2023-04-19
• 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
• Member: SMBE
  • Group: Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)
  • Duration: 2017-06-28 to 2019-06-27
• 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: SIGCSE
  • Group: Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
  • Duration: 2018-03-09 to 2019-03-08
• 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

• Faculty Advocate: UCSD PATHS Scholars Program
  • Group: PATHS Scholars Program, UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2022-08-12 to Present
• Mentor: UCSD CSE ERSP
  • Group: Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP), CSE Department, UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2019-08-16 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
• Guest Speaker: Bonita Vista High School
  • Group: Bonita Vista High School
  • Duration: 2025-02-22 to 2025-02-22
• Summer High School Research Program
  • Group: Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory (PRISM) Center, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
  • Duration: 2024-06-17 to 2024-07-27
• CRAE Workshop 4: How do I combine other interests with computing?
  • Group: UR2PhD, Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Duration: 2024-05-06 to 2024-05-06
• Viral Phylogenetics Workshop: High Tech High Chula Vista
  • Group: High Tech High Chula Vista
  • Duration: 2024-04-25 to 2024-04-25
• Undergraduate Virtual Symposium Organizer
  • Group: Joint University Microelectronics Program (JUMP) 2.0, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
  • Duration: 2024-04-12 to 2024-04-12
• CRAE Workshop 3: How will my research change the world?
  • Group: UR2PhD, Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Duration: 2024-04-08 to 2024-04-08
• CRAE Workshop 2: What does a career in computing research look like?
  • Group: UR2PhD, Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Duration: 2024-03-11 to 2024-03-11
• CRAE Workshop 1: So you've done some research, what's next?
  • Group: UR2PhD, Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Duration: 2024-02-12 to 2024-02-12
• Viral Phylogenetics Workshop: Bonita Vista High School
  • Group: Bonita Vista High School
  • Duration: 2023-10-28 to 2023-10-28
• Instructor: UCSD CSE SPIS
  • Group: Summer Program for Incoming Students (SPIS), CSE Department, UC San Diego
  • Duration: 2019-04-01 to 2023-09-08
• Internship Mentor: HTHCV
  • Group: Internship Program, High Tech High Chula Vista (HTHCV)
  • Duration: 2022-05-09 to 2023-06-02
• Guest Speaker: Bonita Vista High School
  • Group: Bonita Vista High School
  • Duration: 2023-04-29 to 2023-04-29
• Guest Speaker: University City High School
  • Group: University City High School
  • Duration: 2022-11-15 to 2022-11-15
• 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