Positions

Education

• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (2015–2019)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Committee: Siavash Mirarab (Advisor), Pavel A. Pevzner (Co-Advisor), Vineet Bafna (Committee Member), David M. Smith (Committee Member), Joel O. Wertheim (Committee Member)
• B.S. in Bioengineering: Bioinformatics (2011–2015)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Minor: Economics

Academic

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

Non-Academic

• Consultant (2025–2026)
  • Institution: Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE)
  • Department: Future Technology Group (FTG)
• Program Specialist (2023–2026)
  • Institution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Department: NCHHSTP/DHP/DRB
• Machine Learning Consultant (2025–2026)
  • Institution: Blizzard Entertainment
  • Department: GI Machine Learning & AI

Editor

• eLife (Reviewing Editor)
• Scientific Reports (Editorial Board Member)

Reviewer

• ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM-BCB)
• ACM Global Computing Education Conference (CompEd)
• ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE / SIGCSE-TS)
• AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
• Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics Advances
• BMC Bioinformatics
• BMC Genomics
• Briefings in Bioinformatics
• California Education Learning Lab
• Cell Reports Methods
• Computational and Structural Biotechnology
• Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW)
• Czech Science Foundation (GAČR)
• Evolutionary Bioinformatics
• F1000Research
• Gigabyte
• IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
• IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE)
• Journal of Theoretical Biology
• Molecular Biology and Evolution
• NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Nature Communications
• Nature Computational Science
• Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)
• Patterns
• PeerJ
• PeerJ Computer Science
• PLOS Computational Biology
• PLOS ONE
• Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB)
• Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
• Virus Evolution
• Viruses

Organizations

• Editorial Board Member (2026–Present)
  • Institution: Scientific Reports
• Editorial Review Board Member (2024–Present)
  • Institution: Evolutionary Bioinformatics
• Broadening Participation Champion (BPC) (2023–Present)
  • Institution: Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
  • Organization: Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory (PRISM) Center
• Member (2019–Present)
  • Institution: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• San Diego Chapter Member (2018–Present)
  • Institution: Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)
• Faculty Research Mentor (2025)
  • Institution: Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Program: Undergraduate Research to PhD (UR2PhD)
• CTI Accelerate Course Developer (2024)
  • Institution: Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Program: Undergraduate Research to PhD (UR2PhD)
• Bridge Workshop Series Designer-Facilitator (2023–2024)
  • Institution: Computing Research Association (CRA)
  • Program: Undergraduate Research to PhD (UR2PhD)
• 2023 Conference Highlights Program Committee Member (2023)
  • Institution: International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB)
• 2022 Conference Chair (2022)
  • Institution: International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB)
  • Organization: Satellite Conference on Bioinformatics Education (RECOMB-BE)
• 2021 Conference Chair (2019–2021)
  • Institution: Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW)
• Registrar (2019–2021)
  • Institution: Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW)
• Treasurer (2019–2021)
  • Institution: Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Southwest (CCSC-SW)
• Member (2018–2020)
  • Institution: American Go Association (AGA)
• Organizer: Conference Orientation for Undergraduates (2020)
  • Institution: 2020 ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM-BCB)
• Member (2018–2020)
  • Institution: International AIDS Society (IAS)
• Member (2017–2019)
  • Institution: Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)
• Member (2018–2019)
  • Institution: ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
• Fundraising Committee Member (2017–2019)
  • Institution: International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)

Institutional

• Inclusive Instruction Working Group Member (2024–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Collective Impact
• Faculty Co-Advisor (with Professor Terry Gaasterland) (2023–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club (UBIC)
• Research Committee Member (2021–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Program: Pandemic Response to Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance and Equity (PREPARE) Institute
• Training Committee Member (2021–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Program: Pandemic Response to Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance and Equity (PREPARE) Institute
• Ph.D. Admissions Committee Member (2020–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Program: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BISB)
• M.S. Admissions Committee Member (2019–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Department: Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
• Outreach and Student Affairs Committee Member (2019–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Program: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BISB)
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee Member (2020–2025)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Program: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BISB)
• Senior Faculty Mentor (2024)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM)
• Chair of the Faculty (2023–2024)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Seventh College
• Faculty Co-Advisor (with Professor Bradley Voytek) (2023–2024)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Data Science Student Society (DS3)
• Steering Committee Member (2020–2022)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Center for Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education (CAMSEE)
• Executive Committee Member (2020–2021)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Seventh College
• Founding Director (2020–2021)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Computational Biology and Medicine (CBAM) Research Mentorship Program
• Member (2018–2019)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: CS foreach
• President (2018–2019)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC)
• Member (2017–2019)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Graduate Women in Computing (GradWIC)
• Director of Onboarding (2017–2018)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC)
• Director of Finance (2016–2017)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC)
• Director of Internal Affairs (2015–2016)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Graduate Bioinformatics Council (GBIC)

Outreach

• Faculty Advocate (2022–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Program: PATHways to STEM (PATHS) Scholars
• Research Mentor (2019–Present)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Program: Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP)
• Volunteer (2018–Present)
  • Institution: Skype a Scientist
• SalkEducation Volunteer (2017–Present)
  • Institution: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
• SciChats @ Salk Volunteer (2017–Present)
  • Institution: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
• Guest Speaker: Viral Phylogenetics Workshop (2025)
  • Institution: Bonita Vista High School (BVHS)
• Guest Speaker: Viral Phylogenetics Workshop (2024)
  • Institution: High Tech High Chula Vista (HTHCV)
• Guest Speaker: Viral Phylogenetics Workshop (2023)
  • Institution: Bonita Vista High School (BVHS)
• Internship Program Mentor (2022–2023)
  • Institution: High Tech High Chula Vista (HTHCV)
• Guest Speaker: Introduction to Bioinformatics (2023)
  • Institution: Bonita Vista High School (BVHS)
• Guest Speaker: Introduction to Bioinformatics (2022)
  • Institution: University City High School (UCHS)
• 2021 TritonHacks Judge (2021)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: TritonHacks
• 2020 DataHacks Mentor (2020)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: DataHacks
• Author: Inherited Traits, 3rd Grade (2018–2019)
  • Institution: STEMTaught
• 2019 SD Hacks Judge (2019)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: SD Hacks
• eMENTOR (2018–2019)
  • Institution: Del Lago Academy
• Mentor Teaching Assistant (2016–2019)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Department: Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
• High Tech Fair Volunteer (2019)
  • Institution: Fleet Science Center
• Park Clean-Up Volunteer (2018)
  • Institution: San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services
• Group Mentor (2017–2018)
  • Institution: University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • Organization: Women in Computing (WIC)
• Project Mentor: Protein Modeling (2017)
  • Institution: Mission Bay High School (MBHS)