Daru Lab: Since September of 2023, I have been a part-time undergraduate researcher working with Dr. Barnabas Daru as a part of the Daru Lab, focusing on computational biogeography. In December 2023, I was selected to attend the Biogeography R Workshop in New Orleans, developing key domain-specific research skills. During Summer 2024, I was a part of the Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSURP) cohort, where I began a project examining crop wild relatives. Namely, I helped develop an algorithm which, for a particular species, finds between 10 and 20 of its closest monophyletically-clustered relatives. We are aiming for publication in late 2025.
STAIR Lab: In February 2025, I was awarded a CURIS Fellowship and was matched with the STAIR Lab, working with Brando Miranda and Dr. Sanmi Koyejo. We are working on a project focused on LLM translation of code to formal languages and establishing a benchmark dataset. I have started work with the lab and will be joining full-time in June 2025 as part of the CURIS program.
Research Aspirations: In the future, I intend to work in Geospatial AI research, blending theory with action to solve real-world problems. I hope to zero in on biodiversity, conservation, and land-use problems using these methods.
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