About Me

I obtained my PhD in Biomedical Informatics (within the Department of Biomedical Data Science) at Stanford University in April 2026. I was a member of the Helix Group, led by Prof. Russ Altman. Previously, I received my Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I majored in Computer Science and Molecular Biology (aka Course 6-7).

The driving motivation of my work is to use computational methods, particularly machine learning, to accelerate drug discovery and contribute to biomedical knowledge. I am especially interested in applications to substance use disorder treatments. My PhD work was mostly focused on protein-ligand binding at the molecular structure level – specifically, structure-based binding pocket discovery, and leveraging off-target binding predictions to make hypotheses about adverse drug reactions and drug repurposing opportunities. I also worked on techniques to leverage text from social media to track patterns in the opioid crisis.

What’s next? Stay tuned…