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bio
uoregon math + cs '28. won 3 hackathons. crimson 18 under 18. founded a college counseling business with 600+ customers across 11 countries. heading toward a phd in computational biology.
stack
experience
student compliance analyst
security office · university of oregon
feb 2026 – present
analyzed 3000+ university digital resources, software subscriptions, and service records in smartsheet to identify security, compliance, and ownership risks across uo's technology ecosystem. built algorithmic risk-flagging workflows to detect tools with missing ownership, incomplete vendor documentation, duplicate functionality, or potential security gaps, supporting university's transition toward centralized microsoft services.
research assistant
ray computational biophysics group · university of oregon
jan 2026 – present
studying enhanced sampling methods for molecular dynamics simulations in dr. dhiman ray's lab. research focuses on designing interpretable, data-driven collective variables to capture biomolecular motions more efficiently. combines machine learning, sparse modeling, and physically meaningful molecular features to make simulations more powerful and understandable.
founder · synrax
oregon innovation challenge
jan 2026 – present
building an ai-powered project intelligence platform that ingests data from github, task boards, calendars, and team communications to surface execution bottlenecks, delayed milestones, and unclear ownership. combines workflow analytics with ai-generated recommendations to give early-stage teams a clear picture of what is slowing them down — and exactly what to fix.
junior software engineer
QuackHacks · university of oregon
nov 2025 – present
co-built a hackathon website for registration using next.js, typescript, python, fastapi, and aws serving 600+ applicants, sponsored by google, mongodb, and openai, within a team of 10 engineers. hardened the api with ip-based rate limiting, preventing 2 major security breaches; engineered a team-matching platform with automatic discord channel provisioning across 10+ rest endpoints helping 100+ participants find teammates.
hackathons
makemit · beaverhacks · quackhacks 2 · nozomio
sep 2024 – present
won 3 hackathons across hardware, ai, and full-stack. makemit, cambridge, MA · beaverhacks, corvallis, OR · quackhacks 2, eugene, OR — best use of gemini api & top 5 / 41 projects · nozomio, san francisco, CA — best use of tensorlake & top 2 best use of insforge & top 8 / 70+ teams
founder & mentor
college mentor quest
mar 2024 – present
founded and scaled a college counseling business to 600+ students across 11 countries, providing standardized test prep, ap exam coaching, and college application guidance; generated $7,000+ in revenue. developed a telegram channel with integrated bot to streamline session registration. helped 12 students get 1500+ sat scores, guided students into elite universities such as nyu, upenn, stanford, cornell, yale, rice, and ut austin, and summer programs like stanford pre-college and lumiere research.
founder
aquasync · international baccalaureate · crimson education
sep 2022 – jun 2025
built an arduino-based irrigation system with a swift ios app to automate watering and monitor soil/air data via esp8266 sensors — improved irrigation efficiency by 56%. modeled the system as a weighted graph, using bfs and dijkstra's algorithm to optimize data transfer and detect low-humidity regions. awarded a $2,100 grant at the festival of hope (out of 500+ teams, created by international baccalaureate). won crimson 18 under 18 by pitching aquasync.