Experience

Research and professional experience.

Graduate Researcher

2025 - Present

UCSD Halicioglu Data Science Institute

Developing DNA language models (EvoLen) with evolution-guided tokenization. Building integrated genetic and transcriptomic models for neonatal asthma risk prediction.

ResearchGenomicsML

Senior Student Researcher

2023 - 2025

UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation

Developed NLP models and SQL databases to analyze China's innovation ecosystem.

ResearchNLPData Engineering

Data Engineer

2023 - 2025

Power Transformation Lab / San Diego Supercomputer Center

Designed SQL databases and automation scripts for electricity data in collaboration with the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

ResearchData Engineering

Data Management Intern

2024

Office of the City Treasurer, San Diego

Built Python-based automation pipelines and web scrapers to improve data workflow efficiency by 70%.

IndustryPythonAutomation

Quantitative Analysis Intern

2023

Soochow Securities

Conducted asset allocation research using Mean-Variance and Black-Litterman optimization models.

IndustryFinanceQuantitative Analysis

Data Assistant

2022

Oliver Wyman

Developed NLP models for keyword analysis and automated API data transfers.

IndustryNLPData