Experience

  1. Staff AI/ML Research Scientist

    Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
    Previous roles at CZI:
    • Staff Software Engineer (Sep-Dec 2023)
    • Senior Software Engineer (2022-2023)

  2. Senior Researcher

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  3. Group Leader, Image Data Analysis

    Helmholtz Imaging Platform, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine

  4. Assistant Professor, Virtual Technology and Design

    University of Idaho
    During this position, I also held:
    • Computational Scientist Consultant, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI (2019-2020)
    • Machine Learning Scientist, DARPA/MTO & DARPA/I2O, ECS Federal (2018-2019)
    • Visiting Scientist, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI (2018-2019)
    • Visiting Faculty, Royal Veterinary College, London UK (Summer 2018)
    • Visiting Professor, Computer Science, University of Toulouse, France (Fall 2017)
    • Visiting Professor, Center for Systems Biology Dresden, MPI-CBG/MPI-PKS/TU Dresden (Summer 2017)

  5. Postdoctoral Fellow

    Bentley Group, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
    Additional roles during postdoc:
    • Machine Learning Lecturer, Computer Science, Tufts University (Spring 2016)
    • Visiting Scientist, Grigorieff Lab, HHMI, Janelia Farm (Summer 2014)

  6. Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

    DEMO Lab, Computer Science, Brandeis University
    During graduate studies:
    • Visiting Scholar, BINDS Lab, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2010-2012)

  7. Instructor of Computer Science

    Hampshire College

Education

  1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology

    Harvard Medical School

  2. PhD Computer Science

    Brandeis University
    Supplemental PhD Specialization: Quantitative Biology

  3. MA Computer Science

    Brandeis University

  4. BA Artificial Life

    Hampshire College
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Machine Learning
Python
3D Vision & Visualization
High-Performance Computing
Scientific Computing
Hobbies
Hiking
Open Source
Teaching & Workshops
Awards
Member, Program Committee, Machine Learning in Structural Biology (MLSB)
MLSB Conference ∙ January 2025
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Bioinformatics, Computational Bioimaging
Frontiers in Bioinformatics ∙ January 2020
Member, Program Committee, Conference on Artificial Life (ALife-2020)
ALife Conference ∙ January 2020
Member, Program Committee for Evolutionary Machine Learning, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2018)
GECCO Conference ∙ January 2018
Selected speaker (Scientific Computing in Clojure), Clojure/Conj
Clojure/Conj Conference ∙ January 2015
Discussion Leader, Gordon Research Seminar on Angiogenesis
Gordon Research Conferences ∙ January 2015
HHMI Interfaces Scholar Award
Howard Hughes Medical Institute ∙ January 2014
BMC Ecology Competition Winner for Best Image from Theoretical Model
BMC Ecology ∙ January 2014
SIGEVO / ACM travel grant for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2012)
SIGEVO / ACM ∙ January 2012
NSF travel grant for International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN-2011)
National Science Foundation ∙ January 2011