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PhD, MIT, Biological Engineering. Thesis title: Computational structure-based modeling and analysis with application to rational and evolutionary molecular engineering.
I also worked at Schrodinger for 5 years in various roles, mostly as a forward-deployed consultant supporting Boston-area pharma companies.

At StemCentrx / AbbVie, I worked on target discovery for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting solid tumors (lung, ovarian, breast, pancreatic) and blood cancers, along with biomarker selection. Several molecules progressed to human testing, and the work resulted in multiple papers and patents.

I also supported Senti Biosciences with contract work on target discovery for CAR-T therapies. One of those programs, SENTI-202, entered human clinical trials.

Software support during development of Caribou's CB-010 program: RNAseq analysis of CRISPR edits, and software development for sequence visualization.

YCombinator-backed and BMGF-backed "software for biotech" startup. Built flexible LIMS software, as well as wrapper software to make it easier to run ML models from the web.

Built and led Ginkgo's first west coast site as a high-complexity CLIA lab, running NGS-based covid testing, which eventually turned into their Concentric brand. Also served as internal R&D budget manager, and product manager for Ginkgo's Foundry, which offered various biological methods as services to project teams at Ginkgo.

I joined DOGE to help solve the national debt problem. I knew at the start that this quest might be hopeless, but I knew I had to try to help, and in my lifetime I had not ever seen a better chance to make a real impact on the spending crisis in DC. I ended up at the EPA, where going in I truly thought the majority of taxpayer money allocated to the EPA must have some tangible impact on the environment! Positive or negative depending on your view of each administration's priorities, but at least some impact on the real world. This was the biggest surprise of working in DC - to find out the majority of EPA spending is effectively on jobs programs, was so disheartening as an environmentalist. However, I loved working with both political and career staff at the EPA who want to push for "environmental ROI" as a new metric for the agency. We all want the EPA to thrive, and to maximize the environmental good per dollar spent. I hope this administration continues to increase transparency to the American public, who want to understand how their tax dollars are spent. Best wishes to you all from the sidelines!