About me

A physicist and mathematician by training, I research many areas pertaining to biotechnology in the laboratory of James J. Collins at MIT. I am supported by a K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award from the NIH. I am co-founder of Integrated Biosciences, a new biotech start-up working on drug discovery for age-related disease.

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Education and Training

Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, Jul. 2019-present
Ph.D. Applied Physics, Harvard University, Sep. 2014-May 2019
S.M. Computer Science, Harvard University, Sep. 2013-May 2014
A.B. Mathematics, Harvard University, Sep. 2010-May 2014

Selected Awards

Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare (2023)
Cover of Molecular Systems Biology (2022)
K25 Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award ($628,000; perfect impact score of 10), National Institutes of Health (2022)
Cover of Biophysical Journal (2019)
James S. McDonnell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018)
Mechanics in Morphogenesis Workshop Best Poster Prize, Princeton University (2018)
American Physical Society FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research (2018)
American Physical Society DBIO Shirley Chan Student Travel Award (2018)
Featured in Biophysical Society Bulletin "Student Center" (2018)
Cover of Nature Microbiology (2017)
Biophysical Journal Outstanding Poster Award (2017)
Biophysical Society Taiwan Thematic Meeting NSF Student Travel Award (2017)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2015)
Friends of Harvard Mathematics Thesis Prize, Harvard University (2014)
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University (2013)
John Harvard Scholar, Harvard University (2013)

Selected Media Coverage

New York Times, Scientific American, World Economic Forum, AFP News, NPR, The Washington Post, MIT Technology Review, NIH Director's Blog, Science Magazine, Fierce Biotech, France 24, Radio-Canada, The Japan Times, Forbes Magazine

For additional press articles, please see Publications.