Hello!

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Stephen Montgomery’s lab at Stanford University. My research focuses on using single-cell multi-omics and genome-wide association studies to understand molecular mechanisms in disease.

Previously, I received my B.S. from Cornell University in Biometry & Statistics, with a minor in Biological Sciences and a concentration in Statistical Genomics. During undergraduate, I completed an Honor’s Thesis in population genetics as a part of Philipp Messer’s group and was a statistical genetics intern at the Regeneron Genetics Center for two summers in Tarrytown, NY. After graduating, I pursued a PhD in the Tri-Institutional Computational Biology & Medicine program, where I researched the genetic basis of human disease using computational and statistical approaches within the labs of Olivier Elemento and Andy Clark at Cornell’s NYC and Ithaca campuses.

Long-term, my interests are to use human genetic and multi-omic datasets for (1) therapeutic target discovery, by discovering new genetic associations and their underlying mechanisms; (2) precision medicine, by personalizing treatment regimens based on molecular alterations, and (3) interventive and preventive care, by identifying high-risk individuals for screening & other preventive strategies. I believe we need better conceptual approaches for understanding the genotype-to-phenotype map; as a result, my current research spans both basic and more translational research areas.