Past Experience
Research
Air Quality Modeling
Sep 2026 - OngoingSupervisor: Prof. Josh Apte · UC Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Exploring reduced-complexity air quality modeling with InMAP, focusing on atmospheric transport, mixing, and efficient tools for air quality assessment and decision-making.
Urban Carbon Uptake from Cameras & SIF
May 2025 - Aug 2026Supervisor: Prof. Debra Wunch & Dr. Natalia Restrepo-Coupe · University of Toronto, Physics
Integrating city traffic camera networks, downscaled high-resolution satellite SIF, and vegetation modeling to characterize urban vegetation phenology and carbon uptake across the City of Toronto.
Outcome: See list of publications
Domino Chain Effect
Sep 2024 - Jun 2026Supervisor: Prof. Ania Harlick & Prof. Boris Braverman · University of Toronto, Physics
Using a 3D reconstruction system based on computer vision to record and analyze the mechanics of toppling domino blocks.
Outcome: A new lab designed for undergraduate students; educational manuscript in preparation. Code on GitHub
Teaching
Graduate Student Instructor, Physics 7B
Aug 2026 - OngoingUniversity of California, Berkeley, Physics
Teach undergraduate physics laboratories through experiment demos, office hours, grading, and preparation of teaching materials.
Lab Technician, Advanced Undergraduate Physics Laboratory
May 2025 - Aug 2025University of Toronto, Physics · Supervised by Prof. Ania Harlick
Set up new student experiments, including configuring and fine-tuning Spatial Light Modulators for a Digital Holography lab, and authored its experiment manual.
Undergraduate Projects
Accelerate Quantum Linear Solver with GPU
Engineering Design · 2025
Investigated GPU-accelerated sparse linear solvers and preconditioning methods to improve the performance of quantum hardware simulations.
Patchuolink
Engineering Design · 2024
Developed an IoT prototype for real-time cultivation monitoring, integrating wireless data flow, storage, analysis, and a user-friendly web interface.
Satellite Image Segmentation
Engineering Design · 2024
Built and trained an autoencoder for satellite image segmentation into color-coded land types, with self-tuned architecture and training.
Betta-Trap
Engineering Design · 2023
Designed Betta-Trap, an inlet stormdrain filter that captures plastics to protect the Great Lakes, developed through prototyping, CAD modeling, and accessibility testing.
Optical Pumping in Rubidium
Advanced Physics Lab · 2025
Explored optical pumping in rubidium vapor with emphasis on calibration methods and signal analysis.
Ozone Measurements
Advanced Physics Lab · 2025
Calibrated a Microtops Ozonometer using in-situ measurements, reference datasets, and simulation.
Ferroelectric Materials and Phase Transitions
Advanced Physics Lab · 2024
Studied electrical properties of Rochelle salt crystals through preparation, fabrication, and testing.
Solitons
Advanced Physics Lab · 2024
Investigated classical soliton wave theory using a shallow water tank with varied boundary conditions.
Hackathons
CampusPulse
Amazon Web Services Design Challenge · 2024
Built CampusPulse, a Next.js + AWS platform with event filtering, interactive maps, smart scheduling, and an AI chatbot to enhance student engagement.
Regenerative Carbon HVAC System
Clarke Prize Environmental Design Challenge · 2024
Designed AI-enhanced HVAC system with carbon capture to cut building emissions at the Clarke Prize Challenge.
CardiacSOS
Hack the Heart 2024
CardiacSOS is a wearable AI-powered vest that monitors heart patients in real time and triggers immediate emergency responses.
SmartGEMS
UTRA Hackathon 2024
Built a smart grid model using sensors and AI to optimize renewable energy use and provide interactive sustainability insights.
OpenSOS
1st Theme Prize - NewHacks 2023
Built OpenSOS, an AI-driven agent for real-time emergency response using speech recognition, GPT-3.5, and AWS.