Organized a team of 27 students and mentors | Created a website from scratch | Taught genetics to Chinese high schoolers and middle schoolers in Chinese | Contacted environmentalists, government workers, scientists and more to receive and integrate feedback | Arranged and prepared synthetic biology educational events, reaching 190 students.
Research Fellow
Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab
Mapped heat in the San Francisco Bay Area | Created a portfolio of information of the combination of urban heat and artificial turf, which exacerbates existing problems | Reached out to environmentalists to increase awareness.
Student
UCLA COSMOS (Cluster 2)
Conducted plant research, gathering samples and measurements | Found and analyzed statistical differences between desert and forest plants with data science | Mapped NASA ECOSTRESS data with Geographic Information System technology.
Student Intern
NASA Genelab for High Schools
Learned how to process omics data with computational biology methods | Recruited and organized a team of four people across three timezones for the capstone project | Investigated Arabidopsis gene variants in response to spaceflight.
Vice President
Speech and Debate
Designed and implemented public speaking curriculum | Mentored and tutored students | Organized and planned meetings and trainings | Found tournaments and organized competition signups.
Member
Genes In Disease And Symptoms (GIDAS)
Conducted background research on Fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) | Compiled and analyzed genomics data related to FTD with data science | Organized findings into a scientific paper and presentation.
Skills
Technical
Web Development (Frontend)
HTML, CSS, Javascript, YAML, etc.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
QGIS, ArcGIS
Bioinformatics
Computational biology, FASTQC, Trim Galore!, STAR, etc.