Education
Ph.D., Mathematics, 2010-2015
University of California, Irvine
Dissertation title: Mathematical modeling of tumor-microenvironment dynamics
Advisor: Dr. John Lowengrub
MS, Mathematics, 2010-2013
University of California, Irvine
MS, Physiological Sciences, 2007-2010
University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis title: Computational determination of SNP-induced splicing deregulation in the human genome
Advisor: Dr. Grace Xiao
BSc (Honours), Biology, 2001-2005
McGill University; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Grants and Awards
Grants and Fellowships
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellow (F32), 2017-2019
National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Predoctoral Training Grant Fellow, 2012-2014
National Institute of Human Health and Child Development (NIHCD)
Center for Complex Biological Systems Opportunity Grant, 2013
Quantification and modeling of in vitro assays of tissue growth and chemical diffusion.
(Co-recipient, Dr. Dong-Ku Kang, UC Irvine)
Predoctoral Training Grant Fellow, 2010-2012
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
UCLA University Fellowship, 2009-2010
Awards
NSF-funded Early Career Travel Award, 2016
SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Boston, MA
Landahl Travel Award, 2015
SMB Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
Best Poster Award, 2014
SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Charlotte, NC
Teaching and Outreach
Outreach
Research Mentor for NSF-funded REU: Modeling and Simulation in Systems Biology at CQM (06/2016 – 09/2018).
Graduate Assistant/Mentor for Interdisciplinary Computational and Applied Math Program (iCAMP) at UCI (06/2012- 06/2015).
Graduate Assistant for the National Short Course in Systems Biology: Morphogenesis and Spatial Dynamics, hosted by CCBS at UCI (01/2015).
Teaching
Teaching Assistant at UCI – Calculus AB; Numerical Analysis.
Teaching Assistant at UCLA – LS2: Cells, Tissues, and Organs; Comparative Animal Physiology; Molecular Systems Biology.