About Me

Education

I am currently a rising senior at the University of Florida, majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Mathematics.

Future

My goal is to continue my research into AI for bioinformatics through getting a PhD, and then working either as an academic or in industry R&D. The reason that I want to continue my education rather than starting a job right out of undergrad is because I've found that I enjoy research, no matter how difficult it can be, and I want to make discoveries that are beneficial to society. Especially with the advent of AI, there are many uses in bioinformatics that have yet to be discovered, and that have an incredible potential for advancing medicine, agriculture, and our knowledge of our own biological systems.

Some of my favorite quotes:

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” - John Green

“Science fiction is the literature of dreams, and texts concerning dreams always say something about the dreamer, the dream interpreter, and the audience.” - Ken Liu

“I’ve managed to stay in a perpetual state of learning only by maintaining what I think of as a posture of ignorant humility. This humility is as mandatory as arrogance… There is only one way to deal with this humiliation: bow you head, let go of the idea that you know anything, and ask politely of this new machine “How do you wish to be operated?” If you accept your ignorance, once you really admit to yourself that everything you know is now useless, the new machine will be good to you and tell you: here is how to operate me.” - Ellen Ullman

My favorite books at present:

Upgrade - Blake Crouch

Vita Nostra - Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

Life In Code - Ellen Ullman

Remembrance of Earth's Past (Series) - Liu Cixin

The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins