I am currently a PhD candidate at the Complex Systems group at University of Colorado Boulder. I am working as a research assistant, co-advised by Prof. Liz Bradley, Prof. Orit Peleg, and Prof. Francisco López Jiménez. My work is at the intersection of computer science, physics, and biology. My research involves building data-driven computational models to understand the dynamics and mechanism of decision-making that govern emergent phenomena. My current focus is on studying collective behavior in honeybees, but I am broadly passionate about questions related to self-organization and adaptability.
News
APR 2024 – Our paper is featured in the first edition of the npj complexity journal. 🎉
MAR 2024 – I won the CS department annual outstanding research paper award. 😇
FEB 2024 – Presented my poster at the CU CS annual research expo.
JAN 2024 – Gave a talk at the CSBA, sharing my research with the local beekeeping community. 🐝
DEC 2023 – I successfully passed my dissertation proposal exam and I am officially a PhD candidate! 🎉
NOV 2023 – Gave a talk at the CU CS student colloquium series.
SEP 2023 – I won the CS departmental publication recognition award for this paper. 😇
AUG 2023 – Paper accepted at the CI’23 conference: Gone With the Wind: Honey Bee Collective Scenting in the Presence of External Wind. 🎉
JUL 2023 – New preprint: A Computational Topology-based Spatiotemporal Analysis Technique for Honeybee Aggregation
JUL 2023 – Mentored two high school students through CU Science Discovery program with the focus of interdisciplinary research in STEM. 😎
JUN 2023 – I participated in SFI Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe, NM.
JUN 2023 – Presented my poster at the Collective Intelligence symposium, and won the third place prize. 🎉
MAY 2023 – Presented my work at the SIAM-DS23 conference, Portland, OR.
APR 2023 – Gave a talk at the Boulder County Beekeepers Association (BCBA). 🐝
MAR 2023 – Presented my work at the APS March Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
NOV 2022 – Paper published in PNAS: Crystallography of honeycomb formation under geometric frustration. 🎉
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