Undergraduate Research Assistant
Feb 2025 to Present Department of Computer Science, Rhodes College
Built a latent-space world model (beta-VAE encoder with GRU dynamics) in PyTorch in the JEPA tradition, improving next-state latent prediction by 18% over 50k+ simulated transitions. Integrated a DreamerV3-style predictive agent with LIDA across 4 action spaces, cutting planning latency by 25%. Co-authoring the manuscript. Separately, built an evaluation suite benchmarking copula, VAE, and GAN synthetic data generators across 6 statistical metrics.
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Trained 5-fold nnU-Net, Swin-UNETR, and Mamba segmentation workflows on SLURM-managed HPC clusters, and wrote a custom PyTorch decoder for an 847M-parameter 3D CT foundation model. Built a de-identification pipeline with a locally served LLM (vLLM) to assemble a model-ready set of 1,100+ CT scans, and automated cohort search across 750+ exams by calling backend endpoints directly, an 18x speedup.
Full Stack Developer Intern
May 2025 to Aug 2025 Rhodes College Summer Research Fellowship
Built a research platform for 12 combinatorial games on integer partitions with real-time multiplayer for 50+ concurrent sessions. PostgreSQL schemas, Node.js/Express REST APIs with JWT auth, 30+ automated tests at 95% coverage under GitHub Actions. Worked with faculty in an Agile/Scrum team.
Student Leader: Resident Assistant & Writing Fellow
Aug 2025 to Present Rhodes College
Writing Fellow (1 of 3 selected): 12 workshops and 60+ one-on-one conferences with 45+ first-year writers. Resident Assistant for a 120-student hall: 14 programs, 20+ peer conflicts mediated.
Peer Tutor, Computer Science
Sep 2026 to Present Department of Computer Science, Rhodes College
Tutor students in the introductory programming and computer systems courses.
Peer Tutor, Economics
Aug 2025 to May 2026 Department of Economics, Rhodes College
Tutored 30+ students in microeconomics and econometrics, translating regression, hypothesis testing, and causal inference into accessible explanations.