Education

University of British Columbia

July 2025

Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics
Grade Average: 86.1%

'Iolani Highschool

Graduated 2020

Experience

Geophysical Inversion Facility

June 2024 – Present
Lab Research Assistant

  • Contributed to SimPEG, a state of the art open source library for geophysical simulation and inversion
  • Developed PyTorch backend for geophysical simulation and inversion to facilitate in novel machine learning research

Resemble AI

May 2024 – September 2024
Machine Learning Researcher Intern

  • Developed and deployed novel AI deepfake detection techniques for speech and audio with state of the art performance
  • Created multiple novel ML algorithms for deepfake detection and implemented ones found in the literature to benchmark against
  • Curated multiple large datasets of thousands of hours of AI-generated, deepfake, and bonafide data

Murphy Lab

May 2023 – Jan 2024
Neuroscience Lab Assistant Intern

  • Investigated using transformer based neural networks for creating interpretable neural embeddings
  • Extended and Improved state of the art neural network embedding techniques
  • Designed and constructed experiment setups for researching social interaction in Mice
  • Designed and Fabricated PCBs for use in experiments

NRC Herzberg: CCAT

Jan 2022 – May 2022
Astronomy Instrumentation Design Intern

  • Designed a novel method of tone generation for superconducting Kinetic Inductance Detector Readout
  • Optimized readout architecture significantly reducing resource utilization
  • Designed and implemented gateware designs using Simulink and Vivado

Sailbots Design Team

Jan 2022 – May 2022
Software Lead

  • Designed a novel method of tone generation for superconducting Kinetic Inductance Detector Readout
  • Optimized readout architecture significantly reducing resource utilization
  • Designed and implemented gateware designs using Simulink and Vivado

'Iobotics First Robotics Challenge Team

September 2018 – May 2020
Software Lead

  • Managed team of multiple student programmers to create the software for multiple robots which competed internationally
  • Implemented a controls system for an autonomous and teleoperated robot
  • Debugged the robot and supported the team during competition
  • Supported outreach and community engagement events
  • Mentored new students in programming and robotics

'Iolani Tabletop RPG club

September 2017 – May 2019
Founder

  • Founded club dedicated to running tabletop RPG based events
  • Organized and ran weekly events for the club
  • Managed club finances and resources
  • Grew the club to over 50 members