Education

I am currently a third-year PhD student at Johns Hopkins, studying Computer Science with a focus on Computational Genomics. My advisor is Dr. Mike Schatz.

Selected Coursework: Sketching and Indexing for Sequences, Applied Comparative Genomics, Data Analysis for Computational Genomics, Deep Learning, Cloud Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Algorithms.

I graduated from Brown with a Sc. B in Computer Science and Computational Biology. My advisor was Dr. Sorin Istrail, and my senior thesis was on "Approaches in Genomic Privacy".

Selected Coursework: Computational Molecular Biology, Algorithms in Computational Biology, Algorithms, Genetics, Computational Theory of Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography and Computer Security, Models of Computation, Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Management Systems, Organic Chemistry, Number Theory.

5 A*s at A-Level: Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

10 A*s at GCSE: Mathematics, FSMQ (Free Standing Mathematics Qualification), Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Spanish, History and ICT

• Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver International awards (2011,2013)
• EdExcel Academic Award for Excellence (2012).
• Gold Award in the UK Mathematics Trust Challenge (2014)
• Captained our school team to Second Place in the 10th annual regional Botball Championships (2014).
• 3rd Place at the Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Ibtikar App-Design contest (2013).