Academic honors: Dean's Scholar (GPA 3.85/4.00), Albert Dorman Honors
College
Relevant coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Machine Learning,
Data Science, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, Concepts of Programming Languages, Statistics,
Calculus, Information Systems
Experience
- Building Thozha, a personalized settlement platform that brings everything an international student needs into one place, addressing scattered resources, lack of personalization, and weak institutional support.
- Developing core features including real-time housing listings, automated banking setup, curated news, structured networking, a secure marketplace, and visa-specific document guides.
- Creating a real-time, actionable dashboard tailored to student's visa type, country of origin, budget, and timeline to help over 1.1 million international students transition to the U.S. smoothly.
- Developing a Clinical Ontology Evaluation Framework to benchmark LLMs on 400+ SNOMED CT
concepts using Python, Pandas, and REST APIs.
- Built and tested LLM-as-ontology-server evaluation pipelines; collaborated via GitHub with a
PhD student and faculty mentor Dr. James Geller.
- Conduct literature surveys, synthesize findings, and manage collaborative projects including
version control, code reviews, and issue tracking.
- Deliver Tier 2 technical support and hardware management for university IT infrastructure,
working alongside engineers and cybersecurity teams.
- Diagnose and resolve escalated issues across software, hardware, and network systems in a
high-volume academic environment.
- Mitigate system vulnerabilities and resolve complex hardware failures alongside full-time IT
professionals.
- Perform data analytics and manage confidential records to support executive meetings and
institutional decision-making.
- Provide operational and administrative support within the Office of the President in a
fast-paced executive environment.
- Serve as a professional point of contact for internal and external university stakeholders,
including faculty, students, and distinguished guests.
- Lead the full vision, development, and growth of SquadUp — a social platform connecting
students, indie hackers, and early-career developers for project collaboration and talent
matching.
- Architecting a full-stack platform (React, Node.js) with user matching, squad formation, and
real-time project discovery.
- Targeting 100+ active users by Summer 2026.
- Planned and delivered free educational support in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and
Electronics to a group of 15 students.
- Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans tailored to individual learning needs.
