Curriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae

Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, working on signal processing, time-series machine learning, neuroengineering, and research software.

Contact

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering — University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (expected 2030). Concentration: analysis, signal processing, and machine learning.
  • B.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering — University of Florida (2020–2025)
  • STEM diploma — Doral Academy Charter School (2013–2020)

Research experience

Computational NeuroEngineering Lab (CNEL), University of Florida

Graduate researcher · Gainesville, FL
  • EEG-based sentiment and brain-state tracking on the Sony–UF "LB3" dataset: state-space modeling (Hierarchical Linear Dynamical Systems) that turns raw EEG into compact hidden time-series states evaluated for prediction and separability.
  • Zebrafish voltage imaging: statistical event detection for 2D voltage-imaging video using CFAR-style detectors and a Quadratic Gamma Discriminator, producing interpretable maps for downstream analysis.
  • Time-series ML experiment infrastructure: standardized configs, runs, metrics, and plots so model comparisons stay fair and repeatable, with GPU acceleration.

IEEE Signal Processing Society at UF

Workshops, prototypes, and open-source systems
  • Designed and taught the "Foundations of Signal Processing" workshop series connecting analysis, probability, and machine learning to applied signal-processing case studies (recorded at the DSI Spring Symposium 2025).
  • Led student-facing research engineering projects including Aude (end-to-end audio research workflow: synchronized microphone-array data, benchmark state-of-the-art baselines, source separation and localization models).
  • Taught analysis and machine learning with Jupyter to UF students, pairing theory with runnable notebooks.

Publications and talks

  • Plato's Cave: A Human-Centered Research Verification System — arXiv preprint, March 2026. arxiv.org/abs/2603.23526
  • Foundations of Signal Processing (talk) — UF Data Science & Informatics, DSI Spring Symposium 2025. Recording

Recognition

  • UF HiPerGator Early Career Award — 2025 · University of Florida
  • UF GatorHack — 1st Place — 2025 · University of Florida (GatorHack)
  • UF GatorHack — Most Popular — 2024 · University of Florida (GatorHack)
  • UF AI Days Hackathon — Most Popular — 2024 · University of Florida (AI Days Hackathon)
  • ShellHacks — Most Popular — 2024 · ShellHacks
  • ASA DataFest — 1st Place — 2024 · American Statistical Association (DataFest)
  • OSC Hackathon — 2nd Place & AI Hack — 2024 · OSC Hackathon
  • FGLSAMP Scholar — 2024–2025 · FGLSAMP
  • Bright Futures Scholar — 2020–2025 · Bright Futures

Skills

Methods

Signal processing State-space modeling Time-series ML Statistical detection Controls

Tools

Python NumPy PyTorch / CuPy (GPU) Jupyter Experiment tracking Embedded systems

Affiliations and identifiers

Affiliations

  • University of Florida
  • UF Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Computational NeuroEngineering Lab
  • IEEE Signal Processing Society at the University of Florida