Research Assistant Summer 2026 to now Texas Christian University, Dobrovolny Lab
Building a mathematical model of influenza infection that includes the JAK2-STAT3 pathway, written in Python. Reading and analyzing papers on how flu causes disease, antiviral drugs, and the body's immune signaling. Helping with study design, data collection, and analysis. Writing a research paper on the methods and findings, and selected to present the work. Meet with my mentor weekly and work 3 to 5 hours a week on my own. Full project page
Try it: how an antiviral changes a flu infection
Virus in the body over 8 days. Slide to block more of the virus's ability to copy itself.
Antiviral strength 60%
- Peak virus level
- Peak day
- Drop vs. no treatment
A simplified textbook model of influenza in the body (Baccam et al., 2006), shown for illustration. My TCU project builds a more detailed model that adds the JAK2-STAT3 pathway.
Independent project 10th grade Dallas Regional Science Fair, Computational Biology
Compared three image recognition models (ResNet18, Inception V3, and VGG16) for sorting brain tumor types in MRI scans. ResNet18 did best, at about 96% accuracy. Qualified through a selection round and presented my poster to Ph.D. judges. Full project page
Research student Summer 2026 University of Texas at Dallas
Learned Qiskit, IBM's quantum programming toolkit, along with Hadamard gates and vector and matrix math. Worked through Harvard and Cambridge papers with Ph.D. professors to prove how quantum computing can stop counterfeit quantum tickets. Moving on to study how noise changes an attacker's chance of success. Full project page
AP Research paper 11th grade Compared medical education in the United States and Poland using statistics, as part of earning the AP Capstone Diploma.
Qubi the Quantum Explorer and Leo's Mystery Published A children's book explaining quantum computers, in English, Tamil, and French. View on Amazon .