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Materials Lab Engineer

Amazon Worldwide Sustainability

Led materials testing to evaluate novel post-consumer recycled and biodegradable polymer materials to support carbon reduction efforts.

• Materials characterization
• Project management

Materials Research Associate II

Tender Food

Designed and conducted experiments to evaluate formulations and post- processing treatments for novel plant-based meat products. Pioneered a new platform for sample preparation to lower raw material costs by >50% and sample preparation time by >90% while reducing carbon footprint. Developed an LCA model for carbon footprint and ingredient hotspots.

• Materials characterization
• Materials design
• Life cycle analysis

STEM Pals

Volunteer instructor and curriculum developer in a program aiming to encourage, inspire, and empower K-12 students in the greater Seattle area to pursue STEM-related activities and education post-graduation.

• Member of the curriculum development committee.

QuestBridge

Alumni Mentor

Providing mentorship about education and career paths to undergraduate students in Questbridge from first-generation, low-income backgrounds.

Terrascope

Alumni Mentor

Mentor to MIT undergraduates in the Terrascope community, focused on addressing real-world problems facing the planet.

PhD, Materials Science & Engineering

University of Washington

BS, Materials Science & Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Herbold Fellow

University of Washington College of Engineering

Supports graduate students in data science and computation within the College of Engineering, awarded for academic excellence.

Graduate Research Fellow

National Science Foundation

Supports outstanding graduate students in STEM with potential for significant research impact.

ARCS Fellow

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists

Honors academically distinguished U.S. graduate students pursuing advanced STEM degrees.

Ted Golfinopoulos Team Building Award

Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

Recognizes “commitment to students’ team building, relationship building, and remarkable assistance in students’ learning process,” as decided by students vote in MEET, a CS and entrepreneurship education program for Palestinian and Israeli high school students.

Max Goldman Excellence in Education Award

Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

Celebrates “commitment to exceptional teaching and fostering learning,” as decided by students' vote in MEET. Inaugural recipient, selected from 15 instructors and TAs for the summer.

What’s lost, what’s left, what’s next: Lessons learned from the lived experiences of teachers during the pandemic

Berkeley Review of Education

During the 2020 school closures, interviews with 40 teachers across school types and grade levels revealed concerns about student motivation, professional burnout, and widening inequities. As climate change increases the likelihood of future disruptions, schools must learn from COVID-19 to build resilience. We recommend five priorities: center equity, strengthen relationships, support student motivation, prevent staff burnout, and plan for uncertainty.

Remote language revitalisation efforts during COVID-19

Technology, Pedagogy, and Education

This study examines how remote instruction supported an Indigenous language school during COVID-19. Using a digital decolonization framework and design-based research, the authors studied a classroom of 16 early-grade students. Video conferencing and flipped classrooms helped foster a community of speakers but limited language learning efficacy. Findings suggest preliminary design principles for equity-centered, context-specific remote instruction.

Cocoa Chinese

Cocoa Chinese is a GitHub repository for a simple GUI to learn Chinese characters with color-coded flash cards to indicate tones. The system uses spaced repetition to ensure weaker characters get reinforced more frequently.

• Language Learning
• Mandarin Chinese
• Python