UVA Graduation
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I graduated from the University of Virginia with High Distinction, earning majors in Computer Science and Mathematics and a minor in German. As part of the CS Distinguished Majors Program, I completed and presented a senior thesis titled Modeling Vegetation Dynamics at the Arctic Treeline: The Impact of Reindeer Grazing.
During my time at UVA, I was fortunate to be involved in a range of research experiences. I studied animal grazing in the Arctic in the Epstein Ecosystem Ecology Lab and conducted cryptography research with Professor Wei-Kai Lin. I also contributed to CS education research under Professors Robbie Hott and Ray Pettit. I am deeply grateful to each of these mentors for their guidance and for sparking my passion for research.
Outside of research, I served as a teaching assistant for three CS courses at UVA: Introduction to Programming, Algorithms, and Theory of Computation. I was honored to receive the Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Teaching Award in recognition of my work supporting students.
