I’m a product engineering leader and systems architect at the Knight Cancer Institute at OHSU, where I work at the intersection of high-performance software, AI data, cryptographic systems, and quantum computing research.
My current work spans two threads. As a lead architect and Co-Investigator for AI-READI — the largest multimodal AI data generation program in NIH history — I lead the design and productization of our cryptographic watermarking system built in Python and Rust that now protects over 1.9 PB of sensitive biomedical data across 160M+ disseminated files. In parallel, I serve as CEO/CTO of June Dating, a bootstrapped consumer platform I’ve taken from zero to production across three cities.
My PhD, completed at OHSU in 2022, focused on quantum machine learning for biomedical and clinical applications — including variational algorithms, quantum neural networks, and quantum kernel estimation. That work, conducted in collaboration with Intel Labs, was among the first systematic explorations of quantum computing applications in biomedicine. I’m a published OSS contributor to PennyLane, have published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Nature Metabolism, and Scientific Data, was an invited speaker and Roundtable Participant at the first joint DOE-NIH Quantum Computing for Biomedical Computational and Data Sciences, and most recently was invited to participate in the NIH Quantum Computing: New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Innovation Lab organized by NIH Office of Data Science Strategy.
Before my PhD, my MSc research focused on sequencing error modeling and variant detection for minimal residual disease monitoring in acute myeloid leukemia — work aimed at improving sensitivity and specificity in cancer genomics pipelines used for clinical management of hematological malignancies.
My academic foundation began with a BA in Neuropsychology and Political Science at Whittier College, with research stints in neuropharmacology at UC Irvine and early career work as a creative software engineer building interactive visualizations, web applications, and data tools.
Outside the lab, I’m an avid climber, hiker, forager, and creative coder. I enjoy generative art, growing bonsai, making music, and photographing the Pacific Northwest. Personal and research projects live on GitHub.
If you’d like to get in touch, I’m best reached via email.
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