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Physics, computation, and reasoning systems.

Incoming Caltech freshman interested in physics-informed machine learning, complex system simulation, and interpretability of AI

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Experiences

Research Intern

Boston University | Mentored by Dr. Eugene Pinsky | Jun. 2025 - Mar. 2026

Evaluated different volatility proxies for ETF forecasting with recurrent neural networks, presented my work at IEEE MIT URTC, and extended related time-series research accepted to ITISE 2026

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Creator | Math and physics education | Jun. 2025 - present

Blogged high-level math and physics content in accessible format. Also built approachable lessons and problem sets around Calculus and Physics C content

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Lab Intern

UT Dallas Applied Logic, Programming Languages, Systems Lab | Jun. 2024 - Aug. 2024

Explored formal logic systems, Prolog, autonomous reasoning classifiers, recursive search problems, and comparative logic-learning methods. Wrote paper analyzing Explainabale (XAI) classifiers vs. traditional ML models

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Co-Founder

TextbooksForTomorrow | June 2023 - present

Nationwide book-collecting non-profit with 7,800+ books collected and 200+ volunteers; host fun book drives and fundraising tournaments

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Foundation

California Institute of Technology

B.S. Applied and Computational Mathematics | incoming Aug. 2026

Planning to focus on scientific machine learning, mathematical modeling, complex systems, and computational physics.

Liberty High School

Salutatorian | 1570 SAT | 5.61 weighted GPA

Coursework includes differential equations, multivariable calculus, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, DSA, AP Computer Science A, AP Physics C, and AP Macroeconomics.

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Projects

Python, SciPy, React, FastAPI | Dec. 2025 - Feb. 2026

Pursuit of Pendulums

Sharing the beauty of physics+math: showcasing chaos visualizations and music sandbox and fractal lab for users to generate art

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Python, PyTorch, SciPy | Feb. 2026

Darcy Flow Fourier Neural Operator

Implemented Fourier Neural Operator to solve the Darcy flow equation

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Python, PyTorch, SciPy | Feb. 2026

3D Heat PINN

Created PINN to solve heat-equation in 3D with piecewise initial conditions through custom-weighted loss function

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Python, Prolog, OpenAI API | Jul. 2025

Schedule maker chatbot

Built course-scheduling assistant that uses LLM as semantic parser and Prolog as logic backbone for grounded and interpretable recommendations.

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Awards

01top 6

MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge Finalist and Top Presenter

770+ teams | Jane Street presentation
023rd

DECA ICDC Winner

Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making | 2x ICDC qualifier
031st

BPA National Leadership Conference Champion

SQL Database Fundamentals | 2025
04winner

Boston University RISE Art of Science Competition

Double pendulum chaos visualization
05SB 203

Texas Senate Bill 203

Civic advocacy with Senator Jose Menendez
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Certificate of Recognition by Frisco Mayor

TextbooksForTomorrow
07top 5%

Become10 Classic League All-Star

North Texas soccer