I am a postdoctoral research fellow with Penny Chisholm at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Broadly, I am interested in the connection between single cells and global processes. My background in applied physics and bioengineering has trained me to look across scales,
to describe a system with the physical principles that govern it, and to build the tools needed to observe it. As a graduate student I applied these approaches to understanding
the mechanics of force generation in cell division, linking protein-level interactions to cellular phenomena. Now I work on connecting the behavior of the smallest
photosynthetic organism on Earth, Prochlorococcus, to carbon flux to the deep sea. Throughout, a key theme has been to ask: How can we observe and model biological
systems across scales to uncover the fundamental rules that govern the behavior and evolution of ecosystems?
My postdoctoral work has been supported by a Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship in Marine Microbial Ecology (2022-2025) and a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface (2025-2030).
Previously, I received my Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University, working with Dan Needleman, and I received my undergraduate degree in Bioengineering from Stanford University.