Hello world! I am a current joint Cognitive Sciences PhD and Statistics MS student at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and NSF Graduate Research Fellow. I focus on researching human cognitive tracking at the Human Neuroscience Laboratory (HNL).

My interest lies in the pursuit of enhancing and unraveling the intricacies of our human biological nature. With a foundation in bioengineering and a pivotal role as a lab automation engineer during the pandemic, where I contributed to the execution of millions of COVID tests, I now channel my expertise toward the realm of studying human cognition and tracking technology.

Outside of research, I dabble with web development, blockchain technology, and 3D engines. Feel free to connect.


Education

  • PhD Cognitive Sciences, UCI (current)

  • MS Statistics, UCI (current)

  • BS Bioengineering, UCR


Publications & Conferences


Experience

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Oct 2021 - Present

     Human Neuroscience Laboratory — PI: Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan

  • Research Fellow

    Oct 2021 - Present

     DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory — Branch Chief: Dr. Javier Garcia

  • Automation Engineer, Software

    Dec 2020 - Oct 2021

     Curative Inc.

  • Research Assistant

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

     Cognitive and Neural Computation Lab — PI: Dr. Megan Peters

  • Diagnostics Assistant

    Oct 2015 - Mar 2020

     Citrus Clonal Protection Program — PI: Dr. Georgios Vidalakis


Honors and Awards

  • Graduate Research Fellowship

    NSF

  • Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship

    UCI

  • Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship

    UCI

  • Journeyman Fellowship

    ORAU


Technical Skills

  • Programming and Git Version-Control: Python, JavaScript, R, C and more.

  • Inferential and Bayesian Statistics

  • Machine Learning/ Deep Learning: scikit-learn, pytorch

  • Behavioral Tasks: psychoPy and custom JavaScript

  • Signal and Image Processing: EEG, Infrared Cameras

  • Front-end and GUI Development: Javascript, HTML, CSS, jQuery, eel.js

  • 3D Custom Modeling and Environments: Blender, three.js


Languages

    Spanish

    English