I'm a student at Chantilly High School in Northern Virginia. My work runs from enzyme inhibitor modeling at Purdue to chitosan-starch biopolymer composites, EEG analysis at Georgetown, and a waterless plant hydration startup used in three countries.
Every project starts with a problem someone actually has — drought, plastic waste, word loss after stroke — and ends with something measurable: a paper, a prototype, a customer, or a fix other researchers can use.
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Selected as 1 of 35 researchers from 5,000+ applicants for the Summer Science Program biochemistry track at Purdue. 330+ hours modeling CDC14 serine phosphatase in MOE and RStudio across 35+ molecules — inhibitor docking and homology models aimed at blocking fungal growth — ending in a full research paper and poster presentation.
Explore the researchIndependent research investigating the fabrication and physicochemical characterization of a novel glycerol-plasticized chitosan-starch biopolymer composite. 1st Place at the Virginia & Invention DC state level, 2nd Place at the Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair, and a Prototype Award at the Invention Virginia Expo — patent pending.
Explore the research1 of 35 researchers chosen from 5,000+ applicants for the Summer Science Program biochemistry track at Purdue.
A patent-pending glycerol-plasticized chitosan-starch biopolymer composite and a plant spray with 500+ customers across three countries.
An ICA workaround for a broken RSA analysis script at Georgetown, now used by undergraduate and PhD students.
1st Place at the Virginia & Invention DC state level, 2nd Place at the Fairfax County Regional fair, and a Prototype Award at the Invention Virginia Expo.
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2nd Place in the GYEC North American Division Finals, the Companies' Choice Award, and Conrad Innovator Awards for both VerdureVeil and StellaShield.
View achievements →Match Point Foundation is my registered 501(c)(3), using racquet sports to make recreation accessible. Alongside it I coordinate youth workshops at Belong!, lead recruitment for Fairfax Relay For Life, and mentor incoming freshmen at my school.
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Outside the lab you'll find me on a tennis court, in the gym, cooking, or on the water — and in Spanish class, four years in.
Research, engineering and community collaborations.