Research
Haas HIGHER Lab
Sept 2025 - Present
- research topics: social psychology, organizational management, racial and social hierarchies
- working with PhD candidate at Northwestern University to study the effect of the model minority myth on Asian Americans’ racial positioning and immigration experiences
- conducting literature review and data analysis; created research paper and poster with a project proposal for final semester deliverable
UCSB RMP | B@B
Jan 2024 - Aug 2024, Sept 2025 - Present
UCSB RMP
- worked with PhD candidate (now professor) Nir Chemaya at UCSB to study MEV regulation and price volatility through the VHGSR and CLVR sequencing rules
- simulated performance and price volatility of the VHGSR and CLVR sequencing rules under different block sizes
Blockchain at Berkeley
- Research and Governance department certification: studied batch auctions and uniform price vectors as an alternative to MEV prevention
SCU x BCP
Sept 2023 - Jun 2024
- worked with Dr. Prashanth Asuri at SCU’s Healthcare Innovation and Design department
- created interactive educational materials for biology classes at Bellarmine College Prep and Santa Clara University
- designed worksheets and online activities about computational biology including topics like protein folding visualization and data analysis
UCSB SRA
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
- participated in “Track 2: Invisible Influences: Decoding Culture and the Ideological Power of Media”
- learned about theoretical frameworks and cultural studies including topics like orientalism, critical race theory, and feminism
- applied frameworks like Bourdieu’s theory of taste, Gramsci’s hegemony, and Williams’ dominant and emergent culture to case studies on the media stigmatization of drug use in Black communities
- created a research paper and presentation for the program symposium; earned credit for UCSB’s INT93LS course
UCSC COSMOS
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
- participated in “Cluster 6: Introduction to Smart and Sustainable Power”
- learned about environmental science topics like renewables and the electricity market
- analyzed the performance and cost-efficiency of two-stage anaerobic wastewater treatment systems; created final research poster for program symposium
- continued research after the program on two-stage thermophilic-mesophilic (T-M) wastewater treatment systems