TL;DR - Computational Biologist, ML Engineer, and Builder
- 5th-year PhD in working with transformers for single-cell genomics.
- Experienced ML engineer, Rust + Python developer, and product builder.
- Open-source author: Atacformer, Textractor, PEPhub.
- Co-founded novacards.ai: helping 1,000+ med students study smarter.
- Looking for ML/AI research, bioinformatics engineering, or founding engineer roles.
- Available Winter 2025 — and open for consulting engagements now!
What I Work On
🧬 Atacformer – Foundation model for scATAC-seq
Transformer-based model for single-cell ATAC-seq. Enables zero-shot cell-type annotation & clustering directly from raw fragment files.
- 10x parameter efficiency vs existing tools
- Written in PyTorch with custom Rust tokenizers and backends
- Preprint: bioRxiv 2023.08.01.551452
- 👉 GitHub Repo | Demo Notebook | Docs
🧠 NovaCards.ai – AI-powered study tool for med students
SaaS platform using generative AI and semantic search to create personalized Anki flashcards.
- React/Next.js frontend, Supabase backend, OpenAI LLMs, Stripe billing
- Built Anki plugin with JWT-based login system
- 1,000+ users, thousands of cards indexed
- 👉 Live site | Blog post