Education

Graduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison

September 2020 - Present

Studying Biomedical Data Science (GPA: 3.65)

Undergraduate: Western Washington University

September 2015 - December 2019

B.S. Biostatistics

Professional Experience

Data Science Intern, Amazon

June 2021 - September 2021

Worked with the Amazon Active Defense team to automate malicious activity detection.
Used unsupervised machine learning techniques to discover host behavior groups.
Mapped daily/weekly AWS account behavior.
Cleaned large datasets and created production level code.

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Statistics, University of Wisconsin - Madison

January 2021 - Present

Tutor and mentor students
Prepare and deliver presentations for lectures
Help professors develop course plans

Research Assistant, Western Washington University

September 2018 - December 2019

· Used the genetics program Mothur and R to clean, trim, align and identify sequenced bacterial DNA samples taken from Tofino Hot Springs in British Columbia
· Extracted Zeta DNA from soil samples taken from both hydrothermal vents and fresh water sites
· Ran PCR machines and electrophoresis gels of the Zeta genomes encompassing the Cy2 gene