Hello! Merhaba! Salut!
I’m a PhD student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , under the supervision of Bonnie Berger. I graduated with a double major in Computer Science and Molecular Biology and Mathematics from MIT in 2020.
I partake a general interest in developing novel algorithms for applications in bioinformatics and computational genomics. More specifically, my research focuses on designing efficient and accurate algorithms and developing software for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. You can check out my résumé here.
Very broadly, my research revolves around
- Applying techniques from theoretical computer science and applied mathematics to design efficient algorithms and data structures for biological problems;
- Designing scalable algorithms for ubiquitous biological tasks, such as genome assem- bly, read mapping, and sequence indexing and search;
- Developing scalable tools that allow researchers to work with very large datasets or large collections of datasets;
- Gaining biological insights from advances in analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data in order to answer fundamental biological questions.
I enjoy composing and producing music, speedcubing, reading, cat videos on YouTube, and a good game of Catan, Set, or Smash every now and then.