I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the area of Science Policy. I will be joining the Santa Fe Institute as a postdoc in October 2024, and starting as an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Vermont in Fall 2025. I consider myself a computational social scientist and a data scientist. My advisor is Aaron Clauset.

My research focuses on understanding causality in complex systems, with the goal of illuminating the mechanisms that drive inequalities in our social world. I apply techniques from mathematics and computer science toward the study of real-world social systems with complex heterogeneities and endogeneities, such as academic careers and human rights, aiming to produce scientific insights that can inform public policy.

My work has appeared in high-profile journals such as Nature, Science Advances, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Communications. I have been recognized as a University of Chicago Rising Star in Data Science.

During my PhD, I was a (2x) research intern with the MSR NYC Computational Social Science group and a Data Science & Human Rights Fellow with HRDAG. Previously, I worked as a software consultant at Pivotal Labs, a software engineer at multiple startups including on a DARPA project, and as a Data Science for Social Good Fellow at the University of Chicago. I received my undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Psychology from Swarthmore College in 2014.

I am organizing to improve public higher education with my labor union, United Campus Workers Colorado, and currently serving my third term on the Executive Board of CWA 7799.