CV

Education

PhD. Psychology, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science, University Colorado at Boulder, 2016.
M.A. Psychology, University Colorado at Boulder, 2013.
B.A. Physics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 2007.
A.A.S Recording Engineer, McNally Smith College of Music, 2001.

Form Bio, AI/ML Team, 2022$\rightarrow$Present
- Principle Artificial Intelligence Scientist
- DNA Large Language Modeling applied to cell and gene therapy optimization
Colossal Biosciences, Computational Sciences team, 2022-2022
- Computational Scientist
- Deep learning methods to aid in conservation and species de-extinction
HRL Laboratories, Information Systems and Sciences Lab, 2016-2022
- Research Scientist
  - DARPA/IARPA funded projects related to computational cognitive neuroscience
Department of Psychology/Neuroscience, University Colorado Boulder, 2010-2016
- PhD.
- Computational models of learning and memory under Dr. Randy O’Reilly.
Department of Psychology/Neuroscience, New York University, 2007-2010.
- Research Assistant
- fMRI based work into learning and memory under Dr. Lila Davachi
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 2006-2007
- Directed Research
- Neural network modeling of fMRI, and ERP data under Dr. Chad Marsolek
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Milano Biccoca, Summer 2005
- Research Assistant
- High energy particle detector development under Dr. Tammaso Taberelli