Resume

Education

Harvard University 2023 – 2027

AB, Physics and Statistics (double concentration)
University of Minnesota 2021 – 2023
Minnetonka Senior High School 2019 – 2023

High school diploma

Experience

Hudson River Trading New York, NY
- Algorithm Developer (incoming) After graduation
Citadel Securities Miami, FL
- Quantitative Research Intern Summer 2026
  - Systematic equities monetization.
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
- Course Assistant 2024 – 2026
  - Physics 16: Mechanics and Special Relativity
  - Physics 153: Electrodynamics
  - Physics 181: Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA
- Research Intern Summer 2025
  - Studied ion transport in polymer electrolytes for solid-state batteries, as part of the SABERS project.
  - Ran high-performance computing simulations and developed a theoretical framework for the polymer models.
Kaxiras Group, Harvard Cambridge, MA
- Undergraduate Researcher 2023 – 2024
  - Built a framework for solving quantum many-body systems with machine learning.
  - Used physics-informed neural networks and group-equivariant CNNs in PyTorch to study criticality and phase transitions in magnetic systems.
  - Applied representation theory to speed up exact diagonalization of the quantum Heisenberg model.
HackHarvard Cambridge, MA
- Advisory Board 2025 – 2026
  - Advised planning of HackHarvard 2025.
  - Directed and coordinated HackHarvard events in China, Greece, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Mexico.
- Co-Director 2023 – 2024
  - Directed Harvard’s annual hackathon, led the undergraduate organizing team, and supervised event-day planning.
- Logistics Organizer 2023
  - Ran registration, food, inventory, and competition-day logistics for 700+ competitors, staff, sponsors, and judges.
HMMT Cambridge, MA
- Staff 2023 – 2024
RMC Academy Northfield, MN
- Art of Sciences Camp Counselor Summer 2023
Stony Brook University
- Research Intern, Garcia Summer Research Program 2022
  - Computational materials science research with Dr. Dilip Gersappe.
  - Gave an oral presentation at the Fall 2022 Materials Research Society meeting.
  - Published a paper on sustainability and development ethics in the JESTI journal.

Projects

Latent structure in protein sequences via HMMs 2026
Optimization and sampling in spin glasses 2026
Multiple descent for minimum ℓ₁-norm interpolators 2025
Feedback and torsional growth of a 1D filament 2025
Pattern formation in nonlinear reaction-diffusion systems 2024
Computational methods for quantum many-body problems 2023
Molecular dynamics of soil-strengthening hydrogels 2023

Read the project summaries

Honors

USAPhO Bronze Medal (twice) 2022

American Association of Physics Teachers
Theoretical CS, 1st place 2022

Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition
AIME Qualifier; AMC 12 Distinguished Honor Roll

Mathematical Association of America
National Merit Scholar

National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Math League, 3rd place individual in state (twice)

Minnesota State High School Mathematics League
Individual All-Star Award

Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League
National German Exam Gold Medal

American Association of Teachers of German
Presidential Volunteer Service Gold Award (twice)

Languages

English (native), Chinese (native), German (elementary)