Biography & Academic Snapshot
Researcher and educator working at the intersection of complex systems, decision science and physics. I build rigorous models, teach quantitative thinking, and engage communities through service and public talks.
Experience
- Research Scientist, Center for Decision Systems — Led projects on dynamic decision-making and risk modeling (2018–present).
- Visiting Scholar, Institute for Complex Systems — Collaborative work on agent-based models for policy design (2015–2018).
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics — Experimental and theoretical work on nonlinear dynamics (2012–2015).
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics — University of Advanced Studies (2012). Thesis: Models of stochastic transport and decision dynamics.
- M.S. in Applied Mathematics — Institute of Technology (2008).
- B.S. in Physics — National University (2006).
Places Visited
Field work, conferences and collaborations have taken me to a wide variety of locations around the globe. Highlights include:
Community Service
I contribute time to mentoring early-career researchers, organizing open data workshops, and teaching math & programming bootcamps for high-school students in underserved communities.
- Volunteer instructor, Summer Data Camp (annual)
- Organizer, Local Science Communication Meetup
- Mentor, National Research Mentorship Program
Intellectual Property
Patents and software releases associated with decision-support tooling and simulation platforms.
- Decision-sensitivity optimization algorithms (patent filed, 2021).
- Open-source simulation library: sys-sim (MIT license).
Publications & Speaking Engagements
A selection of recent work and talks:
- "Adaptive Decision Policies under Uncertainty" — Journal of Systems (2023).
- Keynote: "From Models to Impact" — International Conference on Decision Science (2022).
- "Nonlinear Transport in Heterogeneous Media" — Physics Letters (2016).