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Education

My academic journey and qualifications.

MIT Logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Starting Fall 2025
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Researching how intelligence emerges in adaptive artificial systems that evolve and learn.

UMass Amherst Logo University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.S. in Computer Science
Expected May 2025

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Honors & Awards: 21st Century Leaders Award (2025), Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award (2025), Goldwater Scholar (2024), Dean's Merit Scholaship, Chancellor's Award

Research Experience

My research internships and professional experience.

INRIA Logo INRIA
Research Intern, FLOWERS Team
Summer 2025

Working with Prof. Pierre-Yves Oudeyer on autotelic reinforcement learning and intrinsic motivation.

Carnegie Mellon Logo Carnegie Mellon University
Research Intern, Robotics Institute
Summer 2024

Worked with Prof. Katia Sycara on emergent communication between diverse agents in multi-agent reinforcement learning settings.

USC Logo University of Southern California
Research Intern, ICAROS Lab
Summer 2023

Worked with Prof. Stefanos Nikolaidis on human-robot interaction and learning from human feedback.

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