My Mission

To be a developer of solutions, people and myself.

I've struggled with menstruation since it started in 2012. However, I found limited conclusive research on the etiology of menstrual symptoms, especially from the perspectives of neuroscience, psychology, and/or lifestyle factors.

This frustration inspired my undergraduate Capstone project: I am currently developing an Android app that visualizes how my sleep, exercise, and menstrual symptoms might interact and vary throughout the menstrual cycle. For my career, I would like to apply my computational skills to menstrual health, psychology, and neuroscience research. I also want to make scientific findings accessible to the public, e.g. as a science communicator.

I am now seeking Spring 2025 internships as well as lab manager, research assistant, and PhD opportunities starting in Summer 2025. I'm specifically interested in the fields of menstrual health, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience, but I am open to related topics in women's health, psychology, and neuroscience.

Feel free to reach out on LinkedIn!

Further Reading

• My 12 Virtues: An explanation of the 12 values I try to cultivate through my everyday actions. Inspired by Benjamin Franklin.
• My Work OS (coming soon!): A manifesto for my work ethic and what I need to perform at my best.
• My Life Vision: Why do I work so hard? Here's my work-in-progress answer to that question.

What do I do in my free time?

• Sketchnotes (coming soon!): Semi-visual atomic notes I've taken on index cards. I usually take notes in Obsidian first, and then come up with a visual to make the concept more memorable.

Manifestations and Inflection Points

• [2021 - 2025] Lived in a new country every 4 months for undergrad:
  • 🇺🇸 San Francisco, USA
  • 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
  • 🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
  • 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, India
  • 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 🇬🇧 London, UK
  • 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
• [2023]: I decided to pivot away from tech and into menstrual health research.
• [2020 - 2021] Gap year at IBM tackling unfamiliar tech (RPA development)
• [2020] Graduated 1st in cohort with perfect GPA from Nanyang Polytechnic
• [2019 - 2021] Coached 5 award-winning WorldSkills competitors
• [2019] Placed 5th out of 32 countries (WorldSkills International Competition 2019)
  • Broke Singapore's record in the Web Technologies category
• [2018] Placed 1st out of 14 competitors in web design and development (WorldSkills Singapore 2018)
• [2017] Started learning full-stack programming
• [2016] Scored near-straight A1s for GCE 'O' Levels