Academic Research

My formal undergraduate training is in software engineering, machine learning, and data analytics, and I'm keen to use these skills to further the fields of menstrual health, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.



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ONGOING    CycleOS: Hustle Less, Flow More

This is my final-year Capstone project at Minerva University, borne out of my long-term struggle with premenstrual fatigue and insomnia.

Find this project's homepage here.

CycleOS is an Android app that aims to encourage sustainable productivity in menstruators by:

  1. Aggregating sleep and exercise data—securely and automatically—from other health apps on the user’s device wherever possible
  2. Visualizing the bidirectional relationships between their health, menstrual symptoms, and productivity data to increase awareness about how their lifestyle affects their menstrual cycle
  3. Encouraging them to exercise self-compassion and self-care, especially when healthy baselines are breached and/or menstrual symptoms are particularly intense, through the use of in-app messages as well as app notifications

ONGOING    Research Assistant, Psychology Lab @ Minerva University

More details to come!

SUMMER 2024    Research Intern, Psychology Lab @ Minerva University

Across 8 weeks in Summer 2024, I was blessed with the opportunity to contribute to the foundations of the Psychology Lab at Minerva University under the supervision of Dr. Mark Sheskin.


I collaborated with other interns on:

  • Establishing useful Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the lab
  • Setting up project management software and workflow for our team of 12 people
  • Creating a participant scheduling system for our first pilot study using Cal.com
  • Squashing code bugs in the Qualtrics survey we were using for the pilot study
  • Running 30+ participants for a pilot study at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco

I also spearheaded several projects:

  • Proposing initiatives for juniors and seniors to utilize the lab's resources for their thesis (known as a "Capstone project")
  • Drafting a mini handbook for handling data throughout all stages of the research process
  • Crafting several hypotheses (with accompanying study designs) regarding my interests in meditation, music, and mental health*

*: Unfortunately, I can't reveal what the study is about—we're going to conduct it soon! All I can say is that it involves singing bowls, which I'm deeply in love with.


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