Community, Leadership, and Volunteering

Outside of work obligations, I like to devote myself to projects for which I volunteer, work in groups and lead. I have also donated 50% of each first month paycheck of a new job to a charity that makes a difference (see effective altruism websites like Givewell). I pledge to do the same in the future.

  • Drafted MIT Physics Value Statement

    At MIT Physics, we accept the basic principle that members of our community should treat each other with respect and decency at all times. In 2017 leaders from the community including the student body came together to codify our values in order to encourage a more accepting climate and be able to confront those breaking our values. As part of this effort, I personally drafted the first MIT Physics value statement, which, four years later, is in its updated form still prominent in the department.

  • Advacating for Particle Physics in Congress

    Communicated the successes, plans, and goals of the US LHC community to congressional offices as part of the US Large Hadron Collider Users Association DC trip in order to enourage them to further financially support this fundamental science. We contacted the office of every senator and house representative, scheduled meetings, and pitched our science with illustative materials, wavelength-shifting-fibre rulers, and a 3D tour of our detectors.

  • President of MIT Physics Graduate Student Council

    Revamped the organisation by recruiting and supervising a good and reliable team (~10 people), implementing a schedule of one event a week during the semester that helped integrate our ~250 physics graduate students into the community. Other responsibilities of my 1.5 year term included organising the physics graduate open house and elections for the next round of leaders.

  • Data Science Career Talks at MIT

    Volunteered to share my experiences about applying for machine learning and data science jobs for individuals with a Physics PhD. In addition to mentoring, I gave two talks about this topic to different groups within the MIT Physics student body.

  • Volunteer ODSC East

    Voluneered to help run on of the largest applied data science conferences in the world, which had to be moved from in-person to remote due to COVID-19. Introduced speakers in the zoom sessions and helped ensure smooth operations.

  • Member of MIT Graduate Student Council

    Was responsible for two years for overseeing decisions for the MIT graduate program including allocating budget, organising a career fair and amending other legislature.

  • Primary School Mentor

    Weekly primary school mentor at Berkeley Engineers and Mentors (BEAM) while at UC Berkeley.

  • President of MIT Triathlon Club

    As president, strengthened and coordinated an executive team that organised practices and races for the active MIT triathlon community (~40 people).

  • MIT Teaching Assistant

    Teaching assistant for 8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, a full-credit condensed undergraduate course at MIT. This active learning course concentrated on the individual needs of the students. My responsibilities included leading whiteboard exercises, conducting office hours, and authoring questions for the final exam. Overall rating by students: 6.1 / 7.0.

  • Technical Competitions

    Over the years I have taken part in various technical competitions, which test work in teams and under pressure: 1st place Amazon Nashville Code Competition against 26 SDEs. 2nd place Boston Regional Datathon Citadel against 25 teams. 2nd place Yale Graduate Case Competition against 28 teams. Best science case as Head of Science for European Space Agency's Alpbach Summer School. 3rd place MIT IAP ML in Critical Care hackathon.

  • Space Schools

    "Best Science Case" as team Head of Science European Space Agency Alpbach Summer School; German Space Agency's Space Station design workshop