About Me

Hello! I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, working under the direction of Catherine Calder. I am passionate about science communication and expanding data science methods for social science research. My research interests include spatial statistics, Bayesian methods and computation, functional data analysis, and probabilistic graphical models with applications in environmental and the social sciences. Julia is my new preferred coding language for machine learning and statistics. I really enjoy tracking my own fitness with a gps watch and heart rate monitor and am particularly excited about future avenues of research in sociology and personalized medicine that incorporate data from wearable devices.

👀 Currently looking for Postdoc positions related to Bayesian machine learning, functional data analysis/human mobility studies, or social science methodology.