Education

Working at the intersection of global development, technology, and higher education.

I have tailored my education to apply technological solutions to address the world's most challenging problems, specifically in the fields of climate change, higher education, and global health.

Defending my master's thesis to a committee of computer and data science professors at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China in October 2019.

I developed a smart sensor which attaches to the handle of a hand-operated water pump. The sensor analyzes vibration signals and predicts the depth to groundwater using a machine learning model. This technology can be used to gather hydrological data in resource poor settings. I was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for this research.

Dual Degree Program

Beijing, China

2017-2019

I worked for six months with classmates from Pakistan, China, and Paraguay to develop a AI-enabled "cluck recognition technology" for clients at Microsoft Corporation. The functional prototype analyzed chicken vocalizations and alerted farmers when their flocks were distressed.

Dual Degree Program

Seattle, Washington, USA

2017-2018

My independent research focused on how emerging mobile technologies could be used to monitor the spread of cholera in epidemic prone countries, specifically Sierra Leone. In this photo, I am pictured brainstorming with some classmates in graduate school.

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

2011-2013

As an undergraduate student, I studied abroad at Université Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis, Senegal. During an academic break, I spent a week trecking through lands inhabited by the Dogon people of central Mali (pictured).

Certificates in African Studies and Biology in Engineering

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

2005-2010

Dean's Honor List

One-year study abroad in Senegal