I received my PhD from Harvard University, where I worked in the Jacobsen Group.
My primary research interests in graduate school were the development of new catalytic reactions and understanding reaction mechanisms. I applied physical and computational tools, including operando NMR and IR spectroscopy as well as quantum-chemical computational modeling. I routinely use programming, data science tools, and mathematics to automate and enhance experimental design and data analysis.
In addition to research, I enjoy writing about science for a general audience and in the sociology of scientific research (see my blog posts). Also important for my happiness are eating and making food.
From 2017 to 2021 I was an undergraduate at Yale University, where I studied peptide-catalyzed reactions in the Miller Group. Prior to that I attended high school in Singapore after growing up in Penang, Malaysia.