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I study applied mathematics and computer science at Northwestern. Most of my work is on systems where performance and correctness both matter: distributed systems, trading infrastructure, compilers, and numerical methods.

Education

Northwestern University

B.S. Applied Mathematics & Computer Science · June 2029

Phillips Academy

High School Diploma · June 2025

Experience

Quantitative Developer

Northwestern Financial Technologies · since Sept 2025

Event-futures microstructure and exchange design with the trading group. Built the live Kalshi trading bot and the limit order book simulator it's tested against.

Undergraduate Researcher

Gingrich Group · 2024–2025

Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: reaction–diffusion and tensor-network models of stochastic chemistry. Wrote browser simulators now used in coursework and made the group's cluster pipelines about five times faster.

Undergraduate Researcher

AquaLab · 2023–2024

Internet measurement research on privacy and data-protection practices across the web. Designed the study's telemetry model and built Plankton, the distributed crawler behind its datasets.

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